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fire
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?fa??(?)/
- (Upper RP Triphthong Smoothing) IPA(key): /?fa?(?)/, /?fa?(?)/, /?f??(?)/, /?f???(?)/
- (General American) enPR: f???r, f?r, IPA(key): /?fa??/, [?fa??]
- (Southern American English, Appalachia) IPA(key): [?fä??]
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /?f?e?(?)/
- Rhymes: -a??(?)
Etymology 1
From Middle English fier, from Old English f?r (“fire”), from Proto-West Germanic *fuir, from *fuïr, a regularised form of Proto-Germanic *f?r (“fire”) (compare Saterland Frisian Fjuur, West Frisian fjoer, Dutch vuur, Low German Füer, German Feuer, Danish fyr), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *péh?wr?.
Compare Hittite ???????????? (pa??ur), Umbrian pir, Tocharian A/B por/puwar, Czech pý? (“hot ashes”), Ancient Greek ??? (pûr, “fire”), and Armenian ???? (hur, “fire”)). This was an inanimate noun whose animate counterpart was Proto-Indo-European *h?n?g?nis (see ignite). Cognate to pyre.
Alternative forms
- fier (archaic)
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).
- (countable) The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.
- (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.
- (uncountable) The bullets or other projectiles fired from a gun or other ranged weapon.
- (rocketry) An instance of firing one or more rocket engines.
- Strength of passion, whether love or hate.
- 1687, Francis Atterbury, An Answer to some Considerations, the Spirit of Martin Luther and the Original of the Reformation
- He had fire in his temper.
- 1687, Francis Atterbury, An Answer to some Considerations, the Spirit of Martin Luther and the Original of the Reformation
- Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm.
- Splendour; brilliancy; lustre; hence, a star.
- A severe trial; anything inflaming or provoking.
- Red coloration in a piece of opal.
Synonyms
- blaze
- conflagration
- inferno
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ????? (faiy?)
- Sranan Tongo: faya
Translations
See fire/translations § Noun.
Etymology 2
From Middle English firen, fyren, furen, from Old English f?rian (“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.
- 1907, Jack London, The Iron Heel
- 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.
- 1907, Jack London, The Iron Heel
- (transitive) To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc.
- 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 2011, p.226:
- The first, obvious choice was hysterical and fantastic Blanche – had there not been her timidity, her fear of being ‘fired’ […].
- (transitive) To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device).
- (rocketry) To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust.
- (transitive, mining) To set off an explosive in a mine.
- (intransitive) To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon.
- Synonyms: open fire, shoot
- (transitive, sports) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal.
- (intransitive, physiology) To cause an action potential in a cell.
- (transitive) To forcibly direct (something).
- (transitive, intransitive, computer sciences, software engineering) To initiate an event (by means of an event handler).
- To inflame; to irritate, as the passions.
- Love had fired my mind.
- To animate; to give life or spirit to.
- To feed or serve the fire of.
- (transitive) To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
- (transitive, farriery) To cauterize.
- (intransitive, dated) To catch fire; to be kindled.
- (intransitive, dated) To be irritated or inflamed with passion.
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
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Alternative forms
- fye (nonstandard, Internet slang)
Adjective
fire (not comparable)
- (slang) Amazing; excellent.
Translations
Further reading
- fire on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Fire in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
- -fier, Fier, Frie, fier, refi, reif, rief, rife
Asturian
Verb
fire
- third-person singular present indicative of firir
Crimean Tatar
Noun
fire
- shrinkage, loss
- scrap
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse fjórir, from Proto-Germanic *fedw?r, from Proto-Indo-European *k?etwóres (“four”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fi?r?/, [?fi??]
Numeral
fire
- four
Usage notes
In compounds: fir-.
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German f?ren, from French virer (“bear, veer”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fi?r?/, [?fi??]
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 [to the hole] and lowered the rock and the wicker rope down into the hole.
- Saa gik han hen og firede Stenen og Vidietouget ned i Hullet.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1871, Jens Andreas Friis, Lappisk Mythologi, page 138
Conjugation
Italian
Etymology
From Latin f?er? (“to become, be”), present active infinitive of f??. Compare Romanian fi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fi.re/
- Hyphenation: fì?re
Verb
fìre (third-person only, third-person singular present fìa, no third-person singular past historic, no past participle)
- (northern Italy, obsolete) to be
- Synonym: essere
Usage notes
- The only forms attested outside of ancient Northern Italian literature are the future fia (third-person singular) and fiano (third-person plural).
References
- fire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Danish fire, Old Norse fjórir, from Proto-Germanic *fedw?r, from *k?etw?r, the neuter form of Proto-Indo-European *k?etwóres.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fi???/
Numeral
fire
- four
Derived terms
Related terms
- fjerde (ordinal)
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
Etymology 1
From Old Norse fjórir, via Danish fire.
Etymology 1
From Danish fire, Old Norse fjórir, from Proto-Germanic *fedw?r, from *k?etw?r, the neuter form of Proto-Indo-European *k?etwóres.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /?fi???/
Numeral
fire
- four
Derived terms
Related terms
- fjerde (ordinal)
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
Etymology 1
Noun
fire n
- plural of fir
Etymology 2
From fi +? -re.
