different between faire vs afire

English

Adjective

faire

1. Obsolete spelling of fair

Noun

faire (plural faires)

1. Obsolete spelling of fair

Usage notes

Sometimes used deliberately to convey an archaic feeling, e.g. "Renaissance faire"

Anagrams

• Arfie, Feria, Freia, afire, feria, rafie

French

Etymology

From Middle French faire, from Old French faire, feire, fere, from Vulgar Latin *fare, elided form of Latin facere, present active infinitive of faci?, from Proto-Italic *faki?, from Proto-Indo-European *d?eh?- (“to put, place, set”). The past historic and imperfect subjunctive stem fi- (fis, fis, fit, ...) originate from Latin irregular perfect stem f?c- (f?c?), from faci?, with Romance metaphony rules.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??/
• Homophones: fer, fers

Verb

faire

1. (transitive) to do

2. (transitive) to make

3. (transitive) to say (of a person), to go (of an animal)

4. (transitive) to make (cause someone or something to do something)

5. (impersonal) To be (of the weather or various situations).

6. (reflexive) to do, to make (oneself)

7. (reflexive, followed by an infinitive) to be, to get (used for a passive action)

8. (reflexive) to ripen (of fruit), to mature
9. (reflexive, ~ à) to become used to, to get used to
10. (slang, reflexive, transitive) to do (to have sex with)
11. (reflexive) to become, to get

Usage notes

• When it is followed by an infinitive, the past participle fait is invariable.

  Elle s'est fait comprendre, not *elle s'est faite comprendre.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Pages starting with “faire”.

Pages starting with “se_faire”.

Related terms

Further reading

• “faire” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• ferai, féria, fiera, fraie

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

faire

1. inflection of fair:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?a???/

Noun

faire f (genitive singular faire, nominative plural fairí)

1. verbal noun of fair
2. watch (act of guarding)
3. wake (period after death)

   Synonym: tórramh

Declension

Derived terms

• túr faire (“watch-tower”)

Verb

faire

1. present subjunctive analytic of fair

Mutation

Further reading

• "faire" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “faire” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “faire” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• fair

Adjective

faire

1. fair; handsome; beautiful; attractive

Descendants

• English: fair

Middle French

Alternative forms

• fayre
• feire
• fere

Etymology

From Old French faire, feire, fere, from Latin facere, present active infinitive of faci?.

Verb

faire

1. to do
2. to make
3. to choose; to elect

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Descendants

• French: faire

Norman

Alternative forms

• faithe (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French faire, from Latin faci?, facere, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *d?eh?- (“to put, place, set”).

Verb

faire

1. (Guernsey) to make, do

Derived terms

• faire câod (“to be warm (out)”)

Occitan

Alternative forms

• far
• fer
• har (Gascon)
• hèser (Gascony)

Etymology

From Latin facere, present active infinitive of faci?.

Verb

faire

1. to do
2. to make

Conjugation

Old French

Alternative forms

• fere
• feire

Etymology

From Latin facere, present active infinitive of faci?.

Verb

faire

1. to do

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

• French: faire

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

faire f (genitive singular faire, plural fairean)

1. watch (the act or period of watching or guarding)

Derived terms

• facal-faire
• faireil
• taigh-faire

English

Etymology

13^thc., from a- (“on”) +? fire. Figurative usage from late 14^thc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??fa??(?)/
• Rhymes: -a??(?)

Adverb

afire (comparative more afire, superlative most afire)

1. On fire (often metaphorically).

Adjective

afire (comparative more afire, superlative most afire)

1. On fire (often metaphorically).

Quotations

• 1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh, New York: C.S. Francis & Co., 1857, Seventh Book, p. 275^[1]:

  […] Earth’s crammed with heaven, / And every common bush afire with God:

• 1931, Nacio Herb Brown and Gordon Clifford, “Paradise” (song first sung by Pola Negri and later covered by Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra):

  Her eyes afire / With one desire. / Then a heavenly kiss: / Could I resist?

• 1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, Chapter 63:

  Old claw-like hands, cracked with long years of thankless toil, would hold aloft a delicate bird of wood, its wings, as thin as paper, spread for flight, its breast afire with a crimson stain.

Synonyms

• ablaze
• aflame

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Arfie, Feria, Freia, faire, feria, rafie