fiery

English

Etymology

From Middle English firi, from fir (“fire”). Equivalent to fire +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪəɹi/

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• 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, in Internal Combustion:

     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.
   • 1892, James Yoxall, chapter 5, in The Lonely Pyramid:

     The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. […] Drifts of yellow vapour, fiery, parching, stinging, filled the air.

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
• Danish: ild-
• Dutch: vurig (nl)
• Finnish: tulinen (fi)
• French: ardent (fr) m
• Georgian: ცეცხლოვანი (cecxlovani)
• German: feurig (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: πύρινος (púrinos)

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• Hebrew: אֵשִׁי f (eshi)
• Italian: ardente (it)
• Latin: igneus (la) m, ignifer (la)
• Lithuanian: ugningas
• Portuguese: ígneo (pt)
• Romanian: focos (ro)
• Russian: о́гненный (ru) (ógnennyj), огнево́й (ru) (ognevój)
• Swedish: eldig (sv)
• Turkish: ateşli (tr)

burning or glowing

• Bulgarian: горящ (bg) (gorjašt), пламтящ (bg) (plamtjašt)
• Danish: brændende
• Finnish: tulinen (fi)
• French: brulant (fr) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: πύρινος (púrinos)

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• Italian: incandescente (it), bruciante (it)
• Latin: igneus (la) m, ignifer (la)
• Portuguese: ardente (pt)
• Romanian: aprins (ro), ardent (ro), incandescent (ro)
• Russian: горя́щий (ru) (gorjáščij), жгу́чий (ru) (žgúčij)

inflammable or easily ignited

• Bulgarian: запалим (bg) (zapalim)
• Finnish: tulenarka (fi)
• Italian: infiammabile (it)
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• Latin: ignifer (la)
• Portuguese: inflamável (pt)
• Russian: воспламеня́ющийся (ru) (vosplamenjájuščijsja)

having the colour of fire

• Bulgarian: огненочервен (bg) (ognenočerven)
• Czech: vznětlivý m
• Finnish: tulinen (fi)
• French: flamboyant (fr)
• Italian: infocato (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: brannrød (no)

  Nynorsk: brannraud

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• Polish: ognisty (pl) m
• Portuguese: ígneo (pt)
• Russian: о́гненный (ru) m (ógnennyj)
• Swedish: eldfärgad, brandröd

hot or inflamed

• Bulgarian: горещ (bg) (gorešt), пламнал (bg) (plamnal)
• Danish: hed (da)
• Finnish: tulinen (fi)
• Greek:

  Ancient: πυρώδης (purṓdēs)

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• Latin: igneus (la) m
• Maori: kakā
• Russian: горя́чий (ru) (gorjáčij), пла́менный (ru) (plámennyj)

tempestuous or emotionally volatile

• Bulgarian: буен (bg) (buen)
• Czech: vznětlivý m
• Danish: flammende, fyrig, ilter, heftig
• Finnish: tulinen (fi)
• French: enflammé (fr)
• Greek:

  Ancient: πυρώδης (purṓdēs)

• Irish: faghartha (of person), mear
• Italian: focoso (it)
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• Maori: pūkākā, taratutū
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: flammende, fyrig

  Nynorsk: fyrig

• Portuguese: inflamável (pt)
• Romanian: focos (ro), pătimaș (ro), înflăcărat (ro)
• Russian: бу́йный (ru) (bújnyj)

spirited or filled with emotion

• Bulgarian: пламенен (bg) (plamenen), страстен (bg) (strasten)
• Czech: ohnivý (cs) m
• Danish: lidenskabelig, brændende
• Finnish: palava (fi)
• Lithuanian: ugningas
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ildfull, fyrig

  Nynorsk: fyrig

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• Russian: пла́менный (ru) (plámennyj), стра́стный (ru) (strástnyj)
• Swedish: eldig (sv)

Anagrams

• firey, reify