ferme

• IPA^(key): /fɛʁm/

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Inherited 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

Inherited 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”). There is debate as to whether Medieval Latin acquires this term 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”), or from Latin firmus (“solid, secure”), from Proto-Italic *fermos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-mo-s (“holding”), from the root *dʰer- (“to hold”). If the former etymology is correct, the term is 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 Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfɛr.meː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfɛr.me]

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 Middle English)
• feorme, veorme (Early Middle English)

• 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, (historical) feorm
  • Hawaiian Creole: farm
  • → Danish: farm
  • → Dutch: farm
  • → Finnish: farmi
  • → German: Farm
  • → Portuguese: farme, farma
  • → Yiddish: פֿאַרם (farm)
  • → Spanish: farmear
  • → Swedish: farm
  • → Thai: ฟาร์ม (faam)
• 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 oblique singular, 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 (Late Middle English), feorme, veorme (Early Middle English) (in part)
  • English: farm, (historical) feorm
    • Hawaiian Creole: farm
    • → Danish: farm
    • → Dutch: farm
    • → Finnish: farmi
    • → German: Farm
    • → Portuguese: farme, farma
    • → Yiddish: פֿאַרם (farm)
    • → Spanish: farmear
    • → Swedish: farm
    • → Thai: ฟาร์ม (faam)
  • 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