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/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪəɹi

Noun

ferie (plural feries)

  1. (obsolete) A holiday.

References

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

Declension of ferie
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ferie ferien ferier ferierne
genitive feries feriens feriers feriernes

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

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

      Old English

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈfer.je/, [ˈferˠ.je]
      • IPA(key): /ˈfe.ri.e/

      Verb

      ferie

      1. inflection of ferian:
        1. first-person singular present indicative
        2. singular present subjunctive

      Polish

      Etymology

      Learned borrowing from Latin fēriae.

      Pronunciation

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

      Noun

      ferie nvir pl

      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