name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
feria
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Pronunciation
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/ˈfɛ.ɹi.ə/
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rhymes with -ɪəɹiə
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/ˈfɛ̝ɾijɐ/
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CMU ARPABET: F EH1 R IY0 AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A weekday on a Church calendar on which no feast is observed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
Money.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: California, slang
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noun
Meaning 4
(in Spanish speaking regions) a local festival or fair, usually in honor of some patron saint
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: celebration, festivity
noun
Meaning 5
a weekday on which no festival or holiday is celebrated
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- in the middle ages feria was used with a prefixed ordinal number to designate the day of the week, so `secunda feria' meant Monday, but Sunday and Saturday were always called by their names, Dominicus and Sabbatum, and so feria came to mean an ordinary weekday
Meaning relationships
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Broader terms: weekday
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin fēriaebf. Ecclesiastical Latin fēriabor. English feria Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin fēria.
Etymology tree Latin fēriaebor. Spanish feriabor. English feria Borrowed from Spanish feria.
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