ferrer
See also: Ferrer
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Latin ferrārius.
Pronunciation
Noun
ferrer m (plural ferrers, feminine ferrera, feminine plural ferreres)
- smith, blacksmith
- farrier
- Synonym: ferrador
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “ferrer”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “ferrer”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “ferrer” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “ferrer” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French [Term?], from fer, or from Late Latin ferrāre (cf. classical ferrātus), from Latin ferrum. Compare Catalan and Portuguese ferrar; Italian ferrare; Spanish herrar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɛ.ʁe/ ~ /fe.ʁe/
Audio: (file)
Verb
ferrer
- to clad in iron (transitive), to be clad in iron (intransitive)
- to shoe (a horse)
- to clad in some metal, not necessarily iron
- ferrer d'or
- to clad in gold
- to hook (a fish)
Conjugation
Conjugation of ferrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | ferrer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | ferrant /fɛ.ʁɑ̃/ or /fe.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | ferré /fɛ.ʁe/ or /fe.ʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | ferre /fɛʁ/ |
ferres /fɛʁ/ |
ferre /fɛʁ/ |
ferrons /fɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /fe.ʁɔ̃/ |
ferrez /fɛ.ʁe/ or /fe.ʁe/ |
ferrent /fɛʁ/ |
| imperfect | ferrais /fɛ.ʁɛ/ or /fe.ʁɛ/ |
ferrais /fɛ.ʁɛ/ or /fe.ʁɛ/ |
ferrait /fɛ.ʁɛ/ or /fe.ʁɛ/ |
ferrions /fɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /fe.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ferriez /fɛ.ʁje/ or /fe.ʁje/ |
ferraient /fɛ.ʁɛ/ or /fe.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | ferrai /fɛ.ʁe/ or /fe.ʁe/ |
ferras /fɛ.ʁa/ or /fe.ʁa/ |
ferra /fɛ.ʁa/ or /fe.ʁa/ |
ferrâmes /fɛ.ʁam/ or /fe.ʁam/ |
ferrâtes /fɛ.ʁat/ or /fe.ʁat/ |
ferrèrent /fɛ.ʁɛʁ/ or /fe.ʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | ferrerai /fɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /fe.ʁə.ʁe/ |
ferreras /fɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /fe.ʁə.ʁa/ |
ferrera /fɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /fe.ʁə.ʁa/ |
ferrerons /fɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /fe.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
ferrerez /fɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /fe.ʁə.ʁe/ |
ferreront /fɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /fe.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | ferrerais /fɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /fe.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
ferrerais /fɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /fe.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
ferrerait /fɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /fe.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
ferrerions /fɛ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /fe.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ferreriez /fɛ.ʁə.ʁje/ or /fe.ʁə.ʁje/ |
ferreraient /fɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /fe.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | ferre /fɛʁ/ |
ferres /fɛʁ/ |
ferre /fɛʁ/ |
ferrions /fɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /fe.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ferriez /fɛ.ʁje/ or /fe.ʁje/ |
ferrent /fɛʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | ferrasse /fɛ.ʁas/ or /fe.ʁas/ |
ferrasses /fɛ.ʁas/ or /fe.ʁas/ |
ferrât /fɛ.ʁa/ or /fe.ʁa/ |
ferrassions /fɛ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /fe.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
ferrassiez /fɛ.ʁa.sje/ or /fe.ʁa.sje/ |
ferrassent /fɛ.ʁas/ or /fe.ʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | ferre /fɛʁ/ |
— | ferrons /fɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /fe.ʁɔ̃/ |
ferrez /fɛ.ʁe/ or /fe.ʁe/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “ferrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
ferrer
- first-person singular imperfect passive subjunctive of ferō