different between ferme vs berme

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?

English

Noun

berme (plural bermes)

1. Alternative spelling of berm

Anagrams

• EBMer, Ember, breme, ember

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• bèrme (Sette Comuni)

Etymology

From Middle High German werme, from Old High German warm?, equivalent to barm +? -e. Cognate with German Wärme.

Noun

berme m

1. (Luserna) warmth

References

• “berme” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b?rm?]
• Rhymes: -?rm?
• Hyphenation: ber?me

Verb

berme

1. first-person plural imperative of brát

French

Etymology

From Dutch berm

Noun

berme f (plural bermes)

1. berm

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English beorma, from Proto-West Germanic *berm?.

Alternative forms

• barme, berm, barm, beorme

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?rm(?)/, /?barm(?)/

Noun

berme (uncountable)

1. The head of foam present in beer that is aging.
2. barm (froth used for fermented and leavened food)
3. yeast (fungus that produces barm)
4. (rare) The head of foam present in a glass of beer.

Descendants

• English: barm
• Scots: barm, berme, barme, baurm
• Yola: barrm

References

• “berm(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-06.

Etymology 2

Noun

berme

1. Alternative form of barm (“belly, chest”)