Definition
In feudal and medieval agriculture, the system of renting land or the fee paid for the right to farm land.
Etymology
From Old French 'fermage,' derived from 'fermer' (to lease or rent), which comes from Latin 'firmare' (to make firm, to establish). It reflects the economic relationship between landowners and tenant farmers.
Kelly Says
The word 'fermage' encodes an entire feudal relationship—it's not just rent, but the formal right to work someone else's land, showing how language carries the structure of historical power systems.
Translations
ARالعربية
فيرماج
fayr-mahj
CACatalà
fermage
fer-mah-zheh
CSČeština
fermage
fer-mah-zheh
DADansk
fermage
fer-mah-zheh
DEDeutsch
Fermage
fer-mah-geh
ELΕλληνικά
φερμαζ
fer-mahz
ESEspañol
fermaje
fer-mah-heh
FISuomi
fermage
fer-mah-zheh
FRFrançais
fermage
fer-mahzh
HAHA
fermage
fer-mah-zheh
HUMagyar
fermage
fer-mah-zheh
IDBahasa Indonesia
fermage
fer-mah-zheh
IGIG
fermage
fer-mah-zheh
ITItaliano
fermage
fer-mah-zheh
JA日本語
フェルマージュ
feru-ma-zhu
KMKM
ហ្វឺរមាស
h'wer-mah-s
MSBahasa Melayu
fermage
fer-mah-zheh
MYမြန်မာ
ဖဲ့မာဂျ
h'et-mah-z'y
NLNederlands
fermage
fer-mah-zheh
NONorsk
fermage
fer-mah-zheh
PLPolski
fermage
fer-mah-zheh
PTPortuguês
fermage
fer-mah-zheh
RORomână
fermage
fer-mah-zheh
RUРусский
фермаж
fer-mahzh
SVSvenska
fermage
fer-mah-zheh
SWKiswahili
fermage
fer-mah-zheh
TLTL
fermage
fer-mah-zheh
TRTürkçe
fermage
fer-mah-zheh
UKУкраїнська
фермаж
fer-mahzh
VITiếng Việt
fermage
fer-mah-zheh
YOYO
fermage
fer-mah-zheh
ZUZU
fermage
fer-mah-zheh