fir

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See also: FIR, fir-, and fír

English

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A fir tree (Abies balsamea)

Etymology

From Middle English firre, from either Old Norse fýri (as in fýriskógr (“pine-wood”)[1] or Old English fyrh, furh (as in furhwudu (“pinewood”),[2] from Proto-Germanic *furhō, *furhijǭ (compare Dutch vuren, Low German Fuhr, German Föhre (“pine”), Danish fyr), from Proto-Indo-European *pŕ̥kʷeh₂ (compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian (Trentino) porca (“fir”), from *pérkʷus (“oak”) (compare Latin quercus (“oak”), Albanian shpardh, shparr (“Italian oak”), Punjabi ਪਰਗਾਇ (pargāī, “holm oak, Quercus baloot”)). Related to frith.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɜː(r)
  • Homophone: fur (with the fir-fur merger)

Noun

fir (countable and uncountable, plural firs)

  1. (chiefly countable) A conifer of the genus Abies.
    • 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 1, in The Dust of Conflict‎[1]:
      A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky.
  2. (chiefly countable) Any pinaceous conifer of related genera, especially a Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga) or a Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris).
    • 1954, J. R. R. Tolkien, chapter 3, in The Lord of the Rings:
      we shall find a spot that is sheltered and snug enough, sir. There is a dry fir-wood just ahead, if I remember rightly.
    • 1991, Paul Chadwick, Concrete: American Christmas, Dark Horse Books
      I can almost smell the fir scent… resinous, pungent.
  3. (uncountable) Wood of such trees.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

References

  1. ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd edn., s.v. "fir" (Oxford, 2000).
  2. ^ J.P. Mallory, Douglas Q. Adams, eds., Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture s.v. "oak", "pine" (London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997), pp. 407, 428-9.

Anagrams

Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

fir m

  1. inflection of fear (“man; husband”):
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fir fhir bhfir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German furi, from Proto-Germanic *furi. Cognate with German für, English for.

Pronunciation

Preposition

fir (+ accusative)

  1. for

Derived terms

Manx

Pronunciation

Noun

fir

  1. plural of fer

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fir ir vir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

fir

  1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of fire

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

fir

  1. inflection of fer:
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative plural

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
fir ḟir fir
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin fīlum, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-.

Pronunciation

Noun

fir n (plural fire)

  1. thread, string, filament, wire
  2. (fir de păr) a hair

Derived terms

See also

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

fir m

  1. genitive singular of fear
  2. nominative plural of fear

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
fir fhir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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