fermeté

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin firmitās. Synchronically analysable as ferme +‎ -eté. Displaced its doublet ferté, still found in a few toponyms. See also infirmité.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛʁ.mə.te/

Noun

fermeté f (plural fermetés)

1. firmness

Further reading

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