ferie

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See also: férié and férie

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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

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

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

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

Noun

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

  1. vacation, holiday

Derived terms

References


Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

From Latin fēriae (holiday, festival).

Pronunciation

Noun

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  1. winter vacation
  2. winter school break

Declension

Further reading


Spanish

Verb

ferie

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of feriar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of feriar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of feriar.
  4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of feriar.