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/fɛʁ.mje/

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Translation

farmer; farm (as adjective)

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Word origin

From Old French fermier, from ferme ('farm, lease'), from medieval Latin firma ('fixed payment'). A fermier originally rented land for a fixed sum.

Origin
Medieval Latin
Root
firma
English cognates
farm, firm

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralfermiers

Examples

traire .

The farmer gets up at five to milk the cows.

fermière vendu .

The farmer's wife sold us fresh eggs and a chicken.

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This farmhouse cheese is made by hand in the mountains.

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Farmers in the region are protesting against falling prices.

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My grandfather was a farmer before he retired.

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