fere
/fɪɹ/obsolete
fere is a noun meaning “A companion, comrade or friend” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-E-R-E, and it appears about once in every 32 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of fere is feres.
What does fere mean?
noun
- 1
obsoleteA companion, comrade or friend.
- 2
archaicA person's spouse, or an animal's mate.
adjective
- 1
obsoleteFierce.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fere?
- UK /fɪə/
- US /fɪɹ/
- /fiːɹ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-fear.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fere
- pheer
- feer
- more fere comparative
- most fere superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fere?
Fere appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 171,907th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Words people confuse with fere
Sounds like: fear (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Where does fere come from?
From Middle English fere, from (Northumbrian) Old English fǣra, aphetic form of ġefēra (whence also Middle English y-fere).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).