French

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.

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fermer

  1. (transitive) to shut
  2. (transitive) to close
  3. (reflexive) to close
  4. to do up (of clothing)
  5. to switch off, to turn off (of a device or an appliance)
  6. to shut down, to discontinue, to axe (of a service)
  7. to bind off (of stitches in knitting)
  8. (intransitive) to harden (of someone's face)
  9. (transitive) to put someone off something, to turn someone off something
  10. (transitive) to mark the border of

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Frequency

A2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fɛʁm/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle French
ferme
Inherited from Old French
ferm
Inherited from Latin
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”).

Related words
ancienne maison
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demeure
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familiale fermeture agricole traditionnelle

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