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Definitions and meaning of fer

fer

Translingual

Symbol

fer

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Feroge.

English

Pronunciation

  • (unstressed) IPA(key): /fə(ɹ)/

Preposition

fer

  1. (dialectal, especially British) Pronunciation spelling of for.

Derived terms

See also

References

  • “fer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • REF, RFE, Ref, Ref., erf, ref

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin facere.

Verb

fer

  1. to do

Conjugation

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin facere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfe]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈfeɾ]

Verb

fer (first-person singular present faig, first-person singular preterite fiu, past participle fet)

  1. to make, produce
    Fer vinagre. ― To make vinegar.
    Aquesta terra fa molt bon blat. ― This land produces very good wheat.
    Quatre i quatre fan vuit. ― Four and four make eight.
    Fer d'un enemic un aliat. ― To turn an enemy into an ally.
    Fer olor de roses. ― To smell of rose.
    Fer pudor de porcs. ― To stink of pig.
    (idiomatic) Fer bondat ― to behave, to comply with one's duty (an idiom, literally to make goodness)
    (idiomatic) Fer figa ― to fail to achieve an expected result (an idiom, literally to make fig)
  2. to make up
    Els jubilats fan un quart de la població. ― Retired people make up a quarter of the population.
  3. to do, to cause to be done
  4. to make do
  5. to give
    El primer marit li va fer dos fills. ― Her first husband gave her two sons.
    Feu-me mig quilo de formatge. ― Give me half a kilo of cheese.
    Fes-me un petó! ― Kiss me!
  6. to lay
    La canària ha fet un ou. ― The canary has laid an egg.
  7. to cause
  8. (auxiliary) to make (someone) (do something), that is auxiliary verb to form the causative together with an infinitive
    em van fer tornar a buscar el rebut ― they made me go back to get the receipt
    l'has feta plorar ― you made her cry
  9. to go
  10. (impersonal, of weather) to be
    Fa fred! ― It is cold!
    Fa calor! ― It is hot!
    Fa vent! ― It is windy!
  11. to play
  12. to measure
Conjugation

Balearic uses fais for the second person plural form in the present indicative instead of feu.

Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin ferus (compare Occitan fèr, French fier, Spanish fiero), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˈfer]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈfe]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈfeɾ]

Adjective

fer (feminine fera, masculine plural fers, feminine plural feres)

  1. wild (untamed, not domesticated)
Derived terms
Related terms

Further reading

  • “fer”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
  • “fer”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
  • “fer” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “fer” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /feːɹ/
  • Homophone: ferð

Verb

fer

  1. third-person singular present of fara

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French fer, from Old French fer, from Latin ferrum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛʁ/
  • Homophones: fers, faire

Noun

fer m (plural fers)

  1. iron
  2. horseshoe; steel tip
  3. (golf) iron
  4. iron (appliance)
  5. (in the plural, archaic) irons, fetters

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Antillean Creole: fè
  • Haitian Creole: fè
  • Karipúna Creole French: fé
  • Louisiana Creole: fèr, fè

Further reading

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

Hunsrik

Etymology

Compare Pennsylvania German fer, German für and English for.

Preposition

fer

  1. for

Further reading

  • Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Icelandic

Verb

fer

  1. inflection of fara:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. third-person singular present indicative

Latin

Verb

fer

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of for
  2. second-person singular present active imperative of ferō

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish fer, from Proto-Celtic *wiros, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fer/

Noun

fer m (plural fir)

  1. man
    Cha nel mee lowal rish y fer aeg shen. ― I do not approve of that young man.
  2. one (modified by an adjective or demonstrative, referring to an object or animal)
    Ta fer jiarg aym. ― I have a red one [e.g. chair].
    Ta mee fakin kiare fir ghlassey. ― I see four green ones [e.g. birds].
    By vie lhiam yn fer shen. ― I would like that one [e.g. toy].
  3. used as a dummy noun to support a number, referring to a person, object or animal
    Ta fer ennagh ayns shoh laccal dy akin oo. ― There's a fellow here who wants to see you.
    Ta fer aym. ― I have one [e.g. chair].
    Ta mee fakin kiare fir. ― I see four [e.g. birds].

Synonyms

  • dooinney

Derived terms

  • ard-er
  • fer ynsee

Mutation

References

  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fer”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French faire.

