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/
  • (file)

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

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

  • (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

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fēriae.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛ.rjɛ/
  • (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
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