firre

Middle English

firre

Alternative forms

• ferre, fir, fyr, fyrr, veer, verre

Etymology

From Old English fyrh, furh, from Proto-West Germanic *furhu, from Proto-Germanic *furhō. Alternatively from Old Norse fýri, from the same Proto-Germanic source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfir(ə)/, /ˈfɛr(ə)/

Noun

firre

1. fir (Abies spp.)
2. fir wood

Derived terms

• firren

Descendants

• English: fir
• Scots: fir

References

• “firre, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Swedish

Etymology

Derived from fisk (“fish”) by a colloquial formation changing certain /s/ consonant clusters into -rr-. Compare flaska > flarra (“bottle”) and smaskig > smarrig (“yummy, tasty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²fɪrɛ/

Noun

firre c

1. (colloquial) fish

   Synonym: fisk

   Vilken fin firre du fick! ― What a nice fish you got!

Declension

Declension of firre
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	firre	firren	firrar	firrarna
Genitive	firres	firrens	firrars	firrarnas

References

• firre in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• Per Ledin (2013 March 28) “Glad pårre igen!”, in På svenska‎^[1] (Blog), archived from the original on 26 September 2020

Traveller Norwegian

Noun

firre

1. a fish

See also

• firre
• makjo