-fer

See also: Appendix:Variations of "fer"

English

Pronunciation

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

Etymology

From Latin -fer (“bearer”).

Suffix

-fer

1. Holder or bearer of something.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -fer

Related terms

• -ferous
• -iferous

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fər]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [fer]

Suffix

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

1. -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, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “-fer”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “-fer” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *-feros. Related to ferō (“to bear, to carry”). Compare -ger from gerō. Akin to Proto-Germanic *bēriz.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fer/, [fɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fer/, [fer]

Suffix

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

1. -bearing, -carrying, -bringing

Declension

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

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	-fer	-fera	-ferum		-ferī	-ferae	-fera
Genitive	-ferī	-ferae	-ferī		-ferōrum	-ferārum	-ferōrum
Dative	-ferō		-ferō		-ferīs
Accusative	-ferum	-feram	-ferum		-ferōs	-ferās	-fera
Ablative	-ferō	-ferā	-ferō		-ferīs
Vocative	-fer	-fera	-ferum		-ferī	-ferae	-fera

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -fer