fere

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fɪə/ (General American) IPA(key): /fɪɹ/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /fiːɹ/ Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Homophone: fear === Etymology 1 === From Middle English fere, from (Northumbrian) Old English fǣra, aphetic form of ġefēra (whence also Middle English y-fere). ==== Alternative forms ==== pheer, feer ==== Noun ==== fere (plural feres) (dialectal or obsolete) A companion, comrade or friend. (archaic) A person's spouse, or an animal's mate. ===== Derived terms ===== ferede === Etymology 2 === From Middle English fer, from Anglo-Norman fer, from Old French fier. Compare Latin ferus (“wild”). ==== Adjective ==== fere (comparative more fere, superlative most fere) (obsolete) Fierce. === Anagrams === -free, Free, feer, free, reef == Aromanian == === Preposition === fere alternative form of fãrã. ==== Related terms ==== nafore ==== See also ==== chend == Galician == === Verb === fere third-person singular present indicative of ferir (reintegrationist norm) inflection of ferir: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Latin == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Italic *feros, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-o- (“tight, close by”), a derivative of *dʰer- (“to hold”). Cognates include firmus. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfɛ.reː], [ˈfɛ.rɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfɛː.re] Note: normally undergoes iambic shortening of the last syllable in Plautus, but kept long in Classical dactylic verse for archaic effect; it becomes short again in Late Latin. ==== Adverb ==== ferē̆ (not comparable) roughly; approximately; mostly; more or less; around; about (close enough) Synonym: fermē nearly; practically; virtually; almost; quite (indistinguishable from) Synonyms: fermē, prope, paene, iū̆xtā often; normally; usually; generally; as a rule, in most cases; mainly (in general) Synonyms: fermē, plērumque, vulgō ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfɛ.rɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfɛː.re] ==== Adjective ==== fere vocative masculine singular of ferus ==== Noun ==== fere vocative singular of ferus === Etymology 3 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfeː.rɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfɛː.re] ==== Verb ==== fēre second-person singular present active subjunctive of for === References === “ferē” on page 752 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012) === Further reading === “fere”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “fere”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “fere”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English fǣr, from Proto-West Germanic *fāru, from Proto-Germanic *fērō. ==== Alternative forms ==== fer, feer, feere ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /fɛːr/ ==== Noun ==== fere (plural feris) fear ===== Related terms ===== feren ===== Descendants ===== English: fear Scots: fere, feir Yola: vear ===== References ===== “fēr, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === From Old English feorh, from Proto-West Germanic *ferh, from Proto-Germanic *ferhuz. ==== Noun ==== fere (uncountable) life ==== References ==== “fẹ̄re, n.(4)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Norman == === Alternative forms === féther (Jersey) === Etymology === fé (“iron”) +‎ -er === Verb === fere (Sark) to iron == Nupe == === Etymology === Compare Yoruba fèrè. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fè.ɾè/ === Noun === fèrè (plural fèrèzhì) small whistle; flute == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfeː.re/ === Etymology 1 === Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fēriz (“passable”) ==== Adjective ==== fēre passable, able to go (of persons) able, fit for action or travel (of ships) seaworthy ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== langfēre ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Middle English: fēre English: fere, fear (“able”) (dialectal) === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== fere n dative, instrumental of ferh ==== References ==== === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== fēre first-person singular present indicative of fēran == Old French == === Verb === fere alternative form of faire ==== Conjugation ==== This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide. == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: fe‧re === Verb === fere inflection of ferir: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Ternate == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfe.ɾe/ === Verb === fere (Jawi فيري) (intransitive) to ascend (intransitive, transitive) to climb (intransitive, of the Sultan's palace) to go, go to, enter ana ifere toma kadato ― they entered into the palace ==== Conjugation ==== === References === Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890), Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh == Yoruba == === Etymology === Cognates include Nupe fèrè === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fè.ɾè/ === Noun === fèrè (music) flute; small type of whistle (soccer) whistle Synonym: òfé balloon Synonym: bààlúù ==== Derived terms ==== fọn fèrè (“to play the flute; to blow a whistle”)