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Webster 1913 Edition


Ferme

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[See
Farm
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Rent for a farm; a farm; also, an abode; a place of residence;
as, he let his land to
ferm
.
[Obs.]
Out of her fleshy
ferme
fled to the place of pain.
Spenser.

Definition 2024


ferme

ferme

See also: fermé, fèrme, and fermë

English

Noun

ferme (plural fermes)

  1. (cant) Hole.

References

  • OED2
  • 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛʁm/

Etymology 1

From Middle French [Term?], from Old French ferm, ferme (solid), from Latin firmus (solid, secure), from Proto-Indo-European *dher(ə)-, *dhrē- (to hold).

Adjective

ferme m, f (plural fermes)

  1. firm
Synonyms

Noun

ferme f (plural fermes)

  1. (carpentry) roof truss

Verb

ferme

  1. first-person singular present indicative of fermer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of fermer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of fermer
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of fermer
  5. second-person singular imperative of fermer

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 *firmō, *firhuma- (means of living, subsistence), from *firhu- (life force, body, being), from Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- (life, force, strength, tree). Related to Old English feorh (life, spirit), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍈𐌿𐍃 (fairƕus, the world). Compare also Old English feormehām (farm), feormere (purveyor).

Noun

ferme f (plural fermes)

  1. farm
Derived terms

Italian

Adjective

ferme f pl

  1. feminine plural of fermo

Noun

ferme f pl

  1. plural of ferma

Anagrams


Latin

Etymology

From *ferimē, earlier superlative of ferē, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (to hold), whence also firmus.

Adverb

fermē (not comparable)

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

References


Middle French

Etymology

From Old French ferm, ferme (solid), from Latin firmus (solid, secure), from Proto-Indo-European *dher(ə)-, *dhrē- (to hold).

Adjective

ferme m, f (plural fermes)

  1. firm

Novial

Noun

ferme (plural fermes)

  1. farm

Old French

Etymology 2

From Medieval Latin ferma, firma (rent, tax, tribute, farm), from Old English feorm (rent, provision, supplies, feast), from Proto-Germanic *firmō, *firhuma- (means of living, subsistence), from *firhu- (life force, body, being), from Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- (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

Adjective

ferme f

  1. oblique singular feminine of ferm
  2. nominative singular feminine of ferm