fera

See also: Fera, FERA, fêra, and -fera

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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

Related terms

• fer

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfera/
• Hyphenation: fer‧a
• Rhymes: -era

Adjective

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

1. iron

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fə.ʁa/, /fʁa/

Verb

fera

1. third-person singular future of faire

   Demain il fera beau.

   Tomorrow it will be lovely. (the weather)

   or

   Tomorrow he will be handsome. (the bridegroom)

   depending on context, that is, the antecedent of the pronoun il.

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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
• fera in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• fera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• 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, from ferus.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

fera f (plural feras)

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

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:fera.

Adjective

fera (plural feras, comparable)

1. skillful

See also

• feroz

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Westrobothnian

Alternative forms

• fära, fɑra, fara, fåra

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fèːɾɐ], [fɛ̀ːɾɐ]

  Rhymes: -èːrɐ, -ɛ̀ːrɐ

Verb

fera (preterite for, supine förä or furi or fyri, negated oförä or ofuri or ofyri)

1. (intransitive) to go, move, travel, leave

   Ji vadht häfftä sä ji int kónd fära dill bröllope

   I was prevented from being able to attend the wedding (lit. go to the wedding.)

   Han spela heelä vajen han for

   He sang throughout the entire journey (lit. the whole way he travelled.)

   Än fåur fräisk å feḷa å kåm hem såm en helsläusståkkar

   He left healthy and ready, and came home as a healthless wretch.

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.