fiery

English

Etymology

Middle English firi, from fir (“fire”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfaɪəri/
• Rhymes: -aɪəri

Adjective

fiery (comparative more fiery or fierier, superlative most fiery or fieriest)

1. Of, or relating to fire
2. Burning or glowing
   • 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, Internal Combustion^[1]:

     Blast after blast, fiery outbreak after fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within, […] most of Edison's grounds soon became an inferno.  As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities.

3. Inflammable or easily ignited
4. Having the colour of fire
5. Hot or inflamed
6. Tempestuous or emotionally volatile

   a fiery temper

7. Spirited or filled with emotion

Derived terms

• fiery cross

Translations

of, or relating to fire

• Bulgarian: огнен (bg) (ognen)
• Czech: ohnivý (cs) m
• Finnish: tulinen (fi)
• French: ardent (fr) m
• German: feurig (de)

• Hebrew: אֵשִׁי (he) (eshi) f
• Italian: ardente (it)
• Lithuanian: ugningas (lt)
• Romanian: de foc (ro)
• Russian: огненный (ru) (ógnennyj) , огневой (ru) (ognevój) 
• Turkish: ateşli (tr)

burning or glowing

• Bulgarian: горящ (bg) (gorjašt), пламтящ (bg) (plamtjašt)
• Finnish: tulinen (fi)
• Italian: incandescente (it), bruciante (it)
• Romanian: arzând (ro) m and n, ardent (ro), ardentă (ro) f, incandescent (ro), incandescentă (ro) f, aprins (ro) m and n, aprins (ro) f

• Russian: горящий (ru) (gorjáščij) , жгучий (ru) (žgúčij) 

inflammable or easily ignited

• Bulgarian: запалим (bg) (zapalim)
• Finnish: tulenarka (fi)

• Italian: infiammabile (it)
• Portuguese: inflamável (pt)
• Russian: воспламеняющийся (ru) (vosplamenjájuščijsja) 

having the colour of fire

• Bulgarian: огненочервен (bg) (ognenočerven)
• Czech: vznětlivý (cs) m
• Finnish: tulinen (fi)

• Italian: infocato (it)
• Polish: ognisty m
• Russian: огненный (ru) (ógnennyj) m 

hot or inflamed

• Bulgarian: горещ (bg) (gorešt), пламнал (bg) (plamnal)
• Finnish: tulinen (fi)

• Russian: горячий (ru) (gorjáčij) , пламенный (ru) (plámennyj) 

tempestuous or emotionally volatile

• Bulgarian: буен (bg) (buen)
• Czech: vznětlivý (cs) m
• Finnish: tulinen (fi)

• French: enflammé (fr)
• Italian: focoso (it)
• Portuguese: inflamável (pt)
• Russian: буйный (ru) (bújnyj) 

spirited or filled with emotion

• Bulgarian: пламенен (bg) (plamenen), страстен (bg) (strasten)
• Czech: ohnivý (cs) m
• Finnish: palava (fi)

• Lithuanian: ugningas (lt)
• Russian: пламенный (ru) (plámennyj) , страстный (ru) (strástnyj) 

Anagrams

• firey
• reify