ferial
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From Middle English ferial, from Medieval Latin fēriālis, from Latin fēria (“weekday”) (whence the first sense), fēriae (“holidays”) (whence the second).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈfɛɹɪəl/
Rhymes: -ɛɹɪəl
=== Adjective ===
ferial (not comparable)
(ecclesiastical) Pertaining to an ordinary weekday, rather than a festival or fast.
Jovial, festive, as if pertaining to a holiday.
==== Translations ====
=== Noun ===
ferial (plural ferials)
(ecclesiastical) A feria.
=== Anagrams ===
A-lifer, failer, farlie, fraile
== German ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [feˈʁi̯aːl]
Hyphenation: fe‧ri‧al
Rhymes: -aːl
=== Adjective ===
ferial (strong nominative masculine singular ferialer, not comparable)
(Austria, dated, relational) holiday
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
Ferialjob
Ferialpraktikum
Ferialpraxis
=== Further reading ===
“ferial” in Duden online
== Middle English ==
=== Alternative forms ===
feriall, feryal, feryall, feryalle, fferyel
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Medieval Latin fēriālis; equivalent to ferie (“weekday”) + -al.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˌfɛːriˈal/, /ˈfɛːrial/
=== Adjective ===
ferial
(chiefly Late Middle English) ferial (pertaining to an ordinary day)
==== Descendants ====
English: ferial
==== References ====
“fēriāl, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
== Old French ==
=== Adjective ===
ferial m (oblique and nominative feminine singular feriale)
ferial (pertaining to a holiday)
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /feˈɾjal/ [feˈɾjal]
Rhymes: -al
Syllabification: fe‧rial
=== Adjective ===
ferial m or f (masculine and feminine plural feriales)
ferial, on a weekday
=== Further reading ===
“ferial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025