fermer
verb
Syllable Decomposition
fermerfrom Latin firmare ("to strengthen, solidify", from which "to fortify"), the shift in meaning towards "to close" may have occurred as early as late Latin, all the more so as its derivative, confirmare, is semantically related to sera, vectis portarum ("the bars, the bolts of the doors"). In Medieval Latin, we note: archa firmata ("closed chest"). Fermer and clore coexisted until the latter entered, through some of its forms, into homonymic collision with clouer and gradually reduced to certain technical uses.
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Translations
german:zumachen
english:adjourn
arabic:غلق
chinese:关
danish:lukke
spanish:cerrar con llave
finnish:sulkea
italian:serrare a chiave
dutch:toedoen
polish:zamykać
portuguese:fechar
russian:закрывать
swedish:stänga
turkish:kapamak
See also
fermas (v.) fermâmes (v.) fermâtes (v.) fermasse (v.) fermasses (v.) fermassions (v.) fermassiez (v.) fermassent (v.) fermerions (v.) fermé (v.) ferma (v.) fermes (cn.) fermés (v.) fermage (cn.) fermant (adj.) fermeture (cn.) refermer (v.) fermé (adj.) fermées (adj.) fermées (v.)