fer
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Preposition [edit]
fer
- (regional) Eye dialect spelling of for.
References [edit]
- fer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams [edit]
Aragonese [edit]
Verb [edit]
fer
- to make
Catalan [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Latin facere, present active infinitive of faciō.
Verb [edit]
fer (first-person singular present faig, past participle fet)
- to make, to 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 vinagre.
- to make up
- Els jubilats fan un quart de la població.
- Retired people make up a quarter of the population.
- to do, to cause to be done
- to make do
- 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.
- to lay
- La canària ha fet un ou.
- The canary has laid an egg.
- La canària ha fet un ou.
- to cause
- to go
- (impersonal, of weather) to be
- Fa fred!
- It is cold!
- Fa fred!
- to play
- to measure
Conjugation [edit]
| infinitive | fer | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | fent | ||||||
| past participle | fet | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| Indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès |
|
| present | faig | fas | fa | fem | feu | fan | |
| imperfect | feia | feies | feia | fèiem | fèieu | feien | |
| future | faré | faràs | farà | farem | fareu | faran | |
| preterite | fiu | feres | féu | férem | féreu | feren | |
| conditional | faria | faries | faria | fariem | farieu | farien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella | nosaltres | vosaltres | ells/elles | |
| present | faci | facis | faci | fem | feu | facin | |
| imperfect | fes | fessis | fes | féssim | féssiu | fessin | |
| imperative | - | tu | ell/ella | nosaltres | vosaltres | ells/elles | |
| fes | faci | fem | feu | facin | |||
Related terms [edit]
Etymology 2 [edit]
From Latin ferus.
Adjective [edit]
fer m (feminine fera, masculine plural fers, feminine plural feres)
Related terms [edit]
References [edit]
- Institut d'Estudis Catalans (1995). Diccionari de la llengua catalana (4ta. edició). ISBN 84-412-2477-3.
Faroese [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
fer
- third-person singular present of fara
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin ferrum.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
fer m (plural fers)
- iron
- shoe (for horse); steel tip
- (golf) iron
- iron (appliance)
- (in the plural, archaic) irons, fetters
Derived terms [edit]
Related terms [edit]
Latin [edit]
Verb [edit]
fer
- first-person singular present active subjunctive of for
- "may I speak, may I say"
- second-person singular present active imperative of fero
Lojban [edit]
Rafsi [edit]
fer
Manx [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Irish fer, from Proto-Celtic *wiros, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /fer/
Noun [edit]
fer m (plural fir)
Synonyms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
Mauritian Creole [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From French faire.
Verb [edit]
fer (medial form fer)
Derived terms [edit]
Middle English [edit]
Adjective [edit]
fer
- far
- 1478 (earliest extant version), Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, Prologue, line 493
- Wide was his parish, and houses fer asonder.
- 1478 (earliest extant version), Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, Prologue, line 493
Norwegian Nynorsk [edit]
Verb [edit]
fer
Occitan [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Latin faciō
Verb [edit]
fer
Conjugation [edit]
- This Occitan verb needs an inflection-table template.
Old French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin
Noun [edit]
fer m (oblique plural fers, nominative singular fers, nominative plural fer)
- iron (metal)
Old High German [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From West Proto-Germanic *ferro-, whence also Old English feorr.
Adjective [edit]
fer
Old Irish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Celtic *wiros, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós. Cognates include Latin vir, Sanskrit वीर (vīrá) and Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂 (waír).
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /fʲer/
Noun [edit]
fer m
Declension [edit]
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Nominative | fer | ferL | firL |
| Vocative | fir | ferL | firu |
| Accusative | ferN | ferL | |
| Genitive | firL | fer | ferN |
| Dative | fiurL | feraib | |
Derived terms [edit]
Descendants [edit]
Mutation [edit]
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| fer | ḟer | fer pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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Old Saxon [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /fer/
Etymology 1 [edit]
Proto-Germanic *ferro, an old comparative form
Adverb [edit]
fer
Etymology 2 [edit]
Proto-Germanic *ferro.
Adjective [edit]
fer
Declension [edit]
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | fer | ferre | fer | ferre | fer | ferru |
| accusative | ferran | ferre | fer | ferre | ferra | ferru |
| genitive | ferres | ferrarō | ferres | ferrarō | ferraro | ferrarō |
| dative | ferrumu | ferrum | ferrumu | ferrum | ferraro | ferrum |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| masculine | neuter | feminine | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | ferro | ferru | ferra | ferru | ferra | ferru |
| accusative | ferrun | ferrun | ferra | ferrun | ferrun | ferrun |
| genitive | ferrun | ferronō | ferrun | ferronō | ferrun | ferronō |
| dative | ferrun | ferrum | ferrun | ferrum | ferrun | ferrum |
Romansch [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) far
Etymology [edit]
From Latin faciō, facere.
Verb [edit]
fer
Scots [edit]
Adjective [edit]
fer (comparative ferther, superlative ferthest)
- (South Scots) far
- English terms with homophones
- English prepositions
- English regional terms
- English eye dialect
- Aragonese verbs
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan verbs
- Catalan impersonal verbs
- Catalan adjectives
- Faroese terms with homophones
- Faroese verb forms
- French terms derived from Latin
- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French countable nouns
- fr:Golf
- French archaic terms
- fr:Chemical elements
- fr:Metals
- Latin verb forms
- Lojban rafsi
- Manx terms derived from Old Irish
- Manx terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Manx terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Manx nouns
- gv:Human
- Mauritian Creole terms derived from French
- Mauritian Creole verbs
- Mauritian Creole invariable verbs
- Middle English adjectives
- Norwegian Nynorsk verb forms
- Occitan terms derived from Latin
- Occitan verbs
- Occitan third group verbs
- Old French terms derived from Latin
- Old French nouns
- Old French masculine nouns
- fro:Metals
- Old High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old High German adjectives
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Irish nouns
- Old Irish o-stem nouns
- sga:Human
- Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Saxon adverbs
- Old Saxon adjectives
- Romansch terms derived from Latin
- Romansch verbs
- Puter Romansch
- Scots adjectives
- South Scots