fier
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
See fire.
NounEdit
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.”
See alsoEdit
- sci-fier (etymologically unrelated)
ReferencesEdit
- The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1989). Oxford University Press. Vol. V. pp. 242-243.
AnagramsEdit
AlbanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
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”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
fier m (definite singular fieri)
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
fier (comparative fierder, superlative fierst)
InflectionEdit
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 | — |
SynonymsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- → Papiamentu: fier (dated)
FrenchEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old French fer, from Latin ferus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
fier (feminine fière, masculine plural fiers, feminine plural fières)
- proud
- remarkable (in this sense always used before the noun it qualifies)
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Old French fier, from Latin fīdō.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
fier
ConjugationEdit
infinitive | simple | se fier | |||||
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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 | – | – | – | ||||
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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “fier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
HunsrikEdit
< 3 | 4 | 5 > |
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Cardinal : fier Ordinal : fiert | ||
EtymologyEdit
From Central Franconian vier, from Old High German fior, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of *kʷetwóres.
PronunciationEdit
NumeralEdit
fier
- four
- Ich hon fier Menner gesihn.
- I have seen four men.
Further readingEdit
Middle EnglishEdit
NounEdit
fier
- Alternative form of figer
Old FrenchEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- fïer (diaereses not universally used by scholars of Old French)
EtymologyEdit
VerbEdit
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
ConjugationEdit
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.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | fier | avoir fïé | |||||
gerund | en fiant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the 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 | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the 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 | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | fïe | — | fions | fïez | — |
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- French: (se) fier
RomanianEdit
Chemical element | |
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Fe | |
Previous: mangan (Mn) | |
Next: cobalt (Co) |
Alternative formsEdit
- fer (regional)
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
fier n (plural fiare)
- (uncountable) iron
- Fier este un metal. ― Iron is a metal.
- Bunica mea are multe oale de fier. ― My grandmother has many iron pots.
- (countable) tool made of iron
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- fier in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
RomanschEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin ferrum. Compare Friulian fiêr.
NounEdit
fier m
WalloonEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French fer, from Latin ferrum.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
fier m (plural fiers)
West FrisianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Frisian fir, fer, from Proto-West Germanic and Proto-Germanic *ferrai.
AdjectiveEdit
fier
InflectionEdit
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 readingEdit
- “fier”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011