fèrme

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See also: ferme, fermé, and fermë

Norman

Etymology 1

From Old French ferm, ferme (“solid”), from Latin firmus (“solid, secure”).

Adjective

fèrme m or f

  1. (Jersey) firm

Etymology 2

From Old French ferme (“lease for working, rent, farm”), from Medieval Latin ferma, firma (“rent, tax, tribute, farm”), from Old English feorm (“rent, provision, supplies, feast”), from Proto-Germanic *firmō, *firhuma- (“means of living, subsistence”), from *firhu- (“life force, body, being”), from Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- (“life, force, strength, tree”).

Noun

fèrme f (plural fèrmes)

  1. (Jersey) farm
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