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English
A large fire (3)
A small fire from a lighter (2)
The fire of a stationary minigun (7)
Pronunciation
( Received Pronunciation ) IPA (key ) : /ˈfaɪ.ə/ ,
( General American ) enPR : fīʹər , fīr , IPA (key ) : /ˈfaɪ.əɹ/ ,
( Southern American English , Appalachia) IPA (key ) :
( Inland Northern American , Western New England, Ontario, Philadelphia) IPA (key ) :
( General Australian , New Zealand ) IPA (key ) : /ˈfaɪ.ə/ ,
Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
Etymology 1
From Middle English fyr , from Old English fȳr ( “ fire ” ) , from Proto-West Germanic *fuir , from *fuïr , a regularised form of Proto-Germanic *fōr ( “ fire ” ) (compare Saterland Frisian Fjuur , West Frisian fjoer , Dutch vuur , Low German Füer , German Feuer , Danish fyr ), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ .
Compare Hittite 𒉺𒄴𒄯 ( paḫḫur ) , Umbrian pir , Tocharian A/B por /puwar , Czech pýř ( “ hot ashes ” ) , Ancient Greek πῦρ ( pûr , “ fire ” ) , and Armenian հուր ( hur , “ fire ” ) . This was an inanimate noun whose animate counterpart was Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnis (see ignite ). Cognate to pyre .
Alternative forms
Noun
fire (countable and uncountable , plural fires )
( uncountable ) A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel , with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering .
( countable ) An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end (such as a campfire or a hearth fire).
We sat about the fire singing songs and telling tales.
1913 , Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln , chapter VIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients , New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company , →OCLC :We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.
( countable ) The occurrence, often accidental , of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.
There was a fire at the school last night and the whole place burned down.
During hot and dry summers many fires in forests are caused by regardlessly discarded cigarette butts.
2020 January 1, Bernard Lagan, “Thousands flee to beaches as the flames close in”, in The Times , number 73,044 , page 24 :Efforts to fight the fires in New South Wales and Victoria were hampered as large fires converged and created their own violent weather systems. The fire created dry lightning storms so severe that planes had to be grounded.
( uncountable , alchemy , philosophy ) The aforementioned chemical reaction of burning, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
( countable , Britain ) A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire ).
( countable ) The elements necessary to start a fire.
The fire was laid and needed to be lit.
( uncountable ) The bullets or other projectiles fired from a gun or other ranged weapon .
The fire from the enemy guns kept us from attacking.
( countable ) A planned bombardment by artillery or similar weapons, or the capability to deliver such.
We dominated the battlespace with our fires .
( countable , African-American Vernacular , slang ) A firearm .
2023 June 23, “Special K” (track 7), in BLP Kosher (lyrics), Bars Mitzva , 2:01 :I used to work at Five Below but now I keep that fire below
( countable , figurative ) A barrage , volley
1911 , James George Frazer, The Golden Bough , volume 7, page 136 :In the district of Erfurt a very heavy sheaf [...] is called the Great Mother, and is carried on the last waggon to the barn, where all hands lift it down amid a fire of jokes.
( astronautics ) An instance of firing one or more rocket engines .
Strength of passion, whether love or hate.
1829 , Edgar Allan Poe , “Tamerlane ”, in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems :You call it hope—that fire of fire ! It is but agony of desire: […]
Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm.
Splendour ; brilliancy ; lustre ; hence, a star .
c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare , “The Tragedie of Macbeth ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio ), London: Isaac Iaggard , and Ed Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , [Act I, scene iv]:Stars, hide your fires .
A severe trial ; anything inflaming or provoking.
Red coloration in a piece of opal .
