ferial
/ˈfɛɹɪəl/adjective, noun
ferial is an adjective meaning “Pertaining to an ordinary weekday, rather than a festival or fast” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-E-R-I-A-L, and it appears about once in every 48 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does ferial mean?
adjective
- 1
Pertaining to an ordinary weekday, rather than a festival or fast.
- 2
Jovial, festive, as if pertaining to a holiday.
noun
- 1
A feria.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce ferial?
- /ˈfɛɹɪəl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of ferial
- ferials plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is ferial?
Ferial appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th 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).
Ferial in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense pertaining to an ordinary weekday:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | ferial |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does ferial come from?
From Middle English ferial, from Medieval Latin fēriālis, from Latin fēria (“weekday”) (whence the first sense), fēriae (“holidays”) (whence the second).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).