English

Noun

ferme ‎(plural fermes)

1. (cant) Hole.

References

• OED2
• 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛʁm/

Etymology 1

From Middle French [Term?], from Old French ferm, ferme ‎(“solid”), from Latin firmus ‎(“solid, secure”), from Proto-Indo-European *dher(ə)-, *dhrē- ‎(“to hold”).

Adjective

ferme m, f ‎(plural fermes)

1. firm

Synonyms

• dur
• décidé

Noun

ferme f ‎(plural fermes)

1. (carpentry) roof truss

Verb

ferme

1. first-person singular present indicative of fermer
2. third-person singular present indicative of fermer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of fermer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of fermer
5. second-person singular imperative of fermer

Etymology 2

From Middle French ferme ‎(“farm, farm buildings”), from Old French ferme ‎(“lease for working, rent, farm”), from Medieval Latin ferma, firma ‎(“rent, tax, tribute, farm”), from Old English feorm ‎(“rent, provision, supplies, feast”), from Proto-Germanic *firmō, *firhuma- ‎(“means of living, subsistence”), from *firhu- ‎(“life force, body, being”), from Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- ‎(“life, force, strength, tree”). Related to Old English feorh ‎(“life, spirit”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍈𐌿𐍃 ‎(fairƕus, “the world”). Compare also Old English feormehām ‎(“farm”), feormere ‎(“purveyor”).

Noun

ferme f ‎(plural fermes)

1. farm

Derived terms

• fermage
• fermier
• fermette

Italian

Adjective

ferme f pl

1. feminine plural of fermo

Noun

ferme f pl

1. plural of ferma

Anagrams

• freme, fremé

Latin

Etymology

From *ferimē, earlier superlative of ferē, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- ‎(“to hold”), whence also firmus.

Adverb

fermē ‎(not comparable)

1. Closely, quite, entirely, fully, altogether, just.
2. In general, generally, usually, commonly, for most of the time.

References

• ferme in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ferme in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ferme”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French ferm, ferme ‎(“solid”), from Latin firmus ‎(“solid, secure”), from Proto-Indo-European *dher(ə)-, *dhrē- ‎(“to hold”).

Adjective

ferme m, f ‎(plural fermes)

1. firm

Novial

Noun

ferme ‎(plural fermes)

1. farm

Old French

Etymology 2

From Medieval Latin ferma, firma ‎(“rent, tax, tribute, farm”), from Old English feorm ‎(“rent, provision, supplies, feast”), from Proto-Germanic *firmō, *firhuma- ‎(“means of living, subsistence”), from *firhu- ‎(“life force, body, being”), from Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- ‎(“life, force, strength, tree”).

Noun

ferme f ‎(oblique plural fermes, nominative singular ferme, nominative plural fermes)

1. lease (letting agreement)
2. the land leased
3. farm

Adjective

ferme f

1. oblique singular feminine of ferm
2. nominative singular feminine of ferm