ferm

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

See farm.

Noun

ferm (countable and uncountable, plural ferms)

  1. (obsolete) rent for a farm
    He let his land to ferm.
  2. (obsolete) a farm
  3. (obsolete) an abode or place of residence
    • Edmund Spenser
      Out of her fleshy ferme fled to the place of pain.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ferm in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin firmus.

Adjective

ferm (feminine ferma, masculine plural ferms, feminine plural fermes)

  1. firm (steadfast, secure)
    Synonym: fix
  2. firm (fixed in opinion)
    Synonym: fix
  3. firm (solid, rigid)

Derived terms

Noun

ferm m (plural ferms)

  1. pavement (US), road surface (UK) (paved exterior surface)

Further reading

Old French

Alternative forms
  • furm (Tristan, Thomas d'Angleterre)

Etymology

From Latin firmus.

Adjective

ferm m (oblique and nominative feminine singular ferme)

  1. firm

Declension
Declension of ferm
Number Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Subject ferms ferme ferm
Oblique ferm ferme ferm
Plural Subject ferm fermes ferm
Oblique ferms fermes ferm

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fɛrm/
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Noun
Chemical element
Fm Previous: einstein (Es)
Next: mendelew (Md)

ferm m inan

  1. fermium

Declension
declension of ferm
singular
nominative ferm
genitive fermu
dative fermowi
accusative ferm
instrumental fermem
locative fermie
vocative fermie

Scots

Etymology

From Old English fearm, from Proto-Germanic *farmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pórmos, from *per- (“to cross over”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [fɛrm], [ferm]

Noun

ferm (plural ferms)

  1. a farm

Derived terms
  • fermer (“farmer”)
  • fermhoose (“farmhouse”)
  • fermin (“farming”)
  • ferm-servand (“farm-hand”)
  • fermstockin (“livestock”)
  • fermtoun (“the homested of a farm”)
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