ferme

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ferme (plural fermes)

1. (cant) A hole.

• parc ferme (etymologically unrelated)

• OED2
• 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

• IPA^(key): /fɛʁm/

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

ferme (plural fermes)

1. firm

   Synonyms: dur, décidé

• de pied ferme
• terre ferme

ferme f (plural fermes)

1. (carpentry) roof truss

ferme

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

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 *fermō, *firhuma- (“means of living, subsistence”), from Proto-Germanic *ferhwō (“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”).

ferme f (plural fermes)

1. farm

• → Romanian: fermă

• “ferme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfer.me/
• Rhymes: -erme
• Hyphenation: fér‧me

ferme f pl

1. feminine plural of fermo

ferme f pl

1. plural of ferma

• Efrem, freme, fremé

From *ferimē, earlier superlative of ferē, from Proto-Italic *feramos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“to hold”). Cognates include firmus.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfer.meː/, [ˈfɛrmeː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfer.me/, [ˈfɛrme]

fermē (not comparable)

1. Closely, quite, entirely, fully, altogether, just.

   Synonyms: prope, paene, ferē, iū̆xtā

2. In general, generally, usually, commonly, for most of the time.

• “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

From Medieval Latin ferma, Old French ferme, and their etymon Old English feorm, from Proto-West Germanic *fermu, from Proto-Germanic *fermō.

• farme, ferm, fyrme (late)
• feorme, veorme (early)

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛrm(ə)/, /ˈfarm(ə)/

ferme (plural fermes)

1. A lease; the renting of land.
2. Leased or rented land.
3. A set yearly rent payment.
4. A set yearly payment for a privilege.
5. (by extension) A tax mandated by the realm.
6. (chiefly Early Middle English) A feast or meal.

• fermen
• fermour

• English: farm
  • → Dutch: farm
  • → German: Farm
  • → Portuguese: farme, farma
  • → Yiddish: פֿאַרם‎ (farm)
• Scots: ferm
• → Welsh: fferm

• “ferme, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “ferme, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

From Old French ferm, ferme, from Latin firmus, from Proto-Italic *fermos.

• ferm

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛrm(ə)/

ferme (plural and weak singular ferme)

1. firm, steady (of objects)
2. steady, enduring (of people, agreements, etc.)

• fermely
• fermen

• English: firm (remodelled after Latin)
  • → Cantonese: firm
• Scots: firm (remodelled after Latin)

• “ferm, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

ferme

1. firmly, steadily

• English: firm (remodelled after Latin)
• Scots: firm (remodelled after Latin)

• “ferm(e, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

ferme

1. Alternative form of fermen (“to clean”)

ferme

1. Alternative form of fermen (“to lease”)

ferme

1. Alternative form of fermen (“to firm”)

From Old French ferm, ferme (“solid”), from Latin firmus (“solid, secure”).

ferme m or f (plural fermes)

1. firm

• French: ferme

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

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

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

• Middle French: ferme
  • French: ferme
    • → Romanian: fermă
• → Middle English: ferme, farme, ferm, fyrme; feorme, veorme (in part)
  • English: farm
    • → Dutch: farm
    • → German: Farm
    • → Portuguese: farme, farma
    • → Yiddish: פֿאַרם‎ (farm)
  • Scots: ferm
  • → Welsh: fferm

ferme f

1. oblique and nominative singular feminine of ferm

• IPA^(key): [ˈferme]

ferme f

1. inflection of fermă:
   1. indefinite plural
   2. indefinite genitive/dative singular