fera

See also: Fera, FERA, ferã, fêra, and -fera

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfe.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfe.ɾa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -eɾa

Noun

fera f (plural feres)

1. wild animal, beast

Related terms

• fer
• ferí

Adjective

fera

1. feminine singular of fer (“wild, untamed”)

Further reading

• “fera”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “fera”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “fera” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fera” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Chichewa

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-kúɪda (“applicative of *-kúa (“to die”)”). By surface analysis, -fa (“to die”) +‎ -era (“applicative suffix for monosyllabic stems”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfe.ɽa/

Verb

-fera (infinitive kuféra)

1. Applicative form of -fa
   1. to die for someone
2. to die
3. to break down (cars)

Derived terms

• kadzifere (“a daring person who's not afraid to die”)

References

• Steven Paas (2016), Oxford Chichewa-English/English - Chichewa Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford University Press

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfera/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -era
• Syllabification: fe‧ra

Adjective

fera (accusative singular feran, plural feraj, accusative plural ferajn)

1. iron (attributive)

Further reading

• “fera”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “fera”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-present

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fə.ʁa/, /fʁa/

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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• Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)):

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• Audio (France (Brétigny-sur-Orge)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Verb

fera

1. third-person singular future of faire

   Demain, il fera beau.

   Tomorrow, it will be lovely. (the weather)

Gothic

Romanization

fēra

1. romanization of 𐍆𐌴𐍂𐌰

Japanese

Romanization

fera

1. Rōmaji transcription of フェラ

Latin

Etymology

From ferus (“wild”) + -a (feminine suffix).

For the gender, perhaps compare the semantically similar bēstia f, bēlua f, and pecus f.

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfɛ.ra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfɛː.ra]

Adjective

fera

1. inflection of ferus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Noun

fera f (genitive ferae); first declension

1. wild animal; beast

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	fera	ferae
genitive	ferae	ferārum
dative	ferae	ferīs
accusative	feram	ferās
ablative	ferā	ferīs
vocative	fera	ferae

Descendants

• Catalan: fera
• Italian: fiera
• Portuguese: fera
• Romanian: fiară
• Spanish: fiera

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfɛ.raː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfɛː.ra]

Adjective

ferā

1. ablative feminine singular of ferus

References

• “fera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fera”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "fera", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “fera”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to civilise men, a nation: homines, gentem a fera agrestique vita ad humanum cultum civilemque deducere (De Or. 1. 8. 33)
    

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ferire, from Latin ferire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛː.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɛːra

Verb

fera (imperfect jferi, past participle ferit)

1. to injure, wound

   Synonyms: darab, ġeraħ

Conjugation

Conjugation of fera (Form III)

positive forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	ferejt	ferejt	fera	ferejna	ferejtu	ferew
	f			feriet
imperfect	m	nferi	tferi	jferi	nferu	tferu	jferu
	f			tferi
imperative			feri			feru

Related terms

• ferita

Old English

Alternative forms

• fœ̄ra — Anglian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fōrijō, from *fōrijan +‎ *-ō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeː.rɑ/
• Rhymes: -eː.rɑ

Noun

fēra m (West Saxon)

1. companion, associate

Usage notes

• According to the Dictionary of Old English, this word occurs only six times, and four of these are in its Anglian form fœ̄ra (three in the Northumbrian Lindisfarne Gospels and one in the Mercian section of the Rushworth Gospels. The other two attestations are in West Saxon.
• Although unattested, the laws of sound change suggest that the Kentish form ought to have been *fœ̄ra early on, and then later *fēra.
• The forms in the table below marked with * reflect the expected yet unattested forms in West Saxon. The forms in this table without * reflect the few forms directly attested in West Saxon.

Declension

Weak n-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	fēra	*fēran, fēren
accusative	*fēran	*fēran
genitive	*fēran	*fērena
dative	*fēran	*fērum

Derived terms

• ġefēra

Related terms

• fær
• færeld
• fara
• faran
• fare
• fareld
• faru
• fer
• fēran
• fēre
• gefēr
• gefēran
• gefēre
• gefēred
• gefērlīþlīce
• sċipfarend

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “fera”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfera/

Noun

fera f

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin fera, from ferus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.ɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɛɾɐ
• Hyphenation: fe‧ra

Noun

fera f (plural feras)

1. beast (non-human animal)

   Synonyms: besta, bicho, criatura

2. (Brazil, figurative) beast (violent person)

Derived terms

• atirar às feras
• besta-fera
• ferinha
• ficar uma fera

Noun

fera m or f (plural feras)

1. (Brazil, colloquial) skillful person
2. (Pernambuco, colloquial) freshman

   Synonyms: caloiro, bicho

Adjective

fera m or f (plural feras)

1. (Brazil, colloquial) skillful

Adjective

fera

1. feminine singular of fero

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:fera.

See also

• feroz
• feral

Further reading

• “fera”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “fera”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026
• “fera”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “fera”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “fera”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Sicilian

Etymology

From Late Latin feria (“festival, holiday”), from Latin feriae, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s (“god, godhead, deity”). Cognate with Galician feira, Portuguese feira ~ féria, Spanish feria, French foire, Italian fiera and English fair.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.ɾa/, [ˈfɛ.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -ɛɾa
• Hyphenation: fè‧ra

Noun

fera f (plural feri)

1. market

   Synonym: mircatu

2. fair

   Synonym: sacra

Derived terms

• fera dû luni
• firiali

See also

• mirceri
• piscarìa
• vuccirìa

Silesian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Fähre. Displaced Old Polish prom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɛra
• Syllabification: fe‧ra

Noun

fera f

1. ferry (boat or ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another)

   Synonym: flōs

Further reading

• Aleksandra Wencel (2023), “fera”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page 210

Tetum

Verb

fera

1. to split
2. to crack, to burst open