fer

See also -fer, Fer, fér, and fær

English

Pronunciation

• Homophones: fir, fur

Preposition

fer

1. (regional) Eye dialect spelling of for.

References

• fer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• ref

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Aragonese

Verb

fer

1. to make

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Catalan

Etymology 1

From Latin facere, present active infinitive of faciō.

Verb

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

1. 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.

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.

6. to lay

   La canària ha fet un ou.

   The canary has laid an egg.

7. to cause
8. to go
9. (impersonal, of weather) to be

   Fa fred!

   It is cold!

10. to play
11. to measure

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fer

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

• fa
• fer-se
• fer així
• fer com
• fet
• feta

Etymology 2

From Latin ferus.

Adjective

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

1. wild

Related terms

• feral
• feram
• ferament
• feredat
• ferejar
• feresa
• ferest
• ferestament
• feréstec
• ferestegament
• ferí
• porc fer

References

• Institut d'Estudis Catalans (1995). Diccionari de la llengua catalana (4ta. edició). ISBN 84-412-2477-3.

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Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA: /feːɹ/
• Homophone: ferð

Verb

fer

1. third-person singular present of fara

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French

Etymology

From Latin ferrum.

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

• IPA: /fɛʁ/, X-SAMPA: /fER/

Noun

fer m (plural fers)

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

Derived terms

• ferraille

Related terms

• chemin de fer
• fer à repasser

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Latin

Verb

fer

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of for
   1. "may I speak, may I say"
2. second-person singular present active imperative of fero

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Lojban

Rafsi

fer

1. rafsi of fenra.

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Manx

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /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.

Synonyms

• dooinney

Derived terms

• ard-er
• fer ynsee

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Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French faire.

Verb

fer (medial form fer)

1. To make
2. To do

Derived terms

• kifer

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Middle English

Adjective

fer

1. far
   • 1478 (earliest extant version), Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, Prologue, line 493

     Wide was his parish, and houses fer asonder.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

fer

1. present tense of fara and fare

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Occitan

Etymology

Latin faciō

Verb

fer

1. to do
2. to make

Conjugation

This Occitan verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin

Noun

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

1. iron (metal)

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Old High German

Etymology

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

Adjective

fer

1. remote

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Old Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fʲer/

Noun

fer m

1. man
2. husband

Declension

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

• firén

Descendants

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

Mutation

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fer/

Etymology 1

Proto-Germanic *ferro, an old comparative form

Adverb

fer

1. far

Etymology 2

Proto-Germanic *ferro.

Adjective

fer

1. far

Declension

Declension of fer

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

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) far

Etymology

From Latin faciō, facere.

Verb

fer

1. (Puter) to do, make

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Scots

Adjective

fer (comparative ferther, superlative ferthest)

1. (South Scots) far