fer
English
editPronunciation
editPreposition
editfer
- (dialectal, especially British) Pronunciation spelling of for.
- 1899, Stephen Crane, chapter 1, in Twelve O'Clock:
- “[…] Them rich fellers, they don't make no bad breaks with their money. They watch it all th' time b'cause they know blame well there ain't hardly room fer their feet fer th' pikers an' tin-horns an' thimble-riggers what are layin' fer 'em. […]”
- 1997, J.K. Rowling, chapter IV, in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone:
Derived terms
editSee also
editReferences
edit- “fer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
editAragonese
editEtymology
editVerb
editfer
- to do
Conjugation
editinfinitive | fer | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | fendo | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | feito | feita | |||||
plural | feitos | feitas | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | yo | tú | él | nusatros nusatras |
busatros busatras |
ellos/els ellas | |
present | foi | fas | fa | femos | fez | fan | |
imperfect | feba, febe | febas | feba | febanos | febaz | feban | |
preterite | fazié | faziés | fazió | faziemos | faziez | fazioron, fazión | |
future | faré, feré | farás, ferás | fará, ferá | faremos, feremos | faré, ferez | farán, ferán | |
conditional | faría, fería | farías, ferías | faría, fería | faríanos, feríanos | faríaz, feríaz | farían, ferían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú | él | nusatros nusatras |
busatros busatras |
ellos/els ellas | |
present | faiga, faya | faigas, fayas | faiga, faya | faigamos, fayamos | faigaz, fayaz | faigan, fayan | |
imperfect | fese | feses | fese | fesenos | fesez | fesen | |
imperative | — | tú | — | — | busatros busatras |
— | |
— | fé | — | — | fez | — |
Catalan
editEtymology 1
editPronunciation
editVerb
editfer (first-person singular present faig, first-person singular preterite fiu, past participle fet)
- to make, produce
- Fer vinagre. ― To make vinegar.
- Aquesta terra fa molt bon blat. ― This land produces very good wheat.
- Quatre i quatre fan vuit. ― Four and four make eight.
- Fer d'un enemic un aliat. ― To turn an enemy into an ally.
- Fer olor de roses. ― To smell of rose.
- Fer pudor de porcs. ― To stink of pig.
- (idiomatic) Fer bondat ― to behave, to comply with one's duty (an idiom, literally to make goodness)
- (idiomatic) Fer figa ― to fail to achieve an expected result (an idiom, literally to make fig)
- to make up
- Els jubilats fan un quart de la població. ― Retired people make up a quarter of the population.
- to do, to cause to be done
- to make do
- to give
- El primer marit li va fer dos fills. ― Her first husband gave her two sons.
- Feu-me mig quilo de formatge. ― Give me half a kilo of cheese.
- Fes-me un petó! ― Kiss me!
- to lay
- La canària ha fet un ou. ― The canary has laid an egg.
- to cause
- (auxiliary) to make (someone) (do something), that is auxiliary verb to form the causative together with an infinitive
- em van fer tornar a buscar el rebut ― they made me go back to get the receipt
- l'has feta plorar ― you made her cry
- to go
- (impersonal, of weather) to be
- Fa fred! ― It is cold!
- Fa calor! ― It is hot!
- Fa vent! ― It is windy!
- to play
- to measure
Conjugation
editinfinitive | fer | ||||||
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gerund | fent | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | fet | feta | |||||
plural | fets | fetes | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | faig | fas | fa | fem | feu | fan | |
imperfect | feia | feies | feia | fèiem | fèieu | feien | |
future | faré | faràs | farà | farem | fareu | faran | |
preterite | fiu | feres | feu | férem | féreu | feren | |
conditional | faria | faries | faria | faríem | faríeu | farien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | faci | facis | faci | fem | feu | facin | |
imperfect | fes | fessis | fes | féssim | féssiu | fessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
affirmative | — | fes | faci | fem | feu | facin | |
negative (no) | — | no facis | no faci | no fem | no feu | no facin |
Balearic uses fais for the second person plural form in the present indicative instead of feu.
