See also: férié and férie

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Etymology

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

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ferie (plural feries)

  1. (obsolete) A holiday.

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Latin fēriae (festival, rest).

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  • IPA(key): [ˈfeɐ̯ˀiə], [ˈfeɐ̯ˀjə]

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ferie c (singular definite ferien, plural indefinite ferier)

  1. holiday
  2. vacation
  3. recess

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Italian

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ferie f

  1. plural of feria
  2. holidays, vacation

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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

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ferie (plural feries)

  1. A place where a ferry crosses.
  2. (rare) A ferry.
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  • English: ferry (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: ferry
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Etymology 2

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

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ferie (plural feries)

  1. A weekday; a day of the working week.
  2. A feria; a day that isn't a festival.
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Descendants
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  • English: ferie (obsolete)
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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Latin feriae.

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

  1. vacation (US), holiday (UK)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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From Latin feriae.

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

  1. vacation, holiday

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin fēriae.

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ferie nvir pl

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

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Further reading

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

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Verb

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ferie

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