fer

• Homophones: fir, fur

fer

1. (dialectal, especially 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.’

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

• REF, Ref, Ref., erf, ref

From Latin facere, present active infinitive of faciō.

fer

1. to make

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈfe/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈfeɾ/

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

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

1. to make, 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

• desfer
• refer

From Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Occitan fèr), from Latin ferus (compare French fier, Spanish fiero), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-.

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

1. wild (untamed, not domesticated)

• “fer” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fer” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “fer” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fer” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• IPA^(key): /feːɹ/
• Homophone: ferð

fer

1. third-person singular present of fara

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

• IPA^(key): /fɛʁ/

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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

• ferraille

• chemin de fer
• fer à repasser

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

• “fer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

fer

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

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

• IPA^(key): /fɛr/

fer m (plural fir)

1. man

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

2. one (modified by an adjective or demonstrative, referring to an object or animal)

   Ta fer jiarg aym. ― I have a red one [e.g. chair].

   Ta mee fakin kiare fir ghlassey. ― I see four green ones [e.g. birds].

   By vie lhiam yn fer shen. ― I would like that one [e.g. toy].

3. used as a dummy noun to support a number, referring to a person, object or animal

   Ta fer ennagh ayns shoh laccal dy akin oo. ― There's a fellow here who wants to see you.

   Ta fer aym. ― I have one [e.g. chair].

   Ta mee fakin kiare fir. ― I see four [e.g. birds].

• dooinney

• ard-er
• fer ynsee

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

From French faire.

fer (medial form fer)

1. To make
2. To do

• kifer

• far

From Old English feorr.

• IPA^(key): /fɛr/

fer

1. Far.
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], OCLC 230972125; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: Printed by [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, OCLC 932884868, “The Person”, line 493, column 1:

     Wide was hys pariſſhe, & houſes ferre a ſondre.

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

• English: far
• Scots: faur

From Old French fer.

fer m (plural fers)

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

• French: fer

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

From Old French fer, from Latin ferrum.

fer m (uncountable)

1. (Sark) iron

fer

1. present tense of fara and fare

• faire
• far

From Latin facere, present active infinitive of faciō.

fer

1. to do
2. to make

From Latin ferrum.

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

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

From Latin ferum, accusative of ferus (“wild”)

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

• English: fierce (from the nominative singular fers)

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (fier)
• fer on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

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

fer

1. remote

fer

1. far

1. Braune, Wilhelm. Althochdeutsches Lesebuch, zusammengestellt und mit Glossar versehen

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

• IPA^(key): /fʲer/

fer m (genitive fir, nominative plural fir)

1. man
2. husband

• firén

• Irish: fear
• Manx: fer
• Scottish Gaelic: fear

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

• ferr, ferro

• IPA^(key): /fɛr/

From Proto-Germanic *ferro, an old comparative form

fer

1. far

• Middle Low German: verre

From Proto-Germanic *ferro.

fer

1. far

Compare German für, Dutch voor, English for.

fer

1. for

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

From Latin faciō, facere.

fer

1. (Puter) to do, make

• fere, ferr

• (Hawick) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛr/

fer (comparative ferther, superlative ferthest)

1. (Southern Scots) far

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

• фер

From English fair.

1. fair

1. fairly

fer

1. Soft mutation of ber (“short”).