"Fermi" meaning in English

See Fermi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Fermis [plural], Fermies [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Italian Fermibor. English Fermi Borrowed from Italian Fermi. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|it:Fermi|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Italian Fermibor. English Fermi [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "Fermi", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "it" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "Fermi", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="Fermi"> Borrowed from Italian Fermi. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|s|es}} Fermi (countable and uncountable, plural Fermis or Fermies)
  1. A surname from Italian. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Fermi-en-name-rsy3jwmJ Categories (other): English surnames
  2. The physicist Enrico Fermi Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: Fermi bubble, Fermi-Dirac statistics, Fermi energy, Fermi estimate, Fermi-Kurie plot, fermion, Fermi paradox, Fermi question, Fermi surface, fermium
    Sense id: en-Fermi-en-name-qKr26QDR Categories (other): Individuals, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 9 91 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 10 90 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 10 90 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 21 79
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