Fermi

See also: fermi

English

Etymology

From Italian Fermi.

Proper noun

Fermi (countable and uncountable, plural Fermis or Fermies)

1. A surname from Italian.
2. The physicist Enrico Fermi

Derived terms

• Fermi bubble
• Fermi-Dirac statistics
• Fermi energy
• Fermi estimate
• fermion
• Fermi paradox
• Fermi question
• Fermi surface
• fermium

 

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fermi”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 566.
• Forebears

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Fermi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛʁ.mi/

Proper noun

Fermi m or f by sense

1. a surname from Italian, equivalent to English Fermi

Derived terms

• accélération de Fermi
• énergie de Fermi
• liquide de Fermi
• niveau de Fermi
• paradoxe de Fermi

 

Related terms

• fermi
• fermion

 

Further reading

• filae.com
• Forebears (French)

Paronyms

• Firmi

Italian

Etymology

From the verb fermare (“to stop”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfer.mi/
• Rhymes: -ermi
• Hyphenation: Fér‧mi

Proper noun

Fermi m or f by sense

1. a surname

Derived terms

• energia di Fermi
• liquido di Fermi
• livello di Fermi
• paradosso di Fermi

 

Related terms

• fermio

Descendants

• → English: Fermi
• → French: Fermi

Anagrams

• firme, fremi