fier
English
Noun
fier (plural fiers)
- 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.”
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References
- The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1989). Oxford University Press. Vol. V. pp. 242-243.
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]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfi.ɛɾ]
Derived terms
- fierajë
- fierishtë
- fierkuqe
- fierore
References
- Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 218.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fir/, [fiːr]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ir
Inflection
Inflection of fier | ||||
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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 | — |
French
Etymology 1
From Old French fer, from Latin ferus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fjɛʁ/
Synonyms
Etymology 2
From Old French fier, from Latin fīdō.
Pronunciation
audio (se fier) (file) - IPA(key): /fje/
Conjugation
Conjugation of se fier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle | se fiant /sə fjɑ̃/ | ||||||
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past participle | fié /fje/ | ||||||
infinitive | |||||||
simple | se fier | ||||||
compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
gerund1 | |||||||
simple | se fiant /sə fjɑ̃/ | ||||||
compound | s'étant + past participle | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | 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 | – | – | – | ||||
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 Only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Further reading
- “fier” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Hunsrik
< 3 | 4 | 5 > |
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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
- IPA(key): /fiːɐ/
Middle English
Old French
Alternative forms
- fïer (diaereses not universally used by scholars of Old French)
Verb
fier
- (reflexive, se fier) to trust (someone, something)
- circa 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:
- Trestuit por lor seignor prioient,
Qu’an Deu et an lui se fioient- They all prayed for their master
In him, and in God they put their trust
- They all prayed for their master
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Related terms
Romanian
Chemical element | |
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Fe | Previous: mangan (Mn) |
Next: cobalt (Co) |
Alternative forms
- fer (regional)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fjer/
Noun
fier n (plural fiare)
Declension
Derived terms
- înfiera
- fier de călcat
- fier vechi
References
- fier in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
West Frisian
Inflection
Inflection of fier | ||||
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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
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