Noun
fire f (plural firi)
- essence, substance, nature
- Synonym: natur?
- character, temper, disposition
- Synonyms: caracter, temperament
- mind
- Synonym: minte
Declension
Related terms
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Greek ???? (Fýra)
Noun
fire (definite accusative fireyi, plural fireler)
- wastage
- outage
- shrinkage, loss, loss in weight, decrease
- turnover
- ullage
- leakage
- waste, tret, deficiency
Declension
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mann
Cimbrian
Alternative forms
- man, månn
Etymology
From Middle High German man, from Old High German man, from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.
Cognate with German Mann, Dutch man, English man, Icelandic maður, Swedish man, Gothic ???????????????????? (manna).
Noun
mann m (plural manne, diminutive ménle) (Sette Comuni)
- man
- husband
Declension
References
- “mann” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
- “mann” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
Cornish
Alternative forms
- màn
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mæn]
Adverb
mann
- at all
Noun
mann m
- nothing, nil
Numeral
mann
- zero
Faroese
Noun
mann
- accusative singular of maður
Gothic
Romanization
mann
- Romanization of ????????????????
Icelandic
Noun
mann m
- indefinite accusative singular of maður
Luxembourgish
Etymology
Backformation from the comparative manner, from Old High German minniro (“less; fewer”), from Proto-Germanic *minnizô, and/or reinterpretation (as a positive) of Old High German min (“less”), from Proto-Germanic *minniz, adverbial form of the former. Compare the same in Dutch min. The Luxembourgish vocalism is regular through -i- ? -a- in closed syllables.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?n/
- Rhymes: -?n
- Homophone: Mann
Adjective
mann (masculine mann, neuter mann, comparative manner, superlative am mannsten)
- little, few
Usage notes
- The positive and comparative forms are indeclinable and cannot be preceded by articles or determiners. The superlative is declined in the normal way.
Declension
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Norn
Etymology
From Old Norse maðr.
Noun
mann m
- man
- married man
- master of the house
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse mann, accusative case of maðr (“man”) (compare the accusative of Icelandic maður). Originally the word only had the sense "human" but later changed to primarily designate an adult male, the original meaning being replaced by words such as menneske and person. Believed to ultimately be from Proto-Germanic *mann-, stemming from the Proto-Indo-European *man- (a root). Cognate with Swedish man, Danish mand, Faroese and Icelandic maður, English man and many others.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?n?/
- Homophone: man
- Rhymes: -?n?
Noun
mann m (definite singular mannen, indefinite plural menn, definite plural mennene)
- a man (adult male human being)
- (mostly in regular sayings and idioms) A human being, person
- (literally: "Go down with man and mouse")
- A person with certain praiseworthy qualities, often used about males
- One's husband (see also ektemann)
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- “mann” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse mann, accusative case of maðr (“man”) (compare the accusative of the Icelandic maður). Originally the word only had the sense "human" but later changed to primarily designate an adult male, the original meaning being replaced by words such as menneske and person. Believed to ultimately be from Proto-Germanic *mann-, stemming from the Proto-Indo-European *man- (a root). Cognate with Swedish man, Danish mand, Faroese and Icelandic maður, English man and many others.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?n?/ (example of pronunciation)
- Rhymes: -?n?
Noun
mann m (definite singular mannen, indefinite plural menn, definite plural mennene)
- man (adult male human being)
- (mostly in regular sayings and idioms) human being, person
- person with certain praiseworthy qualities, often used about males
- husband (see also ektemann)
Synonyms
Inflection
Derived terms
- manna, manne (verb)
References
- “mann” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Alternative forms
- ? (m), man, monn, mon, manna
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.
Cognate with Old Frisian mon, Old Saxon mann, Old Dutch man, Old High German man, Old Norse maðr, Gothic ???????????????????? (manna).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?nn/, [m?n]
Noun
mann m (nominative plural menn)
- person
- c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Midlent Sunday"
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of The Consolation of Philosophy
- c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
- man meaning mankind
- late 10th century, Ælfric, translation of Genesis 1:27
- late 10th century, Ælfric, translation of Genesis 1:27
- (rare or non-literary) man meaning adult male
- the rune ?, representing the sound /m/
Usage notes
- When mann occurred as the last part of a personal name, it was inflected as an a-stem: thus the dative singular of "?earumann" (name of a bishop) was "?earumanne", not *?earumenn. In other compounds it was inflected the same way as when it occurred by itself, i.e. as a consonant stem: þ?m w?fmenn ("the woman" [dative singular]), not *þ?m w?fmanne.
Declension
Synonyms
- guma
Hyponyms
- bearn
- ?ild
- wer
- w?f
Derived terms
Descendants
- Middle English: mon, man, manne, monne, mæn
- Scots: man
- English: man
- Tok Pisin: man
- ? Chinese: man
- ? Chinook Jargon: man
- ? Korean: ? (maen)
- ? Spanish: man
- ? Thai: ??? (m??n)
- ? Volapük: man
- English: -man
- Sranan Tongo: -man
- ? French: -man
- ? Japanese: ?? (-man)
- ? Welsh: -mon
- Yola: man
Old Norse
Noun
mann m
- accusative singular indefinite of maðr
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