ferme

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À la naissance ce canal se ferme et devient le ligament artériel .

At birth, this canal closes and becomes the arterial ligament.

Meaning

fermer

(transitive) to shut
(transitive) to close
(reflexive) to close
to do up (of clothing)
to switch off, to turn off (of a device or an appliance)
to shut down, to discontinue, to axe (of a service)
to bind off (of stitches in knitting)
(intransitive) to harden (of someone's face)
(transitive) to put someone off something, to turn someone off something
(transitive) to mark the border of

steadfast person

farm enterprises

roof truss

exploitation agricole

maison de campagne

être dur

écriture brouillonne

terre sous bail

avec fermeté

fortemen

petite métairie

entreprise agricole

devenir ferme

être ferme

devenir solide

αγρόκτημα

bòria

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɛʁm/

Inherited from Middle French

ferme

Inherited from Old French

ferm

Inherited from Latin

firmus

Inherited from Old French

ferme

Cognate with Old English

feorh

Cognate with Gothic

𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍈𐌿𐍃

Cognate with Old English

feormehām

In summary

Inherited from Middle French ferme, from Old French ferm, ferme (“solid”), from Latin firmus (“solid, secure”), from Proto-Italic *fermos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-mo-s (“holding”), from the root *dʰer- (“to hold”).

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