fier

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See also: Fier, fiêr, -fier, and -ifier

English

Pronunciation

See fire.

Noun

fier (plural fiers)

  1. 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.”

References

  • The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1989). Oxford University Press. Vol. V. pp. 242-243.

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

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

Noun

fier m (definite fieri)

  1. fern

Declension

Declension of fier
singular
indefinite definite
nominative fier fieri
accusative fierin
dat./abl. fieri fierit

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 218

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French fier.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fir/, [fiːr]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: fier
  • Rhymes: -ir

Adjective

fier (comparative fierder, superlative fierst)

  1. proud

Inflection

Declension of fier
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 —

Descendants

  • → Papiamentu: fier (dated)

Synonyms

French

Etymology 1

From Old French fer, from Latin ferus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fier (feminine fière, masculine plural fiers, feminine plural fières)

  1. proud
  2. remarkable (in this sense always used before the noun it qualifies)
Synonyms
Derived terms

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Descendants

Etymology 2

From Old French fier, from Latin fīdō.

Pronunciation

Verb

fier

  1. (reflexive, se fier à quelqu'un) to trust someone (à), to rely on someone (à)
Conjugation
Conjugation of se fier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple se fier
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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Further reading

Hunsrik

Hunsrik cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : fier
    Ordinal : fiert

Etymology

From Central Franconian vier, from Old High German fior, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of *kʷetwóres.

Pronunciation

Numeral

fier

  1. four
    Ich hon fier Menner gesihn.
    I have seen four men.

Further reading

Middle English

Noun

fier

  1. Alternative form of figer

Old French

Alternative forms

  • fïer (diaereses not universally used by scholars of Old French)

Etymology

From Latin fīdō.

Verb

fier

  1. (reflexive, se fier) to trust (someone, something)

Conjugation

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.

    Conjugation of fier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
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 —

Descendants

Romanian

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin ferrum.

Pronunciation

Noun

fier n (plural fiare)

  1. (uncountable) iron
    Fier este un metal. ― Iron is a metal.
    Bunica mea are multe oale de fier. ― My grandmother has many iron pots.
  2. (countable) tool made of iron

Declension

Declension of fier
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) fier fierul (niște) fiare fiarele
genitive/dative (unui) fier fierului (unor) fiare fiarelor
vocative fierule fiarelor

Derived terms

References

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin ferrum. Compare Friulian fiêr.

Noun

fier m

  1. iron

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French fer, from Latin ferrum.

Pronunciation

Noun

fier m (plural fiers)

  1. iron

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian fir, fer, from Proto-West Germanic and Proto-Germanic *ferrai.

Adjective

fier

  1. far, distant

Inflection

Inflection of fier
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

  • “fier”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

References

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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