farm
English
/fɑːɹm/, /fɑːm/
noun
Definitions
- A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock.
- A tract of land held on lease for the purpose of cultivation.
- (usually) A location used for an industrial purpose, having many similar structures
- (computing) A group of coordinated servers.
- (obsolete) Food; provisions; a meal.
- (obsolete) A banquet; feast.
- (obsolete) A fixed yearly amount (food, provisions, money, etc.) payable as rent or tax.
- (historical) A fixed yearly sum accepted from a person as a composition for taxes or other moneys which he is empowered to collect; also, a fixed charge imposed on a town, county, etc., in respect of a tax or taxes to be collected within its limits.
- (historical) The letting-out of public revenue to a ‘farmer’; the privilege of farming a tax or taxes.
- The body of farmers of public revenues.
- The condition of being let at a fixed rent; lease; a lease.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English ferme derived from ferme (lease, farm, rent) derived from Latin ferma derived from Old English feorm (supplies, rent, feast, provision, food, provisions, subsistence, tribute, entertainment) derived from Proto-Germanic *fermō (means of living, subsistence), *ferhwō (body, life force, being) derived from Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- (tree, force, strength, life, body, encompass, world, fir, oak, surround).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*perkʷ-
Gloss
tree, force, strength, life, body, encompass, world, fir, oak, surround
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
木, 樹
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antifarm English
- antifarmer English
- antifarming English
- aquafarm English
- aquafarmer English
- aquafarming English
- biofarming English
- boy English
- electrofarming English
- farm-mate English
- farmability English
- farmable English
- farmboy English
- farmcore English
- farmee English
- farmer English
- farmeress English
- farmerette English
- farmerish English
- farmerless English
- farmerlike English
- farmerly English
- farmership English
- farmery English
- farmeth English
- farmette English
- farmgate English
- farmgirl English
- farmhand English
- farmhouse English
- farming English
- farmish English
- farmland English
- farmless English
- farmlet English
- farmlike English
- farmly English
- farmor English
- farmplace English
- farmscape English
- farmstall English
- farmstand English
- farmstay English
- farmstead English
- farmstock English
- farmward English
- farmwards English
- farmwear English
- farmwide English
- farmwife English
- farmwork English
- farmworker English
- farmyard English
- gate English
- girl English
- hand English
- house English
- land English
- landfarming English
- mate English
- megafarm English
- microfarm English
- microfarmer English
- microfarming English
- multifarm English
- nonfarm English
- nonfarmable English
- nonfarmer English
- nonfarming English
- nut English
- nutfarm English
- overfarm English
- place English
- refarming English
- sharefarmer English
- sharefarming English
- sky English
- skyfarm English
- skyfarming English
- stall English
- stand English
- stay English
- stead English
- stock English
- superfarm English
- underfarm English
- underfarmer English
- unfarmable English
- wife English
- windfarming English
- work English
- worker English
- yard English
- farkut Finnish
- Firmius Latin
- ferma Latin
- firma Latin
- firmis Latin
- firmus Latin
- firmō Latin
- infirmitas Latin
- infirmus Latin
- Farmer German
- firm German
- farm Hungarian
- farmon Hungarian
- fermo Italian
- farmen Dutch, Flemish
- фермер Russian
- farmero Spanish, Castilian
- *dher(ə)- Proto-Indo-European
- *perkʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *pérkus Proto-Indo-European
- *ferhuz Proto-Germanic
- *ferhwą Proto-Germanic
- *ferhwō Proto-Germanic
- *fermō Proto-Germanic
- *firhu- Proto-Germanic
- *firmō Proto-Germanic
- *furhiją Proto-Germanic
- farma Polish
- dægfeorm Old English
- fearm Old English
- feorh Old English
- feorhbealo Old English
- feorhscyldig Old English
- feorhweard Old English
- feorm Old English
- feormeham Old English
- feormere Old English
- ferhþ Old English
- winterfeorm Old English
- ferme Middle English
- fermor Middle English
- feirm Irish
- fjǫr Old Norse
- ferm Old French
- ferme Old French
- fjör Icelandic
- ฟาร์ม Thai
- fferm Welsh
- ffermio Welsh
- feirmeireachd Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- ferme Middle French
- 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍈𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- *fermos Proto-Italic
- ferm Scots
- fermtoun Scots
- fêr Friulian
- ferm Old Occitan
- ifama Xhosa
- ferme xno
- farm Dalmatian
- famu Shona
- sky
- boy
- nut
- girl
- yard
- work
- stay
- wife
- gate
- mate
- land
- hand
- stand
- stock
- place
- stead
- stall
- house
- farmer
- farmly
- farmor
- farmee
- worker
- nonfarm
- farmboy
- nutfarm
- farming
- farmlet
- farmeth
- farmery
- skyfarm
- farmish
- farmyard
- farmward
- farmless
- farmwork
- farmette
- farmstay
- farmhand
- farmcore
- antifarm
- aquafarm
- farmgate
- farmlike
- farmland
- farmable
- farmwear
- farmerly
- farmwide
- overfarm
- farmgirl
- farmwife
- megafarm
- farmstock
- farmstall
- refarming
- farmwards
- farm-mate
- farmscape
- farmeress
- nonfarmer
- microfarm
- superfarm
- multifarm
- farmstand
- farmstead
- farmerish
- farmplace
- underfarm
- farmhouse
- antifarmer
- farmerless
- skyfarming
- farmership
- unfarmable
- farmerette
- farmworker
- biofarming
- aquafarmer
- nonfarming
- farmerlike
- landfarming
- sharefarmer
- windfarming
- microfarmer
- nonfarmable
- antifarming
- aquafarming
- farmability
- underfarmer
- microfarming
- sharefarming
- electrofarming