fired

English

Etymology

From fire +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪ̯əd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪ̯ɚd/, /ˈfaɪ̯ɹ̩d/

  • Audio (General American):

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• Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)d
• Hyphenation: fir‧ed

Adjective

fired

1. dismissed, terminated from employment.
2. (ceramics) Heated in a furnace, kiln, etc., to become permanently hardened.

Derived terms

• coalfired
• nonfired
• overfired, over-fired
• underfired, under-fired
• unfired
• woodfired
• you're fired

Translations

dismissed

• German: gekündigt (de)
• Hungarian: égetett (hu)
• Swedish: sparkad (sv), avskedad (sv)
• Tagalog: talsik

ceramics: kilned

• Greek: οπτός (el) (optós)

Verb

fired

1. simple past and past participle of fire

Related terms

• all-fired
• coal-fired
• fired up
• gas-fired
• oil-fired
• shots fired
• stoker-fired
• wood-fired

Anagrams

• Efird, Fedir, RIFed, fried, redif

Maltese

Root
f-r-d
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic فَرَدَ (farada).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪ.rɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɪrɛt

Verb

fired (imperfect jifred, past participle mifrud, verbal noun frid)

1. to split
2. to separate
   • 1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Ġebla tal-Ġeneral”, in Fanali bil-Lejl:

     u lili firdu minn mal-art għal dejjem,
     u jien sfajt blata u gżira l-aktar ċkejkna,
     bi ftit faqqiegħ u ftit gremxul sewdieni
     ngħix ħajja waħdi.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of fired (Form I)

positive forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	fridt	fridt	fired	fridna	fridtu	firdu
	f			firdet
imperfect	m	nifred	tifred	jifred	nifirdu	tifirdu	jifirdu
	f			tifred
imperative			ifred			ifirdu
negative forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	fridtx	fridtx	fired	fridniex	fridtux	firdux
	f			firditx
imperfect	m	nifridx	tifridx	jifridx	nifirdux	tifirdux	jifirdux
	f			tifridx
imperative			tifridx			tifirdux