fer

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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (unstressed) IPA(key): /fə(ɹ)/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ə(ɹ)

Preposition[edit]

fer

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

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

terms containing the word "fer", but etymologically unrelated

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Aragonese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin facere.

Verb[edit]

fer

  1. to do

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of fer (second conjugation, irregular)
infinitive fer
gerund fendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular feito feita
plural feitos feitas
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative yo tú él nusatros
nusatras 		busatros
busatras 		ellos/els
ellas
present foi fas fa femos fez fan
imperfect feba, febe febas feba febanos febaz feban
preterite fazié faziés fazió faziemos faziez fazioron, fazión
future faré, feré farás, ferás fará, ferá faremos, feremos faré, ferez farán, ferán
conditional faría, fería farías, ferías faría, fería faríanos, feríanos faríaz, feríaz farían, ferían
subjunctive yo tú él nusatros
nusatras 		busatros
busatras 		ellos/els
ellas
present faiga, faya faigas, fayas faiga, faya faigamos, fayamos faigaz, fayaz faigan, fayan
imperfect fese feses fese fesenos fesez fesen
imperative — tú — — busatros
busatras 		—
— fé — — fez —

Catalan[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Old Catalan far~fair, from Latin facere, from Proto-Italic *fakiō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

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[edit]
    Conjugation of fer (second conjugation, irregular)
infinitive fer
gerund fent
past participle masculine feminine
singular fet feta
plural fets fetes
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 feu férem féreu feren
conditional faria faries faria faríem faríeu farien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present faci facis faci fem feu facin
imperfect fes fessis fes féssim féssiu fessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós 		vostès
affirmative — fes faci fem feu facin
negative (no) — no facis no faci no fem no feu no facin

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

Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. wild (untamed, not domesticated)
Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Faroese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

fer

  1. third-person singular present of fara

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

Descendants[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]

Hunsrik[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Pennsylvania German fer, German für and English for.

Preposition[edit]

fer

  1. for

Further reading[edit]

Icelandic[edit]

Verb[edit]

fer

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

Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

fer

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

Manx[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fer er ver
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

Mauritian Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French faire.

Verb[edit]

fer (medial form fer)

  1. To make
  2. To do

Derived terms[edit]

Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

fer

  1. far, distant
    • a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “General Prologue”, in The Canterbury Tales, line 493:
      Wide was hys pariſſhe, & houſes ferre a ſondre […]
      Wide was his parish, and houses far asunder […]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

Middle French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French fer.

Noun[edit]

fer m (plural fers)

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

Descendants[edit]

  • French: fer (see there for further descendants)

Middle Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

fer m (genitive fir, nominative plural fir)

  1. man
    • c. 1000, Anonymous, published in (1935) Rudolf Thurneysen, editor, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó (in Middle Irish), Dublin: Staionery Office, § 1, l. 13, page 2: “In fer no·t⟨h⟩ēged iarsint ṡligi do·bered in n-aēl isin coiri, ocus a·taibred din chētgabāil, iss ed no·ithed. ― Each man who came along the way would put the flesh-fork into the cauldron, and whatever he got at the first taking, it was that which he ate. (literally, “The man who…”)”

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Middle 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.

Further reading[edit]

Norman[edit]

Norman Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nrf

Alternative forms[edit]

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

Etymology[edit]

From Old French fer, from Latin ferrum.

Noun[edit]

fer m (uncountable)

  1. (Sark) iron

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Verb[edit]

fer

  1. present of fara

Occitan[edit]

Verb[edit]

fer

  1. Alternative form of faire

Conjugation[edit]

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)
simple compound
infinitive fer aver fach
gerund fasent use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle fach —
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ieu tu el nosautres vosautres eles
present fau fas fa fasèm fasètz fan
imperfect fasiái fasiás fasiá fasiam fasiatz fasián
preterite farai faràs farà farem faretz faràn
future faguèri faguères faguèt faguèrem faguèretz faguèron
conditional fariái fariás fariá fariam fariatz farián
conditional 2nd form1 {{{49}}} {{{50}}} {{{51}}} {{{52}}} {{{53}}} {{{54}}}
compound
tenses 		present perfect use the present tense of aver + past participle
pluperfect use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
past anterior use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
future perfect use the future tense of aver + past participle
conditional perfect use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive que ieu que tu que el que nosautres que vosautres que eles
present faga fagas faga fagam fagatz fagan
imperfect faguèsse faguèsses faguèsse faguèssem faguèssetz faguèsson
compound
tenses 		past use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
pluperfect use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative — tu — nosautres vosautres —
fai fagam fasètz 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Old French[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin ferrum.

Noun[edit]

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

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

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

fer m (oblique and nominative feminine singular fere)

  1. cruel; harsh
  2. fierce; ferocious
    • c. 1120, Philippe de Taon, Bestiaire:
      Quatre pez ad la beste, e mult est de fer estre
      Four feet has the beast, and it is of a very ferocious nature
Declension[edit]
Declension of fer
Number Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Subject fers fere fer
Oblique fer fere fer
Plural Subject fer feres fer
Oblique fers feres fer
Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

Old High German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

fer

  1. remote

Adverb[edit]

fer

  1. far

References[edit]

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

Old Irish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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[edit]

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
      Is bés trá dosom aní-siu cosc inna mban i tossug et a tabairt fo chumacte a feir, armbat irlamu de ind ḟir fo chumacte Dǽi, co·mbí íarum coscitir ind ḟir et do·airbertar fo réir Dǽ.
      This, then, is a custom of his, to correct the wives at first and to bring them under the power of their husbands, so that the husbands may be the readier under God’s power, so that afterwards the husbands are corrected and bowed down in subjection to God.
Declension[edit]
Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative fer ferL firL
Vocative fir ferL firuH
Accusative ferN ferL firuH
Genitive firL fer ferN
Dative fiurL feraib feraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

fer

  1. second-person singular imperative of feraid

·fer

  1. third-person singular preterite conjunct of feraid

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.

Old Norse[edit]

Verb[edit]

fer

  1. first-person singular present active indicative of fara

Old Saxon[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Adverb[edit]

fer

  1. far
Descendants[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *ferro.

Adjective[edit]

fer

  1. far
Declension[edit]
Declension of fer
Strong declension
gender masculine neuter feminine
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative fer ferre fer ferru fer ferre
accusative ferrana ferre fer ferru ferra ferre
genitive ferres ferrarō ferres ferrarō ferraro ferrarō
dative ferrumu ferrum ferrumu ferrum ferraro ferrum
Weak declension
gender masculine neuter feminine
case 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


Pennsylvania German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Preposition[edit]

fer

  1. for

Piedmontese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

fer m

  1. iron

Romanian[edit]

Noun[edit]

fer n (plural feare)

  1. Alternative form of fier

Declension[edit]

Declension of fer
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) fer ferul (niște) feare fearele
genitive/dative (unui) fer ferului (unor) feare fearelor
vocative ferule fearelor

Romansch[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin faciō, facere.

Verb[edit]

fer

  1. (Puter) to do, make

Scots[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

fer (comparative ferther, superlative ferthest)

  1. (South Scots) far

Derived terms[edit]

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English fair.

Adjective[edit]

fer (Cyrillic spelling фер)

  1. fair

Adverb[edit]

fer (Cyrillic spelling фер)

  1. fairly

Welsh[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

fer

  1. Soft mutation of ber (“short”).

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
ber fer mer unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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