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-fer

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "fer"

English

Etymology

From Latin -fer (“bearer”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fə/
(General American) IPA^(key): /fɝ/

Suffix

-fer

Holder or bearer of something.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -fer

Related terms

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Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fər]

IPA^(key): (Valencia) [fer]

Suffix

-fer (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -fera, masculine plural -fers, feminine plural -feres)

-ferous; which contains, bearing
una pedra plumbífera
a lead-bearing rock

Derived terms

Catalan terms suffixed with -fer

Related terms

feraç
feracitat

Further reading

“-fer”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“-fer”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
“-fer” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

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Latin

Alternative forms

-ferus

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *-foros, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰorós (“carrying”). Related to ferō (“to bear, to carry”). Compare -ger from gerō. Akin to Ancient Greek -φόρος (-phóros) and Sanskrit भार (bhārá).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [fɛr]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [fer]

Suffix

-fer (feminine -fera, neuter -ferum); first/second-declension suffix (nominative masculine singular in -er)

-bearing, -carrying, -bringing

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

More information singular, plural ...

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -fer

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