Kilo Lingo

farm

/fɑːm/

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Translation

A large piece of land where people grow food and keep animals.

Word origin

From Old French ferme, from Latin firmare meaning to fix or settle a fixed payment for land.

Origin
Old French
Root
ferme

Grammar

Gender
Pluralfarms

Examples

uncle .

"Farm" is the land where he grows food and keeps animals.

.

"Farms" is the plural, meaning more than one farm.

fresh .

Here "farm" is the place the eggs come from.

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This word is part of lesson 12.