different between kir vs fir

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French kir, named after Félix Kir, mayor of Dijon.

Noun

kir (countable and uncountable, plural kirs)

1. A cocktail made with a measure of crème de cassis topped up with white wine.

Derived terms

• kir royal

Translations

Anagrams

• IKR, Irk, Kri, ikr, irk, rik

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kir.

Noun

kir (definite accusative kiri, plural kirl?r)

1. dirt

   Synonym: çirk

Declension

Derived terms

• kirli

Further reading

• “kir” in Obastan.com.

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kir.

Noun

kir

1. dirt

Derived terms

• kirli

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

kir

1. first-person singular present indicative of kirren
2. imperative of kirren

Anagrams

• Rik

Finnish

Etymology

From French kir

Noun

kir

1. kir

Declension

French

Pronunciation

Noun

kir m (plural kirs)

1. kir (beverage)

Derived terms

• kir breton

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch keur (“seal”), from Middle Dutch core, cuere, from Old Dutch kuri, from Proto-West Germanic *ku?i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?r]
• Hyphenation: kir

Noun

kir (plural kir-kir, first-person possessive kirku, second-person possessive kirmu, third-person possessive kirnya)

1. (colloquial) examination.

   Synonym: pemeriksaan

Derived terms

Further reading

• “kir” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Northern Kurdish

Noun

kir m

1. (vulgar) cock, penis

Derived terms

• kir seru

Phalura

Etymology

From Sanskrit ???? (kiri, “scattering, heap”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kir/

Noun

kir m (Perso-Arabic spelling ???)

1. snow

Inflection

a-decl (Obl, pl): -á

References

• Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)?^[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, ?ISBN
• Turner, Ralph Lilley, “[2]”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, 1969–1985.

Polish

Etymology

From German Kern.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?ir/

Noun

kir m inan

1. black armband

Declension

Related terms

• kirowy

Further reading

• kir in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romani

Etymology

From Sanskrit ??? (k??a, “worm, insect”). Cognate with Hindi ????? (k???, “insect, bug”).

Noun

kir f

1. ant

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ???? (kir), from Old Turkic kir? (kir), from Proto-Turkic *kir (“dirt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ci?]

Noun

kir (definite accusative kiri, plural kirler)

1. dirt

Declension

Synonyms

• pislik
• pasak

Derived terms

• kirlenmek
• kirletmek

References

• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) , “kir”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 3823

English

Etymology

From Middle English firre, from either Old Norse fýri (as in fýriskógr (“pine-wood”) or Old English fyrh, furh (as in furhwudu (“pinewood”), from Proto-West Germanic *furhu, from Proto-Germanic *furh?, *furhij? from Proto-Indo-European *p??k?eh?, from *pérk?us (“oak”).

Germanic cognates include Dutch vuren, Low German Fuhr, German Föhre (“pine”), Danish fyr). Outside of Germanic, compare Italian (Trentino) porca (“fir”), Latin quercus (“oak”), Albanian shpardh, shparr (“Italian oak”), Punjabi ????? (parg??, “holm oak, Quercus baloot”)). Related to frith.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /f??(?)/
• (US) enPR: fûr, IPA^(key): /f?/
• (Scotland), IPA^(key): /f??/
• Rhymes: -??(r)
• Homophone: fur (with the fir-fur merger)

Noun

fir (countable and uncountable, plural firs)

1. (chiefly countable) A conifer of the genus Abies.
2. (chiefly countable) Any pinaceous conifer of related genera, especially a Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga) or a Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris).
   • 1991, Paul Chadwick, Concrete: American Christmas, Dark Horse Books

     I can almost smell the fir scent… resinous, pungent.

3. (uncountable) Wood of such trees.

Synonyms

• (all countable senses): fir tree

Derived terms

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Fri, IFR, IRF, RFI, RIF, Rif, rif

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f????/

Noun

fir m

1. inflection of fear (“man; husband”):
   1. vocative/genitive singular
   2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German furi, from Proto-West Germanic *furi, from Proto-Germanic *furi. Cognate with German für, English for.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi??/, [?fi?.?], [fi??]
• IPA^(key): /fe(?)/, [f?], [f?] (reduced)
• Homophone: vir

Preposition

fir (+ accusative)

1. for

Derived terms

• fir datt
• fir d'éischt
• fir ze

Manx

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?r/

Noun

fir

1. plural of fer

Mutation

Northern Kurdish

Alternative forms

• firr

Noun

fir f

1. flight (act of flying)

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

fir

1. imperative of fire

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?ir?/

Noun

fir

1. inflection of fer:
   1. vocative/genitive singular
   2. nominative plural

Mutation

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin f?lum, from Proto-Indo-European *g??iH-(s-)lo-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fir/

Noun

fir n (plural fire)

1. thread, string, filament, wire
2. (fir de p?r) a hair

Derived terms

• desfira
• înfira
• r?sfira

See also

• sârm? f

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

fir m

1. genitive singular of fear
2. nominative plural of fear

Mutation