fier
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]See fire.
Noun
[edit]fier (plural fiers)
- Archaic form of fire.
- 1849, William Strachey, Richard Henry Major, The History of Travaile Into Virginia Britannia, page 92:
- They have also divers conjurations: one they made at what tyme they had taken Captain Smyth prisoner, to know, as they reported, if any more of his countrymen would arrive there, and what they intended; the manner of yt Captain Smyth observed to be as followeth : first, soe some as daie was shut in, they kindled a faire great fier in a lone howse, about which assembled seven priests, takinge Captain Smyth by the hand, and appointing him his seat; about the fier they made a kynd of enchanted circle of meale; that done, the chifest priest, attyred as is expressed, gravely began to sing and shake his rattle, solemly rownding and marching about the fier, the rest followed him silently untill his song was done, which they all shutt up with a groane.
- 2000, Colin G. Calloway, Dawnland Encounters: Indians and Europeans in Northern New England, →ISBN:
- The salvadges perceiving so much, subtilely devised how they might put out the fier in the shallop, by which meanes they sawe they should be free from the danger of our men's pieces.
- 2012, Rebecca Anne Goetz, The Baptism of Early Virginia: How Christianity Created Race, →ISBN, page 45:
- The men, “beinge att praiers,” heard odd noises and thought “they sawe one like an Indian leape over the fier.”
See also
[edit]- sci-fier (etymologically unrelated)
References
[edit]- The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1989). Oxford University Press. Vol. V. pp. 242-243.
Anagrams
[edit]Albanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Albanian *pʰera, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)perHom < *(s)perH- (“to fly”). Compare Proto-Slavic *pero (“feather”), English fern, Lithuanian spar̃nas (“wing”), Latvian spā̀rns (“wing”), Sanskrit पर्ण (parṇá, “wing”).[1] Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *p(t)erH- (“fern”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fier m (definite fieri)
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]fier (comparative fierder, superlative fierst)
Declension
[edit]Declension of fier | ||||
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uninflected | fier | |||
inflected | fiere | |||
comparative | fierder | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | fier | fierder | het fierst het fierste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | fiere | fierdere | fierste |
n. sing. | fier | fierder | fierste | |
plural | fiere | fierdere | fierste | |
definite | fiere | fierdere | fierste | |
partitive | fiers | fierders | — |
Synonyms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Papiamentu: fier (dated)
East Central German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German vür, from Old High German furi, from Proto-West Germanic *furi, from Proto-Germanic *furi.
Compare Luxembourgish fir, German für, English for.
Preposition
[edit]fier
Further reading
[edit]- 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 42:
French
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Old French fer, from Latin ferus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]fier (feminine fière, masculine plural fiers, feminine plural fières)
- proud
- remarkable (in this sense always used before the noun it qualifies)
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Inherited from Old French fier, from Vulgar Latin *fīdāre, from Latin fīdere.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]fier
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | simple | se fier | |||||
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compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | se fiant /sə fjɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | fié /fje/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | me fie /mə fi/ |
te fies /tə fi/ |
se fie /sə fi/ |
nous fions /nu fjɔ̃/ |
vous fiez /vu fje/ |
se fient /sə fi/ |
imperfect | me fiais /mə fjɛ/ |
te fiais /tə fjɛ/ |
se fiait /sə fjɛ/ |
nous fiions /nu fi.jɔ̃/ |
vous fiiez /vu fi.je/ |
se fiaient /sə fjɛ/ | |
past historic2 | me fiai /mə fje/ |
te fias /tə fja/ |
se fia /sə fja/ |
nous fiâmes /nu fjam/ |
vous fiâtes /vu fjat/ |
se fièrent /sə fjɛʁ/ | |
future | me fierai /mə fi.ʁe/ |
te fieras /tə fi.ʁa/ |
se fiera /sə fi.ʁa/ |
nous fierons /nu fi.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous fierez /vu fi.ʁe/ |
se fieront /sə fi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | me fierais /mə fi.ʁɛ/ |
te fierais /tə fi.ʁɛ/ |
se fierait /sə fi.ʁɛ/ |
nous fierions /nu fi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous fieriez /vu fi.ʁje/ |
se fieraient /sə fi.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | me fie /mə fi/ |
te fies /tə fi/ |
se fie /sə fi/ |
nous fiions /nu fi.jɔ̃/ |
vous fiiez /vu fi.je/ |
se fient /sə fi/ |
imperfect2 | me fiasse /mə fjas/ |
te fiasses /tə fjas/ |
se fiât /sə fja/ |
nous fiassions /nu fja.sjɔ̃/ |
vous fiassiez /vu fja.sje/ |
se fiassent /sə fjas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | fie-toi /fi.twa/ |
— | fions-nous /fjɔ̃.nu/ |
fiez-vous /fje.vu/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “fier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hunsrik
[edit]40 | ||
← 3 | 4 | 5 → |
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Cardinal: fier Ordinal: fiert |
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Central Franconian vier, from Middle High German vier, from Old High German fior, from Proto-West Germanic *feuwar, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of *kʷetwóres.[1]
Cognate with German vier and Luxembourgish véier.