Synonyms
Derived terms
a burnt child dreads the fire add fuel to fire add fuel to the fire all-fire back fire balefire ball of fire baptism by fire baptism of fire bin fire black imported fire ant blue fire bone fire bone-fire bonfire breathe fire brush fire , brush-fire , brushfire build a fire under bump fire bump-fire bushfire bush fire call the fire department campfire camp fire catch fire catch on fire ceasefire cease-fire cease fire central fire chimney fire chimpanzee fire Chinese fire drill climate fire co-fire cold fire contagious fire covering fire crown fire death-fire Devil's Broom fire die in a fire direct fire draw fire dropping fire drumfire dry-fire dry fire dumpster fire electric fire Elmo's fire escape fire exchange of fire false fire fan the fire feed the fire fen fire field of fire fiery fight fire with fire fire air fire alarm fire alarm horn fire and brimstone fire and forget fire ant fire appliance firearm fire arm fire arrow fire away fire ax fire axe fireball fire balloon fire basket fire-bath fire bay fire beater fire beetle fire bell fire-bellied fire-bellied newt fire bellied toad fire-bellied toad fire blanket fire blanks fireblast fire blast fire blight fire block fire-board fire board fireboat firebolt firebomb fire boss fire-bote fire box firebox firebrand firebreak fire break fire-breather , firebreather fire breathing , fire-breathing , firebreathing fire brick firebrick fire brigade fire-bucket fire bucket firebug fire button fire cabinet fire-capped tit fire cart fire chicken fire chief fire cider fireclay fire clay fire code fire company fire controlman fire coral firecracker fire-crotch fire crotch fire cupping firedamp fire damper , firedamper fire dancer fire department fire devil , fire-devil , firedevil fire diamond fire dog fire dogs fire door fire drill fire eater fire-eater fire eating fire eel fire engine fire engine red fire escape fire-escape knot fire exit fire extinguisher fire-eyed diucon fire-fang fire-fanged fire-fight firefight firefighter fire fighter fire fighting fire finder fire flapper firefly fire-fly fire fountain fire-gilding fire gilding fire gilt fire-grate fire grate fire grenade fire guard fireguard fire hall fire hawk fire hazard firehole fire hose fire house firehouse fire hydrant fire in one's belly fire inspection fire in the belly fire in the hole fire iron fire is a good servant but a bad master fire lance fire lane fireless firelighter fire lily fireline fire load fire lookout tower fire machine fire main fireman fire marble fire mark fire marshal fire mission fire moss firenado fire-new fire on all cylinders fire-on-the-mountain fire opal fire out fire pan fire people fire philosopher fire pike firepink fire piston fire pit firepit fireplace fire-place fire plant fire-plough fireplug fire point fire pole fire-power fire practice fire-proof fireproof firer fire raft fire rainbow fire-raiser fire regime fire-resistant fire retardant fire-retardant fire-retarded fire ring fire roll fire safety fire salamander fire-sale fire sale fire saw fire scar fire screen fire service fireshine fire ship , fireship fire-side fireside fire sign fire spear fire sprinkler fire stairs fire starter fire-starter , firestarter fire station fire step fire-stick fire-stick farming fire-stop fire stop firestop fire-storm fire storm firestorm fire striker fire swab fire swatter fire system fire table fire teaser fire temple fire tongs fire tower fire tower stairway fire trench fire triangle fire truck fire walker fire watch fire whirl , fire-whirl , firewhirl firewire firewoman firewood firework fire worship fire-worship fire-worshipper firey fiya forest fire foxfire fox fire fox-fire free-fire fresh fucked fox in a forest fire friendly fire garbage fire gas fire get on like a house on fire go through fire and water grass fire grassfire grazing fire great balls of fire Grecian fire Greek fire green fire hair-on-fire heap coals of fire on someone's head heap coals on fire hill fire hold fire hold one's fire holdover fire hold someone's feet to the fire holy fire hot as fire Indian fire indirect fire insurance fire irons in the fire Kentish fire kill it with fire kindle-fire lake of fire last burst of fire liar liar pants on fire light a fire under light one's hair on fire light someone's fire line of fire Lob-lie-by-the-fire Lob Lie-by-the-fire miss fire need-fire no smoke without fire oblique fire on fire open fire ordeal of fire out of the frying pan and into the fire overwintering fire pants on fire philosopher by fire philosopher of fire play with fire Polish fire drill pour fuel on the fire pour gasoline on the fire pre-fire Promethean fire pull from