"ferule" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɛɹuːl/, /ˈfɛɹəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ferule.wav [Southern-England] 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), دگنك (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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10

Verb

IPA: /ˈfɛɹuːl/, /ˈfɛɹəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ferule.wav [Southern-England] 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

Download JSON data for ferule meaning in English (5.2kB)

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