fermail
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French fermail (also fermeil, fermal), from Vulgar Latin *firmāc(u)lum, a noun derived from Latin firmāre (“make fast”). By surface analysis, fermer + -ail. Compare Occitan fermalh, Italian fermaglio, and English fermillet, which was borrowed from a diminutive of the Old French word.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fermail m (plural fermaux)
Further reading
[edit]- “fermail”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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