the fire pull out of the fire pull someone's bacon out of the fire pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire pull someone's fat out of the fire pull the fat out of the fire pull the fire alarm put out a fire put out the fire quick-fire rain fire and brimstone rapid-fire rapid fire rapid fire pistol real fire red fire red imported fire ant rediscover fire return fire run around with one's hair on fire running fire Saint Anthony's fire Saint Elmo's fire selective fire set fire set one's hair on fire set on fire set the heather on fire set the Thames on fire set the world on fire shit fire shit fire and save matches shout fire in a crowded theater shouting fire in a crowded theater signal fire sit-by-the-fire spit-fire spit fire spot fire St. Anthony's fire St. Elmo's fire St. Ulmo's fire stand fire St Anthony's fire static fire static-fire St Elmo's fire sure-fire take fire test-fire the burnt child dreads the fire the burnt child fears the fire the fat hit the fire the fat is in the fire there may be snow on the mountaintop but there's fire in the valley there may be snow on the rooftop but there is fire in the furnace there's no smoke without fire throw gasoline on the fire throw gas on the fire tire fire tire-fire trash fire trial by fire Trumpster fire under fire upside-down fire walking fire water fire where's the fire wildfire will-fire you don't look at the mantelpiece when you poke the fire you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire zombie fire zone of fire
Descendants
Translations
Adjective
fire (not comparable ) ( predicative only )
( slang ) Amazing ; excellent .
This is fire , keep up the amazing work!
Alternative forms
fye (nonstandard, Internet slang )
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English firen , fyren , furen , from Old English fȳrian ( “ to make a fire ” ) , from the noun (see above). Cognate with Old Frisian fioria ( “ to light a fire ” ) , Saterland Frisian fjuurje ( “ to fire ” ) , Middle Dutch vûren , vueren , vieren ( “ to set fire ” ) , Dutch vuren ( “ to fire, shoot ” ) , Old High German fiuren ( “ to ignite, set on fire ” ) , German feuern ( “ to fire ” ) .
Verb
fire (third-person singular simple present fires , present participle firing , simple past and past participle fired )
( transitive ) To set (something, often a building) on fire .
1897 , H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells , “At the House in Great Portland Street”, in The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance , New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers , →OCLC , page 186 :["]Then I slipped up again with a box of matches, fired my heap of paper and rubbish, put the chairs and bedding thereby, led the gas to the affair, by means of an india-rubber tube, and waving a farewell to the room left it for the last time." / "You fired the house!" exclaimed Kemp. / "Fired the house. It was the only way to cover my trail – and no doubt it was insured.["]
1908 , Jack London , The Iron Heel , New York: The Macmillan Company:It was long a question of debate, whether the burning of the South Side ghetto was accidental, or whether it was done by the Mercenaries; but it is definitely settled now that the ghetto was fired by the Mercenaries under orders from their chiefs.
( transitive ) To heat as with fire , but without setting on fire , as ceramic , metal objects, etc.
If you fire the pottery at too high a temperature, it may crack.
They fire the wood to make it easier to put a point on the end.
1908 , W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein , New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company , →OCLC :So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired -in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills, [ …] a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
( transitive ) To drive away by setting a fire .
( transitive ) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct or poor performance ).
Antonym: hire
1969 , Vladimir Nabokov , Ada or Ardor , Penguin, published 2011 , page 226 :The first, obvious choice was hysterical and fantastic Blanche – had there not been her timidity, her fear of being ‘fired ’ [ …] .
( transitive , by extension) To terminate a contract with a client ; to drop a client.
1979 , Richard Collins Rea, Operating a Successful Accounting Practice: A Collection of Material from the Journal of Accountancy Practitioners Forum , →ISBN , →OCLC , page 288 :Don't be hesitant to fire a client - cull out the deadwood. If a client doesn't meet the above criteria, you are better off without him. You don't do your best work for a client you'd rather not have.
