fera

See also: FERA, fêra, and -fera

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin fera.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.ɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.ɾa/
• Rhymes: -eɾa

Noun

fera f (plural feres)

1. wild animal, beast

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Esperanto

Adjective

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

1. iron (used attributively)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁa/

Verb

fera

1. third-person singular future of faire

   Demain il fera beau.

   Tomorrow it will be lovely.

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Gothic

Romanization

fēra

1. Romanization of 𐍆𐌴𐍂𐌰

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Japanese

Romanization

fera

1. Rōmaji transcription of フェラ

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Latin

Etymology

From ferus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.ra/, [ˈfɛ.ra]

Noun

fera f (genitive ferae); first declension

1. wild animal, beast

Declension

First declension.

Case	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

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
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “fera”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “fera” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], 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)
    

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin fera

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.ra/
• Hyphenation: fe‧ra

Noun

fera f (plural feras)

1. beast (non-human animal)
2. (São Paulo) nice person

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:fera.

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Westrobothnian

Alternative forms

• fära
• fara
• fårå

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fèːɾɐ], [fɛ̀ːɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -èːɾɐ, -ɛ̀ːɾɐ

Etymology

From Old Norse fara, from Proto-Germanic *faraną, from Proto-Indo-European *por- (“going, passage”).

Verb

fera (preterite for, supine förä or furi or fyri)

1. (neuter verb) to go
2. (auxiliary verb) to begin

   han for ginnäs

   he started to cry

   han a förä få säg

   he has begun to recover

   kraftän a förä miink

   the forces have begun to subside

3. (with particle åt) to act, behave

   Hä gikk som han for åt

   it went as he behaved; the result corresponded to his actions