ferie

See also: férié and férie

English

Etymology

From Middle English ferie, from Old French ferie, from Latin feriae (holidays). See fair.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɪəɹi/

Noun

ferie (plural feries)

  1. (obsolete) A holiday.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 ferie in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From Latin fēriae (festival, rest).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfeɐ̯ˀiə], [ˈfeɐ̯ˀjə]

Noun

ferie c (singular definite ferien, plural indefinite ferier)

  1. holiday
  2. vacation
  3. recess

Declension

Further reading

Italian

Noun

ferie f

  1. plural of feria
  2. holidays, vacation

Anagrams

Middle English

Etymology 1

Partially from Old Norse ferja; partially a back-formation from ferien.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛriː(ə)/

Noun

ferie (plural feries)

  1. A place where a ferry crosses.
  2. (rare) A ferry.
Descendants
  • English: ferry (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: ferry
References

Etymology 2

From Old French ferie, from Medieval Latin fēria; compare feyre.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛːriː(ə)/

Noun

ferie (plural feries)

  1. A weekday; a day of the working week.
  2. A feria; a day that isn't a festival.
Descendants
  • English: ferie (obsolete)
References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin feriae.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /feːrjə/
  • Rhymes: -eːrjə

Noun

ferie m (definite singular ferien, indefinite plural ferier, definite plural feriene)

  1. vacation (US), holiday (UK)

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin feriae.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /feːrjə/
  • Rhymes: -eːrjə

Noun

ferie m (definite singular ferien, indefinite plural feriar, definite plural feriane)

  1. vacation, holiday

Derived terms

References

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fēriae (holiday, festival).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛ.rjɛ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛrjɛ
  • Syllabification: fe‧rie

Noun

ferie nvir

  1. winter vacation
  2. (education) winter school break

Declension

Further reading

  • ferie in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ferie in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Verb

ferie

  1. inflection of feriar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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