ferie

See also: férié and férie

English

Etymology

Old French ferie, from Latin ferie (“holidays”). See fair.

Noun

ferie (plural feries)

  1. (obsolete) A holiday.
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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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): /feriə/, [feɐ̯ˀiə]

Noun

ferie c (singular definite ferien, plural indefinite ferier)

  1. holiday
  2. vacation
  3. recess

Inflection

Further reading

Italian

Noun

ferie f

  1. plural of feria
  2. holidays, vacation

Anagrams

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

Polish

Etymology

Latin fēriae (“holiday, festival”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛrʲ.jɛ/
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Noun

ferie pl

  1. winter vacation
  2. winter school break

Declension

Further reading

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