"ferule" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfɛɹuːl/, /ˈfɛɹəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ferule.wav Forms: ferules [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛɹəl Etymology: From Middle French ferule (modern French férule), from Latin ferula (“giant fennel”). Doublet of ferula. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|ferule}} Middle French ferule, {{cog|fr|férule}} French férule, {{der|en|la|ferula|t=giant fennel}} Latin ferula (“giant fennel”), {{doublet|en|ferula}} Doublet of ferula Head templates: {{en-noun}} ferule (plural ferules)
  1. (historical) A ruler-shaped instrument, generally used to slap naughty children on the hand. Tags: historical Synonyms: ferula Derived forms: ferulary Translations (ruler-shaped instrument): plak [feminine] (Dutch), férule [feminine] (French), دكنك (değenek) (Ottoman Turkish), صوپه (sopa) (Ottoman Turkish), palmatória [feminine] (Portuguese), ферула (ferula) [feminine] (Russian), férula [feminine, obsolete] (Spanish), färla [common-gender] (Swedish), değnek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-ferule-en-noun-EtWUg3aJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 87 13

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈfɛɹuːl/, /ˈfɛɹəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ferule.wav Forms: ferules [present, singular, third-person], feruling [participle, present], feruled [participle, past], feruled [past]
Rhymes: -ɛɹəl Etymology: From Middle French ferule (modern French férule), from Latin ferula (“giant fennel”). Doublet of ferula. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|ferule}} Middle French ferule, {{cog|fr|férule}} French férule, {{der|en|la|ferula|t=giant fennel}} Latin ferula (“giant fennel”), {{doublet|en|ferula}} Doublet of ferula Head templates: {{en-verb}} ferule (third-person singular simple present ferules, present participle feruling, simple past and past participle feruled)
  1. (transitive) To punish with a ferule. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-ferule-en-verb-VEbpxPYl

Inflected forms

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    "Rhymes:English/ɛɹəl",
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  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "ferule"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French ferule",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "férule"
      },
      "expansion": "French férule",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "ferula",
        "t": "giant fennel"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin ferula (“giant fennel”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ferula"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of ferula",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle French ferule (modern French férule), from Latin ferula (“giant fennel”). Doublet of ferula.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ferules",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feruling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feruled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feruled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ferule (third-person singular simple present ferules, present participle feruling, simple past and past participle feruled)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1862, William S. Woodbridge, Captain Paul's Adventure: A \"Charcoal Sketch\": Ballou's Dollar Monthly Magazine, Volume 15, page 72:",
          "text": "And they were right in their assumption; I could cudgel a great lubberly delinquent of a boy[…]but when it came to feruling a girl[…]my manhood rebelled[…].",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To punish with a ferule."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To punish with a ferule."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɛɹuːl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɛɹəl/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛɹəl"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "ferrule"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ferule"
}

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