fire

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (uncountable) A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering.
2. (countable) An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end (such as a campfire or a hearth fire).
3. (countable) The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.
4. (uncountable) The aforementioned chemical reaction of burning, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
5. (British, countable) A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).
6. (countable) The elements necessary to start a fire.
7. (uncountable) The bullets or other projectiles fired from a gun or other ranged weapon.
8. (countable) A planned bombardment by artillery or similar weapons, or the capability to deliver such.
9. (countable, slang) A firearm.
10. (countable, figuratively) A barrage, volley
11. (countable, uncountable) An instance of firing one or more rocket engines.
12. (countable, uncountable) Strength of passion, whether love or hate.
13. (countable, uncountable) Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm.
14. (countable, uncountable) Splendour; brilliancy; lustre; hence, a star.
15. (countable, uncountable) A severe trial; anything inflaming or provoking.
16. (countable, uncountable) Red coloration in a piece of opal.
17. (countable, uncountable) The capacity of a gemstone, especially a faceted, cut gemstone, that is transparent to visible light, to disperse white light into its multispectral component parts, resulting in a flash of different colors, the richness and dispersion of which increases the gemstone's value.

Adj

Amazing; excellent.

Verb

1. (transitive) To set (something, often a building) on fire.
2. (transitive) To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc.
3. (transitive) To drive away by setting a fire.
4. (transitive) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance).
5. (broadly, transitive) To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client.
6. (transitive) To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device).
7. (intransitive) To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon.
8. To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust.
9. (transitive) To set off an explosive in a mine.
10. (transitive) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal.
11. (intransitive) To cause an action potential in a cell.
12. (transitive) To forcibly direct (something).
13. (ambitransitive) To initiate an event (by means of an event handler).
14. (transitive) To inflame; to irritate, as the passions.
15. (dated, intransitive) To be irritated or inflamed with passion.
16. To animate; to give life or spirit to.
17. To feed or serve the fire of.
18. (transitive) To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
19. (transitive) To cauterize (a horse, or a part of its body).
20. (dated, intransitive) To catch fire; to be kindled.
21. (dated, intransitive) To work as a fireman, one who keeps the fire under a steam boiler on a steam-powered ship or train.
22. (slang, usually) To start (an engine).
23. (intransitive) Of a horse: to race ahead with a burst of energy.

Intj

Command to shoot with firearms.

Concepts

feu

🔥

incendie

🔥

tirer

licencier

🔥

congédier

renvoyer

mettre à la porte

foyer

tir

flamme

brûler

incendier

faire feu

🔥

partir

cuire

🧑‍🍳

éclater

exalter

attaque

👊

virer

🐻

tirer sur

combustion

zèle

conflagration

enflammer

allumer

poêle

ardeur

débaucher

enthousiasmer

éclat

cheminée

ferveur

décharger

limoger

révoquer

situer

susciter

suspendre

terminer

🔚

allumer un explosif

bouter le feu

brasier

carburant

coups de feu

décocher

dispenser de

embrasement

exempter de

faire voltiger

incinération

Opposé de

hire

Synonymes

shoot

dismiss

discharge

conflagration

flame

blaze

sack

firewood

light

firing

burn

lay off

expel

remove

ignite

heat

blast

kindle

gunfire

go off

fuel

earth

set on fire

throw out

ardour

inspire

flames

bake

bonfire

parch

attack

👊

fire off

shooting

stimulate

terminate

ardor

enthusiasm

campfire

throw

send away

burning

flak

broil

give notice

roast

passion

pull

release

fervour

open fire

Traductions

fuego

🔥

Feuer

🔥

fuoco

🔥

fogo

🔥

φωτιά

vuur

🔥

ignis

🔥

foc

🔥

feuern

🔥

incendio

🔥

Brand

🔥

disparar

agir

🔥

incendio

🔥

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈfaɪ.ə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: fyr

Hérité de ancien anglais: fȳr

Appartenant à saterlandais: Fjuur

Appartenant à frison occidental: fjoer

Appartenant à néerlandais: vuur

Appartenant à bas-allemand: Füer

Appartenant à allemand: Feuer

Appartenant à danois: fyr

Appartenant à hittite: 𒉺𒄴𒄯

Appartenant à Umbrian: pir

Appartenant à tchèque: pýř

Appartenant à arménien: հուր

Hérité de moyen anglais: firen

Hérité de ancien anglais: fȳrian

Appartenant à Old Frisian: fioria

Appartenant à saterlandais: fjuurje

Appartenant à moyen néerlandais: vûren

Appartenant à néerlandais: vuren

Appartenant à ancien haut allemand: fiuren

Appartenant à allemand: feuern

In summary

From Middle English fyr, from Old English fȳr (“fire”), from Proto-West Germanic *fuir, from *fuïr, a regularised form of Proto-Germanic *fōr (“fire”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥.
See also Saterland Frisian Fjuur, West Frisian fjoer, Dutch vuur, Low German Füer, German Feuer, Danish fyr. Also, compare Hittite 𒉺𒄴𒄯 (paḫḫur), Umbrian pir, Tocharian A/B por/puwar, Czech pýř (“hot ashes”), Russian пуры́нь (purýnʹ), Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”), and Armenian հուր (hur, “fire”). This was an inanimate noun whose animate counterpart was Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnis (see ignite). Cognate to pyre.

Phrases

There was no fire fight .

Il n'y a pas eu de lutte contre le feu.

His car caught fire and he suffered burns .

Sa voiture a pris feu et il a subi des brûlures.

No doubt the impact had caused a flash of fire .

Il ne fait aucun doute que l'impact avait provoqué un éclair de feu.

The screen before the fire kept in the sparks .

L'écran avant le feu qui se maintient dans les étincelles.

When the carpet and the curtains caught fire , it was getting warm .

Lorsque le tapis et les rideaux ont pris feu, il se réchauffait.

Take that fire extinguisher and put out the fire !

Prenez cet extincteur et éteignez le feu!