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Webster 1913 Edition

Fer

Fer

,
Adj.
&
adv.
Far.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Definition 2024

fer

fer

See also: fér, fèr, fær, -fer, fer-, and f***er

English

Preposition

fer

  1. (dialectal, chiefly Britain) Eye dialect spelling of for.
    • 1899, Stephen Crane, chapter 1, in Twelve O'Clock:
      “[…] Them rich fellers, they don't make no bad breaks with their money. They watch it all th' time b'cause they know blame well there ain't hardly room fer their feet fer th' pikers an' tin-horns an' thimble-riggers what are layin' fer 'em. […]”
    1997, J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, iv:
    ‘Got summat fer yeh here – I mighta sat on it at some point, but it’ll taste all right.’

References

  • fer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin facere, present active infinitive of faciō.

Verb

fer

  1. to make

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Old Provençal far, from Latin facere, present active infinitive of faciō, from Proto-Italic *fakiō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‎(“to put, place, set”).

Verb

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

  1. to make, to 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.
  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.
  6. to lay
    La canària ha fet un ou.
    The canary has laid an egg.
  7. to cause
  8. to go
  9. (impersonal, of weather) to be
    Fa fred!
    It is cold!
  10. to play
  11. to measure
Conjugation
Related terms
  • fa
  • fer-se
  • fer així
  • fer malbé
  • fer com
  • fet
  • feta

Etymology 2

From Latin ferus.

Adjective

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

  1. wild
Related terms
  • feral
  • feram
  • ferament
  • feredat
  • ferejar
  • feresa
  • ferest
  • ferestament
  • feréstec
  • ferestegament
  • ferí
  • porc fer

References

Faroese

Pronunciation

Verb

fer

  1. third-person singular present of fara

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛʁ/

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

Related terms

Descendants

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

Latin

Verb

fer

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

Lojban

Rafsi

fer

  1. rafsi of fenra.

Manx

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fer/

Noun

fer m ‎(plural fir)

  1. man
    Cha nel mee lowal rish y fer aeg shen.‎ ― I do not approve of that young man.

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

  • “fer” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French faire.

Verb

fer (medial form fer)

  1. To make
  2. To do

Derived terms

Middle English

Adjective

fer

  1. far

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French fer.

Noun

fer m (plural fers)

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

Descendants

Norman

Alternative forms

  • faer (Guernsey)
  • fé (France, Jersey)

Noun

fer m ‎(uncountable)

  1. (Sark) iron

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

fer

  1. present tense of fara and fare

Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin facere, present active infinitive of faciō.

Verb

fer

  1. to do
  2. to make

Conjugation

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin ferrum.

Noun

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

  1. iron (metal)
  2. (by extension) sword (made of iron)
Descendants

Etymology 2

Latin ferum, accusative of ferus ‎(“wild”)

Adjective

fer m ‎(oblique and nominative feminine singular fere)

  1. cruel; harsh
  2. fierce; ferocious
    • circa 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
  • English: fierce (from the nominative singular fers)

References

Old High German

Etymology

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

Adjective

fer

  1. remote

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wiros, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós. Cognates include Latin vir, Sanskrit वीर ‎(vīrá) and Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂 ‎(wair).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʲer/

Noun

fer m ‎(genitive fir, nominative plural fir)

  1. man
  2. husband

Declension

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative fer ferL firL
Vocative fir ferL firu
Accusative ferN ferL firu
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

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.

References

  • “fer” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Saxon

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛr/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *ferro, an old comparative form

Adverb

fer

  1. far

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *ferro.

Adjective

fer

  1. far
Declension


Romansch

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Latin faciō, facere.

Verb

fer

  1. (Puter) to do, make

Scots

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Adjective

fer ‎(comparative ferther, superlative ferthest)

  1. (Southern Scots) far

Derived terms

  • fer ahint
  • fer away
  • fer ben
  • ferness ‎(“farness”)
  • ferrer ‎(“farther”)
  • ferrest ‎(“farthest”)
  • fer sichty ‎(“far-sighted”)
  • ferther ‎(“farther”)
  • ferthest ‎(“farthest”)

Welsh

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.

Pronunciation

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