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noun, masculine

fermail

/fɛʁ.maj/

noun, masculine/fɛʁ.maj/plural: fermaux

clasp, buckle

Inherited from Old French fermail (also fermeil, fermal), from Vulgar Latin *firmāc(u)lum, a noun derived from Latin firmāre (“make fast”). By surface analysis, fermer + -ail. Compare Occitan fermalh, Italian fermaglio.