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English

Pronunciation

  • (unstressed) IPA(key): /fə(ɹ)/
    • (file)
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ə(ɹ)

Preposition

fer

  1. (dialectal, especially Britain) Pronunciation spelling of for.

Derived terms

See also

terms containing the word "fer", but etymologically unrelated

References

Anagrams

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin facere.

Verb

fer

  1. to do

Conjugation

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan far~fair, from Latin facere, from Proto-Italic *fakiō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (to put, place, set).

Pronunciation

Verb

fer (first-person singular present faig, first-person singular preterite fiu, past participle fet)

  1. 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 bondatto behave, to comply with one's duty (an idiom, literally to make goodness)
    (idiomatic) Fer figato fail to achieve an expected result (an idiom, literally to make fig)
  2. to make up
    Els jubilats fan un quart de la població.Retired people make up a quarter of the population.
  3. to do, to cause to be done
  4. to make do
  5. 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!
  6. to lay
    La canària ha fet un ou.The canary has laid an egg.
  7. to cause
  8. (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 rebutthey made me go back to get the receipt
    l'has feta ploraryou made her cry
  9. to go
  10. (impersonal, of weather) to be
    Fa fred!It is cold!
    Fa calor!It is hot!
    Fa vent!It is windy!
  11. to play
  12. to measure
Conjugation

Balearic uses fais for the second person plural form in the present indicative instead of feu.

Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin ferus (compare Occitan fèr, French fier, Spanish fiero), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fer (feminine fera, masculine plural fers, feminine plural feres)

  1. wild (untamed, not domesticated)
Related terms

Further reading

Faroese

Pronunciation

Verb

fer

  1. third-person singular present of fara

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French fer, from Old French fer, from Latin ferrum.

Pronunciation

Noun

fer m (plural fers)

  1. iron
  2. shoe (for horse); steel tip
  3. (golf) iron
  4. iron (appliance)
  5. (in the plural, archaic) irons, fetters

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Antillean Creole:
  • Haitian Creole:
  • Karipúna Creole French:
  • Louisiana Creole: fèr,

Further reading

Hunsrik

Etymology

Compare Pennsylvania German fer, German für and English for.

Preposition

fer

  1. for

Further reading

Icelandic

Verb

fer

  1. inflection of fara:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. third-person singular present indicative

Latin

Verb

fer

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of for
  2. second-person singular present active imperative of ferō

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish fer, from Proto-Celtic *wiros, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós.

Pronunciation

Noun

fer m (plural fir)

  1. man
    Cha nel mee lowal rish y fer aeg shen.I do not approve of that young man.
  2. one (modified by an adjective or demonstrative, referring to an object or animal)
    Ta fer jiarg aym.I have a red one .
    Ta mee fakin kiare fir ghlassey.I see four green ones .
    By vie lhiam yn fer shen.I would like that one .
  3. 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 .
    Ta mee fakin kiare fir.I see four .

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Manx mutation
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

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French faire.

Verb

fer (medial form fer)

  1. To make
  2. To do

Derived terms

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English feorr, from Proto-Germanic *ferrai.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fer

  1. 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

Descendants

References

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French fer.

Noun

fer m (plural fers)

  1. iron (metal)
  2. (by extension) (iron) sword

Descendants

  • French: fer (see there for further descendants)

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fer, from Primitive Irish *ᚃᚔᚏᚐᚄ (*viras), from Proto-Celtic *wiros, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós.

Pronunciation

Noun

fer m (genitive fir, nominative plural fir)

  1. man
    • c. 1000, Anonymous; published in (1935), Rudolf Thurneysen, editor, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó, 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. ”

Derived terms

Descendants

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
fer ḟer fer
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Norman

Norman Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nrf

Alternative forms

  • faer (Guernsey)
  • (France, Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French fer, from Latin ferrum.

Noun

fer m (uncountable)

  1. (Sark) iron

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

fer

  1. present of fara

Occitan

Verb

fer

  1. Alternative form of faire

Conjugation

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin ferrum.

Noun

fer oblique singularm (oblique plural fers, nominative singular fers, nominative plural fer)

  1. iron (metal)
  2. (by extension) sword (made of iron)
Descendants
  • Middle French: fer
    • French: fer (see there for further descendants)
  • Norman: (France, Jersey), faer (Guernsey), fer (Sark)
  • Walloon: fier

Etymology 2

From Latin ferum, accusative of ferus (wild).

Adjective

fer m (oblique and nominative feminine singular fere)

  1. cruel; harsh
  2. fierce; ferocious
    • c. 1120, Philippe de Taon, Bestiaire:
      Quatre pez ad la beste, e mult est de fer estre
      Four feet has the beast, and it is of a very ferocious nature
Declension
Descendants

References

Old High German

Etymology

From West Proto-Germanic *ferrai., whence also Old English feorr.

Adjective

fer

  1. remote

Adverb

fer

  1. far

References

  1. Braune, Wilhelm. Althochdeutsches Lesebuch, zusammengestellt und mit Glossar versehen

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From 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

fer m (genitive fir, nominative plural fir)

  1. man
  2. 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.
Declension
Masculine o-stem
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:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Derived terms
Descendants

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fer

  1. second-person singular imperative of feraid

·fer

  1. third-person singular preterite conjunct of feraid

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
fer ḟer fer
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Norse

Verb

fer

  1. first-person singular present active indicative of fara

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *ferro, an old comparative form.

Adverb

fer

  1. far
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *ferro.

Adjective

fer

  1. far
Declension


Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German für, Dutch voor, English for, Hunsrik fer.

Preposition

fer

  1. for

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

Noun

fer m

  1. iron

Romanian

Noun

fer n (plural feare)

  1. Alternative form of fier

Declension

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • far (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin faciō, facere.

Verb

fer

  1. (Puter) to do, make

Scots

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Adjective

fer (comparative ferther, superlative ferthest)

  1. (South Scots) far

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English fair.

Adjective

fer (Cyrillic spelling фер)

  1. fair

Adverb

fer (Cyrillic spelling фер)

  1. fairly

Welsh

Pronunciation

Adjective

fer

  1. Soft mutation of ber (short).

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
ber fer mer unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.