ferm

English

Alternative forms

• ferme

Etymology

See farm.

Noun

ferm (countable and uncountable, plural ferms)

1. (obsolete) rent for a farm

   He let his land to ferm.

2. (obsolete) a farm
3. (obsolete) an abode or place of residence
   • Edmund Spenser

     Out of her fleshy ferme fled to the place of pain.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ferm in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

• REMF, frem

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Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan ferm, from Latin firmus.

Adjective

ferm (feminine ferma, masculine plural ferms, feminine plural fermes)

1. firm (steadfast, secure)

   Synonym: fix

2. firm (fixed in opinion)

   Synonym: fix

3. firm (solid, rigid)

Derived terms

• fermament
• fermesa

Noun

ferm m (plural ferms)

1. pavement (US), road surface (UK) (paved exterior surface)

Further reading

• “ferm” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ferm” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “ferm” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ferm” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Old French

Alternative forms

• furm (Tristan, Thomas d'Angleterre)

Etymology

From Latin firmus.

Adjective

ferm m (oblique and nominative feminine singular ferme)

1. firm

Declension

Declension of ferm

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	ferms	ferme	ferm
	Oblique	ferm	ferme	ferm
Plural	Subject	ferm	fermes	ferm
	Oblique	ferms	fermes	ferm

Descendants

• Middle French: ferme
  • French: ferme

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛrm/

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Noun

Chemical element
Fm	Previous: einstein (Es)
	Next: mendelew (Md)

ferm m inan

1. fermium

Declension

declension of ferm

	singular
nominative	ferm
genitive	fermu
dative	fermowi
accusative	ferm
instrumental	fermem
locative	fermie
vocative	fermie

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Scots

Etymology

From Old English fearm, from Proto-Germanic *farmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pórmos, from *per- (“to cross over”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fɛrm], [ferm]

Noun

ferm (plural ferms)

1. a farm

Derived terms

• fermer (“farmer”)
• fermhoose (“farmhouse”)
• fermin (“farming”)
• ferm-servand (“farm-hand”)
• fermstockin (“livestock”)
• fermtoun (“the homested of a farm”)