2020 , Rebecca Migdal, Museum Mercenary: A Handbook for Independent Museum Professionals , →ISBN , →OCLC , page 278 :Maintaining a collegial attitude even when doing the more difficult business work, like firing a client, is another part. If you are struggling through the relationship, the client might be struggling as well, so firing them may be mutually beneficial, and you should try and do it on the best of terms.
( transitive ) To shoot (a gun , rocket /missile , or analogous device).
We will fire our guns at the enemy.
The jet fired a salvo of rockets at the truck convoy.
He fired his radar gun at passing cars.
( intransitive ) To shoot a gun , cannon , or similar weapon .
Synonyms: open fire , shoot
Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes.
1989 , Dolores Zen, transl., Last Chance in Manchuria , Hoover Institution Press, →ISBN , →LCCN , →OCLC , page 93 :I heard that both yesterday and today, when transports of the central government carrying our soldiers arrived at Hu-lu-tao, bandit troops on the shore fired at them.
( astronautics ) To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust .
The RCS thrusters fired several times to stabilize the tumbling spacecraft.
( transitive , mining ) To set off an explosive in a mine .
( transitive , sports ) To shoot ; to attempt to score a goal .
( intransitive , physiology ) To cause an action potential in a cell.
When a neuron fires , it transmits information.
( transitive ) To forcibly direct (something).
He answered the questions the reporters fired at him.
( transitive , intransitive , computer sciences, software engineering) To initiate an event (by means of an event handler ).
The event handler should only fire after all web page content has finished loading.
The queue fires a job whenever the thread pool is ready to handle it.
( transitive ) To inflame ; to irritate , as the passions.
to fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge
( intransitive , dated ) To be irritated or inflamed with passion .
1864 , Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Uncle Silas :Inexperienced girl as I was, I fired at the idea of becoming his dupe, and fancying, perhaps, that there was more in merely answering his note than it would have amounted to, I said — "That kind of thing may answer very well with button-makers, but ladies don't like it. [ …]
To animate ; to give life or spirit to.
to fire the genius of a young man
To feed or serve the fire of.
to fire a boiler
1961 March, ""Balmore"", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated , pages 150, 151 :We left with the "Blue Train", dead on time. This time I fired all the way. [ …] The next day took me home again on No. E.16 with Henri Dutertre. I fired from Paris to Calais.
( transitive ) To light up as if by fire ; to illuminate .
c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare , “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio ), London: Isaac Iaggard , and Ed Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , [Act III, scene ii]:[The sun] fires the proud tops of the eastern pines.
( transitive , farriery ) To cauterize .
( intransitive , dated ) To catch fire ; to be kindled .
Conjugation
Synonyms
( set on fire ) : See set on fire
( transitive, shoot ) : let off , loose ( archery ) , shoot
( terminate the employment of ) : dehire , dismiss , give one's cards , give the boot , give the elbow , give the old heave-ho , let go , make redundant , sack , terminate , throw out , unhire ; See also Thesaurus:lay off .
