ferm
English
Alternative forms
- ferme
Etymology
See farm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɜː(ɹ)m/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)m
- Homophone: firm
Noun
ferm (countable and uncountable, plural ferms)
- (obsolete) rent for a farm
- He let his land to ferm.
- (obsolete) a farm
- (obsolete) an abode or place of residence
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938:
- Out of her fleshly ferme fled to the place of paine..
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ferm in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- REMF, frem
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin firmus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ˈfəɾm/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈfɛrm/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈfeɾm/
Adjective
ferm (feminine ferma, masculine plural ferms, feminine plural fermes)
- firm (steadfast, secure)
- Synonym: fix
- firm (fixed in opinion)
- Synonym: fix
- firm (solid, rigid)
Derived terms
- fermament
- fermesa
Noun
ferm m (plural ferms)
- pavement (US), road surface (UK) (paved exterior surface)
Further reading
- “ferm” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “ferm”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “ferm” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “ferm” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Maltese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sicilian fermu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɛrm/
Adjective
ferm (feminine singular ferma, plural fermi or friem, comparative ifrem)
- strong, well-built
- Synonym: sħiħ
- steady, constant
- 2022, Alfred Massa, Il-Ħarba, Horizons, →ISBN, page 5:
- Dan minħabba l-interess li dejjem wera għat-tagħlim ferm qabel il-Griegi u r-Rumani.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
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Related terms
- fermezza
- fferma
Middle English
Noun
ferm
- (Late Middle English) Alternative form of ferme (“lease”)
Adjective
ferm
- Alternative form of ferme (“firm”)
Old French
Alternative forms
- furm (Tristan, Thomas d'Angleterre)
Etymology
From Latin firmus.
Adjective
ferm m (oblique and nominative feminine singular ferme)
- firm
Declension
| Number | Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Subject | ferms | ferme | ferm |
| Oblique | ferm | |||
| Plural | Subject | ferm | fermes | |
| Oblique | ferms |
Related terms
- enferm
- fermeté, ferté
Descendants
- Middle French: ferme
- French: ferme
- → Middle English: ferme, ferm
- English: firm (remodelled after Latin)
- → Cantonese: firm
- Scots: firm (remodelled after Latin)
- English: firm (remodelled after Latin)
Polish
Etymology
New Latin; named for Enrico Fermi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɛrm/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛrm
- Syllabification: ferm
Noun
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Fm | |
| Previous: einstein (Es) | |
| Next: mendelew (Md) | |
ferm m inan
- fermium
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | ferm |
| genitive | fermu |
| dative | fermowi |
| accusative | ferm |
| instrumental | fermem |
| locative | fermie |
| vocative | fermie |
Further reading
- ferm in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- ferm in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From French ferme.
Adjective
ferm m or n (feminine singular fermă, masculine plural fermi, feminine and neuter plural ferme)
- firm
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | ferm | fermă | fermi | ferme | ||
| definite | fermul | ferma | fermii | fermele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | ferm | ferme | fermi | ferme | ||
| definite | fermului | fermei | fermilor | fermelor | |||
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English ferme, from Anglo-Norman and Old French ferme, from Medieval Latin firma, from Old English fearm (“sustenance, food, supplies”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fɛrm], [ferm]
Noun
ferm (plural ferms)
- a farm
Derived terms
- fermer (“farmer”)
- fermhoose (“farmhouse”)
- fermin (“farming”)
- ferm-servand (“farm-hand”)
- fermstockin (“livestock”)
- fermtoun (“the homested of a farm”)
References
- “ferm” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.