fired

English

Etymology

From fire +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪəd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪ(ə)ɹd/

• Audio (General American):

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• Hyphenation: fir‧ed
• Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)d

Adjective

fired

1. dismissed, terminated from employment.
2. (ceramics) Heated in a furnace, kiln, etc., to become permanently hardened.

Derived terms

• overfired, over-fired
• underfired, under-fired
• you're fired

Translations

dismissed

• German: gekündigt (de)
• Hungarian: égetett (hu)
• Swedish: sparkad (sv), avskedad (sv)
• Tagalog: talsik

ceramics: kilned

• Greek: οπτός (el) (optós)

Verb

fired

1. simple past and past participle of fire

Related terms

• all-fired
• coal-fired
• fired up
• gas-fired
• oil-fired
• shots fired
• stoker-fired
• wood-fired

 

Anagrams

• Efird, Fedir, RIFed, fried, redif

Maltese

Root
f-r-d
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic فَرَدَ (farada).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪ.rɛt/

Verb

fired (imperfect jifred, past participle mifrud, verbal noun frid)

1. to split
2. to separate
   • 1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Ġebla tal-Ġeneral”, in Fanali bil-Lejl:

     u lili firdu minn mal-art għal dejjem,
     u jien sfajt blata u gżira l-aktar ċkejkna,
     bi ftit faqqiegħ u ftit gremxul sewdieni
     ngħix ħajja waħdi.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of fired
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	fridt	fridt	fired		fridna	fridtu	firdu
	f			firdet
imperfect	m	nifred	tifred	jifred		nifirdu	tifirdu	jifirdu
	f			tifred
imperative			ifred				ifirdu