Derived terms
Translations
to drive away by setting a fire
to terminate the employment of
Afrikaans: ontslaan
Arabic: طَرَدَ (ar) ( ṭarada )
Armenian: ազատել (hy) ( azatel ) , հեռացնել (hy) ( heṙacʿnel )
Azerbaijani: çıxarmaq (az) , işdən çıxarmaq
Belarusian: звальня́ць impf ( zvalʹnjácʹ ) , зво́льніць pf ( zvólʹnicʹ )
Bulgarian: уволня́вам (bg) impf ( uvolnjávam )
Catalan: acomiadar (ca) , fer fora
Chinese:
Mandarin: 解雇 (zh) ( jiěgù ) , 開除 / 开除 (zh) ( kāichú )
Czech: vyhodit (cs)
Danish: fyre , afskedige , fritstille
Dutch: ontslaan (nl)
Esperanto: maldungi
Finnish: erottaa (fi) , antaa potkut , irtisanoa (fi)
French: licencier (fr) , congédier (fr) , mettre à la porte (fr) , limoger (fr) , virer (fr) , lourder (fr)
Galician: despedir , chimpar
Georgian: გაგდება ( gagdeba ) , დათხოვნა ( datxovna ) , გაშვება ( gašveba )
German: feuern (de) , kündigen (de)
Greek: απολύω (el) ( apolýo )
Hebrew: פיטר ( pitér )
Hungarian: kirúg (hu)
Icelandic: reka (is) , segja upp , sparka (is)
Indonesian: pecat (id)
Italian: licenziare (it) , dimettere (it)
Japanese: 首にする ( kubi ni suru ) , 解雇する (ja) ( かいこする, kaiko suru ) , 首を切る ( くびをきる, kubi o kiru )
Kapampangan: sisanti
Khmer: បណ្ដេញចេញពីការងារ ( bɑndəɲ cəɲ pii kaaŋie ) , ផ្លាស់ចេញពីមុខការ ( plah cəɲ pii muk kaa ) , ដកងារ ( dɑɑk ŋie ) , បញ្ឈប់ (km) ( bɑɲcʰup )
Korean: 해고(解雇)하다 (ko) ( haegohada )
Lao: ໄລ່ອອກ ( lai ʼǭk )
Lü: ᦺᦟᦀᦸᧅ ( lay˙ʼoak )
Macedonian: отпушта ( otpušta )
Maori: pana
Mongolian: огцруулах (mn) ( ogcruulax )
Northern Thai: ᩃᩱ᩵ᩋᩬᨠ
Norwegian: gi sparken , sparke (no) , avskjedige (no)
Polish: zwolnić (pl) pf , zwalniać (pl) impf , ( colloquial ) wylać (pl) pf , wylewać (pl) impf
Portuguese: despedir (pt) , demitir (pt)
Russian: увольня́ть (ru) impf ( uvolʹnjátʹ ) , уво́лить (ru) pf ( uvólitʹ )
Shan: လႆႇဢွၵ်ႇ ( lài ʼàuk )
Slovak: vyhodiť , vyhadzovať
Slovene: odpustiti
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: gódy daś
Spanish: despedir (es) , echar (es) , licenciar (es) , correr (es) ( Mexico, colloquial )
Swahili: kupiga risasi , moto (sw)
Swedish: sparka (sv) ( informal ) , avskeda (sv)
Tagalog: sesante
Telugu: ఉద్యోగం నుండి తొలగించు ( udyōgaṁ nuṇḍi tolagiñcu )
Thai: ไล่ออก (th) ( lâi-ɔ̀ɔk )
Turkish: kovmak (tr) , işten atmak
Ukrainian: звільня́ти impf ( zvilʹnjáty ) , звільни́ти pf ( zvilʹnýty )
Vietnamese: sa thải (vi) , đuổi việc
Welsh: diswyddo (cy)
West Frisian: dien jaan
Yiddish: אָפּזאָגן ( opzogn )
transitive: to shoot
Afrikaans: vuur (af)
Armenian: կրակել (hy) ( krakel )
Belarusian: страля́ць impf ( straljácʹ ) , стрэ́ліць pf ( strélicʹ )
Bulgarian: стрелям (bg) ( streljam )
Catalan: disparar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 發射 / 发射 (zh) ( fāshè )
Czech: střílet (cs)
Danish: affyre
Dutch: afvuren (nl)
Finnish: laukaista (fi) , ampua (fi) , tulittaa (fi)
French: tirer (fr) , faire feu (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: abfeuern (de)
Hebrew: ירה (he) ( yaráh )
Hindi: बजाना (hi) ( bajānā )
Hungarian: elsüt (hu)
Indonesian: menembak (id)
Irish: scaoil
Italian: sparare (it) , fare fuoco
Japanese: 発砲する (ja) ( はっぽうする, happōsuru ) , 撃つ (ja) ( utsu )
Korean: 발포(發砲)하다 (ko) ( balpohada ) , 발사(發射)하다 (ko) ( balsahada )
Latvian: šaut
