FromMiddle Englishfermour(“a steward, bailliff, collector of taxes”), fromOld Frenchfermier(“a farmer, a lessee, husbandman, bailliff”), fromMedieval Latinfirmarius(“one to whom land is rented, a collector of taxes, deputy”), fromfirma; equivalent tofarm +-er. CompareOld Englishfeormere(“a purveyor of a guild, a supplier of food, a grocer, farmer”). More atfarm.
farmer (pluralfarmers)
Farmer is probably the last occupational descriptor to have been used as a prefix to a surname in everyday usage: e.g. Farmer Brown. This usage was common until the mid 20th century.
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farmer
| infinitive | simple | farmer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle orgerund1 | simple | farmant /faʁ.mɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | farmé /faʁ.me/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | farme /faʁm/ | farmes /faʁm/ | farme /faʁm/ | farmons /faʁ.mɔ̃/ | farmez /faʁ.me/ | farment /faʁm/ |
| imperfect | farmais /faʁ.mɛ/ | farmais /faʁ.mɛ/ | farmait /faʁ.mɛ/ | farmions /faʁ.mjɔ̃/ | farmiez /faʁ.mje/ | farmaient /faʁ.mɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | farmai /faʁ.me/ | farmas /faʁ.ma/ | farma /faʁ.ma/ | farmâmes /faʁ.mam/ | farmâtes /faʁ.mat/ | farmèrent /faʁ.mɛʁ/ | |
| future | farmerai /faʁ.mə.ʁe/ | farmeras /faʁ.mə.ʁa/ | farmera /faʁ.mə.ʁa/ | farmerons /faʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/ | farmerez /faʁ.mə.ʁe/ | farmeront /faʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | farmerais /faʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ | farmerais /faʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ | farmerait /faʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ | farmerions /faʁ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ | farmeriez /faʁ.mə.ʁje/ | farmeraient /faʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative ofavoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | farme /faʁm/ | farmes /faʁm/ | farme /faʁm/ | farmions /faʁ.mjɔ̃/ | farmiez /faʁ.mje/ | farment /faʁm/ |
| imperfect2 | farmasse /faʁ.mas/ | farmasses /faʁ.mas/ | farmât /faʁ.ma/ | farmassions /faʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/ | farmassiez /faʁ.ma.sje/ | farmassent /faʁ.mas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive ofavoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | farme /faʁm/ | — | farmons /faʁ.mɔ̃/ | farmez /faʁ.me/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative ofavoir + past participle | — | simple imperative ofavoir + past participle | simple imperative ofavoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the prepositionen. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995],Master the Basics: French, pp.77,78,79,81). | |||||||
Ellipsis offarmeröltözet(“denim clothes”)orfarmernadrág(“denim jeans”).
farmer (notcomparable)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | farmer | farmerek |
| accusative | farmert | farmereket |
| dative | farmernek | farmereknek |
| instrumental | farmerrel | farmerekkel |
| causal-final | farmerért | farmerekért |
| translative | farmerré | farmerekké |
| terminative | farmerig | farmerekig |
| essive-formal | farmerként | farmerekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | farmerben | farmerekben |
| superessive | farmeren | farmereken |
| adessive | farmernél | farmereknél |
| illative | farmerbe | farmerekbe |
| sublative | farmerre | farmerekre |
| allative | farmerhez | farmerekhez |
| elative | farmerből | farmerekből |
| delative | farmerről | farmerekről |
| ablative | farmertől | farmerektől |
| non-attributive possessive – singular | farmeré | farmereké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural | farmeréi | farmerekéi |
farmer (pluralfarmerek)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | farmer | farmerek |
| accusative | farmert | farmereket |
| dative | farmernek | farmereknek |
| instrumental | farmerrel | farmerekkel |
| causal-final | farmerért | farmerekért |
| translative | farmerré | farmerekké |
| terminative | farmerig | farmerekig |
| essive-formal | farmerként | farmerekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | farmerben | farmerekben |
| superessive | farmeren | farmereken |
| adessive | farmernél | farmereknél |
| illative | farmerbe | farmerekbe |
| sublative | farmerre | farmerekre |
| allative | farmerhez | farmerekhez |
| elative | farmerből | farmerekből |
| delative | farmerről | farmerekről |
| ablative | farmertől | farmerektől |
| non-attributive possessive – singular | farmeré | farmereké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural | farmeréi | farmerekéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | farmerem | farmereim |
| 2nd person sing. | farmered | farmereid |
| 3rd person sing. | farmere | farmerei |
| 1st person plural | farmerünk | farmereink |
| 2nd person plural | farmeretek | farmereitek |
| 3rd person plural | farmerük | farmereik |
From theGermanFarmer, from theFrenchfermier(“farmer”), from theOld Frenchferme(“farm, rental”), from theMedieval Latinferma,firma(“rent, tribute, food, feast”), fromOld Englishfeorm(“rent, provisions, supplies, feast”). More atfarm.
farmer (pluralfarmerek)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | farmer | farmerek |
| accusative | farmert | farmereket |
| dative | farmernek | farmereknek |
| instrumental | farmerrel | farmerekkel |
| causal-final | farmerért | farmerekért |
| translative | farmerré | farmerekké |
| terminative | farmerig | farmerekig |
| essive-formal | farmerként | farmerekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | farmerben | farmerekben |
| superessive | farmeren | farmereken |
| adessive | farmernél | farmereknél |
| illative | farmerbe | farmerekbe |
| sublative | farmerre | farmerekre |
| allative | farmerhez | farmerekhez |
| elative | farmerből | farmerekből |
| delative | farmerről | farmerekről |
| ablative | farmertől | farmerektől |
| non-attributive possessive – singular | farmeré | farmereké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural | farmeréi | farmerekéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | farmerem | farmereim |
| 2nd person sing. | farmered | farmereid |
| 3rd person sing. | farmere | farmerei |
| 1st person plural | farmerünk | farmereink |
| 2nd person plural | farmeretek | farmereitek |
| 3rd person plural | farmerük | farmereik |
Borrowed fromEnglishfarmer, fromMiddle Englishfermor,fermer,fermour, partly fromOld Frenchfermier, fromMedieval Latinfirmārius, fromLatinfirma; and partly fromOld Englishfeormere, fromfeormian.
farmer m pers (female equivalentfarmerka)
fȁrmer m anim (Cyrillic spellingфа̏рмер)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | farmer | farmeri |
| genitive | farmera | farmera |
| dative | farmeru | farmerima |
| accusative | farmera | farmere |
| vocative | farmeru | farmeri |
| locative | farmeru | farmerima |
| instrumental | farmerom | farmerima |
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