furir

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French fourrier, from Old French forre. Original meaning was "fodderer". Cognate of German Furier, Fourier.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːr

Noun

furir c

1. (military) non-commissioned officer rank above corporal but below sergeant

Declension

Declension of furir

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	furir	furirs
	definite	furiren	furirens
plural	indefinite	furirer	furirers
	definite	furirerna	furirernas

References

• furir in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• furir in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• furir in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• furir in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)