Lithuanian: šauti (lt) , šaudyti
Maori: pupuhi , taipara , whakapākūkū ( repeatedly )
Norwegian: avfyre (no)
Polish: strzelać (pl) impf , strzelić (pl) pf , bić (pl) impf
Portuguese: disparar (pt) , atirar (pt)
Russian: стреля́ть (ru) impf ( streljátʹ ) , вы́стрелить (ru) pf ( výstrelitʹ ) , пали́ть (ru) ( palítʹ ) ( obsolete )
Slovene: ustreliti (sl) , streljati (sl)
Spanish: disparar (es) , tirar (es)
Swahili: kupiga risasi , moto (sw)
Swedish: skjuta (sv)
Telugu: కాల్చు (te) ( kālcu )
Thai: ยิง (th) ( ying )
Ukrainian: стріля́ти impf ( striljáty )
Welsh: saethu (cy) , tanio (cy)
West Frisian: sjitte
intransitive: to shoot
Armenian: կրակել (hy) ( krakel )
Belarusian: страля́ць impf ( straljácʹ ) , стрэ́ліць pf ( strélicʹ )
Bulgarian: стрелям (bg) ( streljam )
Catalan: disparar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 開火 / 开火 (zh) ( kāihuǒ ) , 射擊 / 射击 (zh) ( shèjī, shèjí )
Czech: vystřelit (cs)
Danish: fyre , skyde (da)
Dutch: vuren (nl) , schieten (nl)
Finnish: tulittaa (fi) , ampua (fi)
French: tirer (fr) , faire feu (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: feuern (de) , schießen (de)
Hebrew: ירה (he) ( yaráh )
Hungarian: tüzel (hu)
Indonesian: tembak (id)
Italian: sparare (it) , fare fuoco
Japanese: 発射する (ja) ( はっしゃする, hassha suru ) , 撃つ (ja) ( utsu )
Korean: 발포(發砲)하다 (ko) ( balpohada ) , 발사(發射)하다 (ko) ( balsahada )
Macedonian: пука ( puka )
Maori: pupuhi
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fyre (no) , avfyre (no)
Nynorsk: fyre , avfyre
Portuguese: disparar (pt)
Russian: стреля́ть (ru) impf ( streljátʹ ) , вы́стрелить (ru) pf ( výstrelitʹ )
Slovak: páliť , strieľať , vystreliť
Slovene: ustreliti (sl) , streljati (sl)
Spanish: disparar (es) , descargar (es)
Swahili: moto (sw)
Swedish: avfyra (sv) , ge eld (sv)
Thai: ยิง (th) ( ying )
Turkish: ateş etmek (tr)
Ukrainian: стріля́ти impf ( striljáty )
Welsh: saethu (cy) , tanio (cy)
West Frisian: sjitte
sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal
physiology: to cause action potential in a cell
computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event
to inflame; to irritate, as the passions
to animate; to give life or spirit to
to light up as if by fire
to catch fire; to be kindled
to be irritated or inflamed with passion
Translations to be checked
Interjection
fire
command to shoot with firearms
Translations
Further reading
Anagrams
Asturian
Verb
fire
third-person singular present indicative of firir
Bavarian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German vürhin , fürhin , equivalent to fia + hi . Compare archaic German fürhin and Alemannic German füre .
Pronunciation
Adverb
fire
ahead , forward ( direction away from the speaker )
Se san fire gångan. ― They went ahead.
Usage notes
Bavarian adverbs of direction come in pairs: endings in -i or -e denote direction away from the speaker (akin to hi ), and endings in -a denote direction towards the speaker (akin to her ).
Related terms
Crimean Tatar
Noun
fire
shrinkage , loss
scrap
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse fjórir , from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr , from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres ( “ four ” ) .