Derived terms
edit- a fer la mà
- a preu fet
- bufar i fer ampolles
- desfer
- fer acte de presència
- fer així
- fer banyes
- fer bondat
- fer caput
- fer cinc cèntims
- fer com
- fer costat
- fer el pes
- fer el préssec
- fer el salt
- fer figa
- fer fora
- fer front
- fer malbé
- fer nyam
- fer olor
- fer servir
- fer veure
- fer-se
- pel que fa a
- quefer
- refer
- si fa no fa
- tal faràs, tal trobaràs
Related terms
editEtymology 2
editInherited from Latin ferus (compare Occitan fèr, French fier, Spanish fiero), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editfer (feminine fera, masculine plural fers, feminine plural feres)
- wild (untamed, not domesticated)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “fer” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “fer”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “fer” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “fer” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Faroese
editPronunciation
editVerb
editfer
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle French fer, from Old French fer, from Latin ferrum.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfer m (plural fers)
Derived terms
edit- âge fer
- battre le fer tant qu’il est chaud
- bras de fer
- chapel de fer
- chemin de fer
- croire dur comme fer
- croiser le fer
- croix de bois, croix de fer, si je mens, je vais en enfer
- de fer
- fer à cheval
- fer à friser
- fer à repasser
- fer à souder
- fer de lance
- ferraille
- fil de fer
- les quatre fers en l’air
- main de fer
- marquer au fer rouge
- rideau de fer
- sentiment du fer
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- “fer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hunsrik
editEtymology
editCompare Pennsylvania German fer, German für and English for.
Preposition
editfer
Further reading
editIcelandic
editVerb
editfer
- inflection of fara:
Latin
editVerb
editfer
Manx
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish fer, from Proto-Celtic *wiros, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfer m (plural fir)
- man
- Cha nel mee lowal rish y fer aeg shen. ― I do not approve of that young man.
- one (modified by an adjective or demonstrative, referring to an object or animal)
- Ta fer jiarg aym. ― I have a red one [e.g. chair].
- Ta mee fakin kiare fir ghlassey. ― I see four green ones [e.g. birds].
- By vie lhiam yn fer shen. ― I would like that one [e.g. toy].
- used as a dummy noun to support a number, referring to a person, object or animal
- Ta fer ennagh ayns shoh laccal dy akin oo. ― There's a fellow here who wants to see you.
- Ta fer aym. ― I have one [e.g. chair].
- Ta mee fakin kiare fir. ― I see four [e.g. birds].
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editMutation
editManx mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fer | er | ver |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fer”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Mauritian Creole
editEtymology
editVerb
editfer (medial form fer)
Derived terms
editMiddle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old English feorr, from Proto-Germanic *ferrai.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editfer
- far, distant
- a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “General Prologue”, in The Canterbury Tales, line 493:
- Wide was hys pariſſhe, & houſes ferre a ſondre […]
- Wide was his parish, and houses far asunder […]
Derived terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “fer, adj.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Middle French
editEtymology
editFrom Old French fer.
Noun
editfer m (plural fers)
Descendants
edit- French: fer (see there for further descendants)
Middle Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish fer, from Primitive Irish *ᚃᚔᚏᚐᚄ (*viras), from Proto-Celtic *wiros, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfer m (genitive fir, nominative plural fir)
- man
- c. 1000, Anonymous, published in (1935) Rudolf Thurneysen, editor, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó (in Middle Irish), Dublin: Staionery Office, § 1, l. 13, page 2: “In fer no·t⟨h⟩ēged iarsint ṡligi do·bered in n-aēl isin coiri, ocus a·taibred din chētgabāil, iss ed no·ithed. ― Each man who came along the way would put the flesh-fork into the cauldron, and whatever he got at the first taking, it was that which he ate. (literally, “The man who…”)”
Derived terms
editDescendants
editMutation
editMiddle Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
fer | ḟer | fer pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fer”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Norman
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old French fer, from Latin ferrum.
