fere
UK/fɪə//fɪɹ/
fere noun: a companion, comrade or friend.
Noun
fere (plural feres)
- A companion, comrade or friend.
- they swange oute their swerdis and slowe of noble men of armys mo than an hondred – and than they rode ayen to theire ferys.1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book V
- A person's spouse, or an animal's mate.
- And Cambel tooke Cambrina to his fere.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 52
- The lamb rejoiceth in the year, / And raceth freely with his fere, / And answers to his mother’s calls / From the flower’d furrow.1830, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Supposed Confessions of a Second-Rate Sensitive Mind
Adjective
fere (comparative more fere, superlative most fere)
- Fierce.
- Man's flesh they eat: their own they paint and sear, / branding with burning iron, — usage fere!1880, Richard Francis Burton, Os Lusíadas, volume II, page 405
fere meaning in Urdu
fere in Urdu
- رفیق, ساتھی
Forms of fere
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | feres |
| alternative form | pheer |
| alternative form | feer |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more fere |
| superlative | most fere |
Origin of fere
From Middle English fere, from (Northumbrian) Old English fǣra, aphetic form of ġefēra (whence also Middle English y-fere).
From Middle English fer, from Anglo-Norman fer, from Old French fier. Compare Latin ferus (“wild”).
Words formed from fere
Words that rhyme with fere
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- spear
- career
- fear
- here
- steer
- appear
- cavalier
- cheer
- leer
- pioneer
- queer
- volunteer
- adhere
- beer
- chandelier
- deer
- financier
- pier
- premier
- privateer
- sheer
- veer
- vizier
- austere
- bombardier
- brigadier
- cashmere
- commandeer
- disappear
- endear
- grenadier
- interfere
- mere
- mountaineer
- peer
- sear
- tear
- tier
- unclear
- arrear
- bier
- blear
- cameleer
- cashier
- chiffonier
- cohere
- fakir
- farseer
Questions about fere
- What does fere mean?
- Fere means a companion, comrade or friend.
- What is fere in Urdu?
- Fere in Urdu is رفیق, ساتھی. See Fere meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is fere?
- Fere can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce fere?
- Fere is pronounced /fɪə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of fere?
- The plural of fere is feres.
Words near fere in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fere (page history and authors); fere (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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