fermeté

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin firmitātem. By surface analysis, ferme +‎ -eté. Displaced its doublet ferté, still found in a few toponyms. See also infirmité.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /fɛʁ.mə.te/

Noun[edit]

fermeté f (plural fermetés)

firmness

Further reading[edit]

“fermeté”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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