Noun
editfer m (uncountable)
Norwegian Nynorsk
editVerb
editfer
Occitan
editVerb
editfer
- Alternative form of faire
Conjugation
editsimple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | fer | aver fach | |||||
gerund | fasent | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | fach | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | fau | fas | fa | fasèm | fasètz | fan | |
imperfect | fasiái | fasiás | fasiá | fasiam | fasiatz | fasián | |
preterite | farai | faràs | farà | farem | faretz | faràn | |
future | faguèri | faguères | faguèt | faguèrem | faguèretz | faguèron | |
conditional | fariái | fariás | fariá | fariam | fariatz | farián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | |||||||
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | faga | fagas | faga | fagam | fagatz | fagan | |
imperfect | faguèsse | faguèsses | faguèsse | faguèssem | faguèssetz | faguèsson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
fai | fagam | fasètz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Old French
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editfer oblique singular, m (oblique plural fers, nominative singular fers, nominative plural fer)
Descendants
edit- Middle French: fer
- French: fer (see there for further descendants)
- Norman: fé (France, Jersey), faer (Guernsey), fer (Sark)
- Walloon: fier
Etymology 2
editFrom Latin ferum, accusative of ferus (“wild”).
Adjective
editfer m (oblique and nominative feminine singular fere)
Declension
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (fier)
- fer on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Old High German
editEtymology
editFrom West Proto-Germanic *ferrai., whence also Old English feorr.
Adjective
editfer
Adverb
editfer
References
edit- Braune, Wilhelm. Althochdeutsches Lesebuch, zusammengestellt und mit Glossar versehen
Old Irish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Primitive Irish *ᚃᚔᚏᚐᚄ (*viras), from Proto-Celtic *wiros, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós. Cognates include Latin vir, Sanskrit वीर (vīrá) and Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂 (wair).
Noun
editfer m (genitive fir, nominative plural fir)
- man
- husband
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 22c10
- Is bés trá dosom aní-siu cosc inna mban i tossug et a tabairt fo chumacte a feir, armbat irlamu de ind ḟir fo chumacte Dǽi, co·mbí íarum coscitir ind ḟir et do·airbertar fo réir Dǽ.
- This, then, is a custom of his, to correct the wives at first and to bring them under the power of their husbands, so that the husbands may be the readier under God’s power, so that afterwards the husbands are corrected and bowed down in subjection to God.
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 22c10
Declension
editMasculine o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | fer | ferL | firL |
Vocative | fir | ferL | firuH |
Accusative | ferN | ferL | firuH |
Genitive | firL | fer | ferN |
Dative | fiurL | feraib | feraib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
editDescendants
editFurther reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fer”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editfer
·fer
Mutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
fer | ḟer | fer pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Old Norse
editVerb
editfer
Old Saxon
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Germanic *ferro, an old comparative form.
Adverb
editfer
Descendants
edit- Middle Low German: verre
Etymology 2
editFrom Proto-Germanic *ferro.
Adjective
editfer
Declension
editStrong declension | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gender | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
nominative | fer | ferre | fer | ferru | fer | ferre |
accusative | ferrana | ferre | fer | ferru | ferra | ferre |
genitive | ferres | ferrarō | ferres | ferrarō | ferraro | ferrarō |
dative | ferrumu | ferrum | ferrumu | ferrum | ferraro | ferrum |
Weak declension | ||||||
gender | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
nominative | ferro | ferru | ferra | ferru | ferra | ferru |
accusative | ferrun | ferrun | ferra | ferrun | ferrun | ferrun |
genitive | ferrun | ferronō | ferrun | ferronō | ferrun | ferronō |
dative | ferrun | ferrum | ferrun | ferrum | ferrun | ferrum |
Pennsylvania German
editEtymology
editCompare German für, Dutch voor, English for, Hunsrik fer.
Preposition
editfer
Piedmontese
editPronunciation
editNoun
editfer m
Romanian
editNoun
editfer n (plural feare)
- Alternative form of fier
Declension
editRomansch
editVerb
editfer (Puter)
Scots
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editfer (comparative ferther, superlative ferthest)
Derived terms
editSerbo-Croatian
editEtymology
editAdjective
editfer (Cyrillic spelling фер)
Adverb
editfer (Cyrillic spelling фер)
Welsh
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editfer
- Soft mutation of ber (“short”).
Mutation
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