fermen

== Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [ˈfɛr.mən] IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈfər.mən] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈfeɾ.men] === Verb === fermen third-person plural present indicative of fermar == Indonesian == === Etymology === From Dutch ferment, from Middle French ferment, from Latin fermentare (“to leaven, ferment”), from fermentum (“substance causing fermentation”), from fervere (“to boil, seethe”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈfermen] Hyphenation: fér‧mén === Noun === fermen (plural fermen-fermen) (uncommon) ferment: something, such as a yeast or barm, that causes fermentation Synonym: ragi === Further reading === “fermen”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English feormian, possibly from Proto-West Germanic *furbēn. ==== Alternative forms ==== feermen, feormen, ferme ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈfɛrmən/ ==== Verb ==== fermen To cleanse; to scour. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== English: farm (dialectal) ==== References ==== “fermen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Anglo-Norman fermer; equivalent to ferme (“lease”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix). ==== Alternative forms ==== ferme, fermyn ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈfɛrmən/ ==== Verb ==== fermen To take on an office for a fixed fee. To lease land for a fixed fee. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== English: farm Scots: ferm ===== References ===== “fermen, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 3 === Borrowed from Old French fermer, from Latin firmō, firmāre; equivalent to ferme (“firm”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix). ==== Alternative forms ==== ferme, fermye ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈfɛrmən/ ==== Verb ==== fermen To make firm or strong. To affirm; to confirm. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Related terms ===== affermen confermen ===== Descendants ===== English: firm Scots: firm ===== References ===== “fermen, v.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.