Verb

fer (medial form fer)

  1. To make
  2. To do

Derived terms

  • kifer

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • feor, for, fur, feer, ver, veir, far

Etymology

From Old English feorr, from Proto-Germanic *ferrai.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛr/

Adjective

fer

  1. far, distant

Derived terms

  • ferforth
  • ferforthly

Descendants

  • English: far
  • Scots: faur
  • Yola: var

References

  • “fer, adj.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French fer.

Noun

fer m (plural fers)

  1. iron (metal)
  2. (by extension) (iron) sword

Descendants

  • French: fer (see there for further descendants)

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fer, from Primitive Irish *ᚃᚔᚏᚐᚄ (*viras), from Proto-Celtic *wiros, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɸʲer/

Noun

fer m (genitive fir, nominative plural fir)

  1. man

Derived terms

  • ferchuitred

Descendants

  • Irish: fear
  • Manx: fer
  • Scottish Gaelic: fear

Mutation

Further reading

  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fer”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Norman

Alternative forms

  • faer (Guernsey)
  • fé (France, Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French fer, from Latin ferrum.

Noun

fer m (uncountable)

  1. (Sark) iron

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

fer

  1. present of fara

Occitan

Verb

fer

  1. alternative form of faire

Conjugation

Old English

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /feːr/

Noun

fēr m (Anglian, Kentish)

  1. alternative form of fǣr (“danger”)

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /fer/

Noun

fer m (Kentish)

  1. alternative form of fær (“way”)

Pronunciation 3

  • IPA(key): /feːr/

Verb

fēr

  1. singular imperative of fēran

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin ferrum.

Noun

fer oblique singular, m (oblique plural fers, nominative singular fers, nominative plural fer)

  1. iron (metal)
  2. (by extension) sword (made of iron)
Descendants
  • Middle French: fer
    • French: fer (see there for further descendants)
  • Norman: fé (France, Jersey), faer (Guernsey), fer (Sark)
  • Walloon: fier

Etymology 2

From Latin ferum, accusative of ferus (“wild”).

Adjective

fer m (oblique and nominative feminine singular fere)

  1. cruel; harsh
  2. fierce; ferocious
Declension
Alternative forms
  • fier
Descendants
  • Middle French: fier
    • French: fier
  • → Middle English: fer
    • English: fere
  • → Middle English: fers (from the nominative singular fers)
    • English: fierce
    • Yola: fearse

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (fier)
  • fer on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Old High German

Etymology

From West Proto-Germanic *ferrai, whence also Old English feorr.

Adjective

fer

  1. remote

Adverb

fer

  1. far

References

  • Braune, Wilhelm. Althochdeutsches Lesebuch, zusammengestellt und mit Glossar versehen

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɸʲer]

Etymology 1

From Primitive Irish *ᚃᚔᚏᚐᚄ (*viras), from Proto-Celtic *wiros, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós. Cognates include Latin vir, Sanskrit वीर (vīrá) and Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂 (wair).

Noun

fer m (genitive fir, nominative plural fir)

  1. man
  2. husband
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 22c10
Declension
Derived terms
  • oínḟer
Descendants
  • Middle Irish: fer
    • Irish: fear
    • Manx: fer
    • Scottish Gaelic: fear

Further reading

  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fer”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fer

  1. second-person singular imperative of feraid

Verb

·fer

  1. third-person singular preterite conjunct of feraid

Mutation

Old Norse

Verb

fer

  1. first-person singular present active indicative of fara

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

  • ferr, ferro

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛr/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *ferro, an old comparative form.

Adverb

fer

  1. far
Descendants
  • Middle Low German: verre

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *ferro.

Adjective

fer

  1. far
Declension

References

Köbler, Gerhard, Altsächsisches Wörterbuch (5th edition 2014)

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German für, Dutch voor, English for, Hunsrik fer.

Preposition

fer

  1. for

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛr/

Noun

fer m

  1. iron

Romanian

Noun

fer n (plural feare)

  1. alternative form of fier

Declension

Romansch

Verb

fer (Puter)

  1. alternative form of far (“to do; to make”)

Scots

Alternative forms

  • fere, ferr

Pronunciation

  • (Hawick) IPA(key): /ˈfɛr/

Adjective

fer (comparative ferther, superlative ferthest)

  1. (Southern Scots) far

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English fair.

Adjective

fer (Cyrillic spelling фер)

  1. fair

Adverb

fer (Cyrillic spelling фер)

  1. fairly

Spanish

Verb

fer

  1. obsolete spelling of hacer

Conjugation

Further reading

  • “fer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɛr/
  • Rhymes: -ɛr

Adjective

fer

  1. soft mutation of ber (“short”)

Mutation


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