Pronunciation
[edit]Numeral
[edit]fier
- four
- Ich hon fier Menner gesihn.
- I have seen four men.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “fier”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 54, column 2
Jamaican Creole
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]fier
- fair
- 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Aks 27:8:
- an bieli manij fi riich a wan plies niem Fier Ievnz nier Lasiiya toun.
- and we barely managed to reach a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Lasea.
Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]fier
Old French
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- fïer (diaereses not universally used by scholars of Old French)
Verb
[edit]fier
- (reflexive, se fier) to trust (someone, something)
- c. 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:
- Trestuit por lor seignor prioient,
Qu’an Deu et an lui se fioient- They all prayed for their master
In him, and in God they put their trust
- They all prayed for their master
Conjugation
[edit]This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | fier | avoir fïé | |||||
gerund | en fiant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | fiant | ||||||
past participle | fïé | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | fi | fïes | fïe | fions | fïez | fïent |
imperfect | fioie, fïeie, fioe, fïeve | fioies, fïeies, fioes, fïeves | fioit, fïeit, fiot, fïeve | fiiiens, fiiens | fiiiez, fiiez | fioient, fïeient, fioent, fïevent | |
preterite | fiai | fias | fia | fiames | fiastes | fïerent | |
future | fïerai | fïeras | fïera | fïerons | fïeroiz, fïereiz, fïerez | fïeront | |
conditional | fïeroie, fïereie | fïeroies, fïereies | fïeroit, fïereit | fïeriiens, fïeriens | fïeriiez, fïeriez | fïeroient, fïereient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | fi | fis | fit | fions | fïez | fïent |
imperfect | fiasse | fiasses | fiast | fiissons, fiissiens | fiissoiz, fiissez, fiissiez | fiassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | fïe | — | fions | fïez | — |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- French: (se) fier
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
[edit]fier m (oblique and nominative feminine singular fiere)
- Alternative form of fer (“cruel; fierce”)
Declension
[edit]Case | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
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singular | subject | fiers | fiere | fier |
oblique | fier | |||
plural | subject | fier | fieres | |
oblique | fiers |
Romanian
[edit]Chemical element | |
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Fe | |
Previous: mangan (Mn) | |
Next: cobalt (Co) |
Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fier n (plural fiare)
- (uncountable) iron
- Fierul este un metal.
- Iron is a metal.
- Bunica mea are multe oale de fier.
- My grandmother has many iron pots.
- (countable) tool made of iron
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | fier | fierul | fiare | fiarele | |
genitive-dative | fier | fierului | fiare | fiarelor | |
vocative | fierule | fiarelor |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- fier in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Romansch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin ferrum. Compare Friulian fiêr.
Noun
[edit]fier m
Walloon
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French fer, from Latin ferrum.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fier m (plural fiers)
West Frisian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Frisian fir, fer, from Proto-West Germanic and Proto-Germanic *ferrai.
Adjective
[edit]fier
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of fier | ||||
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uninflected | fier | |||
inflected | fiere | |||
comparative | fierder | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | fier | fierder | it fierst it fierste | |
indefinite | c. sing. | fiere | fierdere | fierste |
n. sing. | fier | fierder | fierste | |
plural | fiere | fierdere | fierste | |
definite | fiere | fierdere | fierste | |
partitive | fiers | fierders | — |
Further reading
[edit]- “fier”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
References
[edit]- Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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