Pronunciation
Numeral
fire
four
Usage notes
In compounds: fir- .
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German fīren , from French virer ( “ bear, veer ” ) .
Pronunciation
Verb
fire (imperative fir , infinitive at fire , present tense firer , past tense firede , perfect tense har firet )
to lower something fixed to a rope or something similar
1871 , Jens Andreas Friis, Lappisk Mythologi , page 138 :Saa gik han hen og firede Stenen og Vidietouget ned i Hullet. Then he went and lowered the rock and the wicker rope down into the hole.
2014 , Teddy Vork, Diget , Tellerup A/S, →ISBN :Han satte sig på knæ, famlede sig frem til tovet og vendte sig rundt så han havde ryggen til hullet, drejede overkroppen bagud, firede faklen ned i hullet. He kneeled, fumbled his way to the rope and turned around, such that his back was to the hole, twisted his torso backwards, lowered the torch into the hole.
Conjugation
Galician
Verb
fire
second-person singular imperative of ferir
Italian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *fīre , from Latin fīerī ( “ become, be ” ) . Compare Romanian fi .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈfi.re/
Rhymes: -ire
Hyphenation: fì‧re
Verb
fìre (third-person only , no present , no past historic , no past participle , no imperfect , third-person singular future fìa or fìe , no subjunctive , no imperfect subjunctive )
( northern Italy , obsolete ) to be
Synonym: essere
Conjugation
The only forms attested outside of old Northern Italian literature are the future fia , fie ( third-person singular ) and fiano , fieno ( third-person plural ) .
infinitive
fìre
auxiliary verb
—
gerund
—
present participle
—
past participle
—
person
singular
plural
first
second
third
first
second
third
indicative
io
tu
lui/lei, esso/essa
noi
voi
loro, essi/esse
present
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—
—
—
—
—
imperfect
—
—
—
—
—
—
past historic
—
—
—
—
—
—
future
—
—
fìa , fìe
—
—
fìano , fìeno
conditional
io
tu
lui/lei, esso/essa
noi
voi
loro, essi/esse
present
—
—
—
—
—
—
subjunctive
che io
che tu
che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa
che noi
che voi
che loro, che essi/che esse
present
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—
—
—
—
—
imperfect
—
—
—
—
—
—
imperative
—
tu
Lei
noi
voi
Loro
—
—
—
—
—
negative imperative
—
—
—
—
—
Further reading
fire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line , Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Danish fire , Old Norse fjórir , from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr , from *kʷetwṓr , the neuter form of Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres .
Pronunciation
Numeral
fire
four
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
From French virer , via Middle Low German firen .
Verb
fire (imperative fir , present tense firer , passive fires , simple past fira or firet or firte , past participle fira or firet or firt , present participle firende )
to slacken , ease
to lower ( a flag )
References
“fire” in The Bokmål Dictionary .
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
From Danish fire , Old Norse fjórir , from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr , from *kʷetwṓr , the neuter form of Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈfiːɾə/
Numeral
fire
four
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
From French virer , via Middle Low German firen .
Verb
fire
to slacken , ease
to lower ( e.g. a flag )
References
“fire” in The Nynorsk Dictionary .
Romanian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
fire n
plural of fir
Etymology 2
From fi + -re .
Noun
fire f (plural firi )
essence , substance , nature
Synonym: natură
character , temper , disposition
Synonyms: caracter , temperament
mind
Synonym: minte
Declension
Declension of fire
singular
plural
indefinite articulation
definite articulation
indefinite articulation
definite articulation
nominative/accusative
(o) fire
firea
(niște) firi
firile
genitive/dative
(unei) firi
firii
(unor) firi
firilor
vocative
fire , fireo
firilor
Related terms
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Greek Φύρα ( Fýra ) .
Noun
fire (definite accusative fireyi , plural fireler )
wastage
outage
shrinkage , loss , loss in weight, decrease
turnover
ullage
leakage
waste , tret , deficiency
Declension