different between fere vs ferme

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /f??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /f??/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /fi??/
• Homophone: fear

Etymology 1

From (Northumbrian) Old English f?ra, aphetic form of ?ef?ra (whence also Middle English y-fere).

Alternative forms

• pheer

Noun

fere (plural feres)

1. (dialectal or obsolete) A companion, comrade or friend.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book V:

     they swange oute their swerdis and slowe of noble men of armys mo than an hondred – and than they rode ayen to theire ferys.

2. (archaic) A spouse; an animal's mate.
   • 1830, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, ‘Supposed Confessions of a Second-Rate Sensitive Mind’:

     The lamb rejoiceth in the year, / And raceth freely with his fere, / And answers to his mother’s calls / From the flower’d furrow.

Derived terms

• ferede

Etymology 2

Compare Latin ferus (“wild”).

Adjective

fere (comparative more fere, superlative most fere)

1. (obsolete) Fierce.

Anagrams

• -free, Free, feer, free, reef

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *d?er-o- (“tight, close by”), a derivative of *d?er- (“to hold”). Cognates include firmus.

Adverb

fer? (not comparable)

1. nearly, almost, well-nigh, within a little, for the most part, about.
2. Closely, quite, entirely, fully, altogether, just.
3. In general, generally, usually, commonly, for most of the time.

Derived terms

• ferm?

Etymology 2

From for.

Verb

f?re

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of for

References

• fere in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fere in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fere in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Norman

Alternative forms

• féther (Jersey)

Etymology

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Verb

fere

1. (Sark) to iron

Old French

Etymology

From Latin faci?, facere.

Verb

fere

1. Alternative form of faire

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Portuguese

Verb

fere

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of ferir
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of ferir

English

Noun

ferme (plural fermes)

1. (cant) A hole.

References

• OED2
• 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??m/

Etymology 1

From Middle French ferme, from Old French ferm, ferme (“solid”), from Latin firmus (“solid, secure”), from Proto-Italic *fermos, from Proto-Indo-European *d?er-mo-s (“holding”), from the root *d?er- (“to hold”)

Adjective

ferme (plural fermes)

1. firm

Synonyms

• dur
• décidé

Derived terms

• de pied ferme
• terre ferme

Noun

ferme f (plural fermes)

1. (carpentry) roof truss

Verb

ferme

1. inflection of fermer:
   1. first-person and third-person singular present indicative and subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

From Middle French ferme (“farm, farm buildings”), from Old French ferme (“lease for working, rent, farm”), from Medieval Latin ferma, firma (“rent, tax, tribute, farm”), from Old English feorm (“rent, provision, supplies, feast”), from Proto-Germanic *ferm?, *firhuma- (“means of living, subsistence”), from Proto-Germanic *ferhw? (“life force, body, being”), from Proto-Indo-European *perk?- (“life, force, strength, tree”). Related to Old English feorh (“life, spirit”), Gothic ???????????????????????????? (fair?us, “the world”). Compare also Old English feormeh?m (“farm”), feormere (“purveyor”).

Noun

ferme f (plural fermes)

1. farm

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Romanian: ferm?

Further reading

• “ferme” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Adjective

ferme f pl

1. feminine plural of fermo

Noun

ferme f pl

1. plural of ferma

Anagrams

• freme, fremé

Latin

Etymology

From *ferim?, earlier superlative of fer?, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *d?er- (“to hold”). Cognates include firmus.

Adverb

ferm? (not comparable)

1. Closely, quite, entirely, fully, altogether, just.
2. In general, generally, usually, commonly, for most of the time.

References

• ferme in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ferme in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ferme in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French ferm, ferme (“solid”), from Latin firmus (“solid, secure”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?er- (“to hold”).

Adjective

ferme m or f (plural fermes)

1. firm

Descendants

• French: ferme

Old French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin ferma, firma (“rent, tax, tribute, farm”), from Old English feorm (“rent, provision, supplies, feast”), from Proto-Germanic *firm?, *ferm? (“means of living, subsistence”), from *firhu- (“life force, body, being”), from Proto-Indo-European *perk?- (“life, force, strength, tree”).

Noun

ferme f (oblique plural fermes, nominative singular ferme, nominative plural fermes)

1. lease (letting agreement)
2. the land leased
3. farm

Descendants

• Middle English: ferme, farme
  • English: farm
  • Welsh: fferm
• French: ferme

Adjective

ferme f

1. oblique and nominative singular feminine of ferm

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ferme]

Noun

ferme f

1. indefinite plural of ferm?
2. indefinite genitive/dative singular of ferm?