ferial

English

Etymology

From Old French ferial or Medieval Latin ferialis, from Latin fēria (“weekday”) (whence the first sense), fēriae (“holidays”) (whence the second).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛɹɪəl/

Adjective

ferial (not comparable)

  1. (ecclesiastical) Pertaining to an ordinary weekday, rather than a festival or fast.
  2. Jovial, festive, as if pertaining to a holiday.
    • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
      In a ferial tone he addressed J. J. O’Molloy: —Taylor had come there, you must know, from a sick bed.
    • 1922, Aldous Huxley, Crome Yellow, page 274:
      [They] dance within the magic shade
      That makes them drunken, merry, and strong
      To laugh and sing their ferial song :
      'Free, free . . . !'

Translations
festive — see festive

Noun

ferial (plural ferials)

  1. (ecclesiastical) A feria.

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [feˈʀi̯aːl]
  • Hyphenation: fe‧ri‧al
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

ferial (not comparable)

  1. (Austria, dated) ferial (pertaining to a holiday)

Declension
Declension of ferial
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist ferial sie ist ferial es ist ferial sie sind ferial
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative ferialer feriale feriales feriale
genitive ferialen ferialer ferialen ferialer
dative ferialem ferialer ferialem ferialen
accusative ferialen feriale feriales feriale
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der feriale die feriale das feriale die ferialen
genitive des ferialen der ferialen des ferialen der ferialen
dative dem ferialen der ferialen dem ferialen den ferialen
accusative den ferialen die feriale das feriale die ferialen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein ferialer eine feriale ein feriales (keine) ferialen
genitive eines ferialen einer ferialen eines ferialen (keiner) ferialen
dative einem ferialen einer ferialen einem ferialen (keinen) ferialen
accusative einen ferialen eine feriale ein feriales (keine) ferialen

Further reading

Old French

Adjective

ferial m (oblique and nominative feminine singular feriale)

  1. ferial (pertaining to a holiday)

Spanish

Adjective

ferial (plural feriales)

  1. ferial, on a weekday
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