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kermis

kermis is the alternative form of kirmess.

kermis is the plural of kermi.

Meaning of kirmess

Noun

kirmess (plural kirmesses)

  1. An outdoor festival and fair, originally in a German or Dutch-speaking country
  2. A social entertainment event similar to a fête or fair. It can be inside or outside, and often involves fundraising for religious purposes.

Meaning of kermi

Noun

kermi (plural kermis)

  1. (rare) A string: a long, slightly elevated, ridge in a bog.
    • Bog profile of the Rotmoos (by A. STEHLIK) from SSW to NNE along the watershed through the moss, that is vertical to the orientation of the kermis and hollows. The macrostructures of different rank such as lagg, border slope, and[…]1972, Proceedings: June 25-30, 1972, page 79

Forms of kermis

pluralkermises

Questions about kermis

What is kermis the alternative form of?
Kermis is the alternative form of kirmess.

Words near kermis in the dictionary

  1. kermesites
  2. kermess
  3. kermesse
  4. kermesses
  5. kermi
  6. kermis
  7. kermises
  8. Kermit
  9. Kermit the Frog
  10. kermode
  11. Kermode bear

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kermis (page history and authors); kirmess (page history and authors); kermi (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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