ferie

See also: férié and férie

English

Etymology

From Middle English ferie, from Old French ferie, from Latin feriae (“holidays”). See fair.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪəɹi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

ferie (plural feries)

1. (obsolete) A holiday.

References

• “ferie”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• firee, ifere

Danish

Etymology

From Latin fēriae (“festival, rest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfeɐ̯ˀiə], [ˈfeɐ̯ˀjə]

Noun

ferie c (singular definite ferien, plural indefinite ferier)

1. holiday
2. vacation
3. recess

Declension

Declension of ferie

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ferie	ferien	ferier	ferierne
genitive	feries	feriens	feriers	feriernes

Further reading

• “ferie” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “ferie” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
• ferie on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Italian

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

ferie f

1. plural of feria
2. holidays, vacation

Anagrams

• fiere

Middle English

Etymology 1

Partially from Old Norse ferja; partially a back-formation from ferien.

Alternative forms

• fery, ferye, ffery, verye

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛriː(ə)/

Noun

ferie (plural feries)

1. A place where a ferry crosses.
2. (rare) A ferry.

Descendants

• English: ferry (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: ferry

References

• “feri(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From Old French ferie, from Medieval Latin fēria; compare feyre.

Alternative forms

• feri, fery, ferye, fferie

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛːriː(ə)/

Noun

ferie (plural feries)

1. A weekday; a day of the working week.
2. A feria; a day that isn't a festival.

Related terms

• ferial

Descendants

• English: ferie (obsolete)

References

• “fēri(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin feriae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feːrjə/
• Rhymes: -eːrjə

Noun

ferie m (definite singular ferien, indefinite plural ferier, definite plural feriene)

1. vacation (US), holiday (UK)

Derived terms

• familieferie
• ferieby
• feriepenger
• feriested
• sommerferie

Related terms

• feriere

References

• “ferie” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin feriae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feːrjə/
• Rhymes: -eːrjə

Noun

ferie m (definite singular ferien, indefinite plural feriar, definite plural feriane)

1. vacation, holiday

Derived terms

• familieferie
• ferieby

Related terms

• feriere, feriera

References

• “ferie” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfer.je/, [ˈferˠ.je]
• IPA^(key): /ˈfe.ri.e/

Verb

ferie

1. inflection of ferian:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. singular present subjunctive

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fēriae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.rjɛ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛrjɛ
• Syllabification: fe‧rie

Noun

ferie nvir pl

1. winter vacation
2. (education) winter school break

Declension

Declension of ferie

	plural
nominative	ferie
genitive	ferii/feryj (archaic)
dative	feriom
accusative	ferie
instrumental	feriami
locative	feriach
vocative	ferie

Further reading

• ferie in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ferie in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Verb

ferie

1. inflection of feriar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative