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fere efre free rfee erfe refe feer efer feer efer eefr eefr free rfee fere efre refe erfe eref reef eerf eerf reef eref

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word fere. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in fere.

Definitions and meaning of fere

fere

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fɪə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /fɪɹ/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /fiːɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
• Homophone: fear

Etymology 1

From (Northumbrian) Old English fǣra, aphetic form of ġefēra (whence also Middle English y-fere).

Alternative forms

• pheer, feer

Noun

fere (plural feres)

1. (dialectal or obsolete) A companion, comrade or friend.
2. (archaic) A person's spouse, or an animal's mate.

Derived terms

• ferede

Etymology 2

Compare Latin ferus (“wild”).

Adjective

fere (comparative more fere, superlative most fere)

1. (obsolete) Fierce.

Anagrams

• -free, Free, feer, free, reef

Aromanian

Preposition

fere

1. Alternative form of fãrã.

Related terms

• nafore

See also

• chend

Galician

Verb

fere

1. third-person singular present indicative of ferir
2. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of ferir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *feros, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-o- (“tight, close by”), a derivative of *dʰer- (“to hold”). Cognates include firmus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.reː/, [ˈfɛreː] or IPA^(key): /ˈfe.re/, [ˈfɛrɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.re/, [ˈfɛːre]

Note: this frequent and colloquial word normally undergoes iambic shortening of the last syllable in Plautus, but is kept long in Classical dactylic verse for archaic effect; it becomes short again in Late Latin.

Adverb

ferē̆ (not comparable)

1. (close enough) roughly, approximately, mostly, more or less, around, about

   Synonym: fermē
2. (indistinguishable from) nearly, practically, virtually, almost, well-nigh, quite

   Synonyms: fermē, prope, paene, iū̆xtā

3. (in general) often, normally, usually, generally, as a rule, in most cases, mainly

   Synonyms: fermē, plērumque, vulgō

Derived terms

• fermē

Etymology 2

From for.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfeː.re/, [ˈfeːrɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.re/, [ˈfɛːre]

Verb

fēre

1. Alternative form of fēris, second-person singular present active subjunctive of for

References

• “ferē” on page 752 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)

Further reading

• “fere”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fere”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fere in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English fǣr, from Proto-West Germanic *fāru, from Proto-Germanic *fērō.

Alternative forms

• fer, feer, feere

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛːr/

Noun

fere (plural feris)

1. fear

Related terms

• feren

Descendants

• English: fear
• Scots: fere, feir
• Yola: vear

References

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

Etymology 2

From Old English feorh, from Proto-West Germanic *ferh, from Proto-Germanic *ferhuz.

Noun

fere (uncountable)

1. life

Norman

Alternative forms

• féther (Jersey)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

fere

1. (Sark) to iron

Nupe

Etymology

Compare Yoruba fèrè.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fè.ɾè/

Noun

fèrè (plural fèrèzhì)

1. small whistle; flute

Old French

Etymology

From Latin faciō, facere.

Verb

fere

1. Alternative form of faire

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: fe‧re

Verb

fere

1. inflection of ferir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfe.ɾe/

Verb

fere (Jawi فيري)

1. (intransitive) to ascend
2. (intransitive, transitive) to climb
3. (intransitive, of the Sultan's palace) to go, go to, enter

   ana ifere toma kadato ― they entered into the palace

Conjugation

References

• Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Yoruba

Etymology

Cognates include Nupe fèrè

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fè.ɾè/

Noun

fèrè

1. (music) flute; small type of whistle
2. (soccer) whistle

   Synonym: òfé

3. balloon

   Synonym: bààlúù

Derived terms

• fọn fèrè (“to play the flute; to blow a whistle”)

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