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Fier

Fier

See also: fier, fiêr, -fier, and -ifier

Saterland Frisian

Noun

Fier f

  1. party

fier

fier

See also: Fier, fiêr, -fier, and -ifier

Albanian

Noun

fier m

  1. fern

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fiːr/
  • Rhymes: -iːr

Etymology

Borrowing from French fier.

Adjective

fier (comparative fierder, superlative fierst)

  1. proud

Inflection

Inflection of fier
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

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French

Etymology 1

From Latin ferus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fjɛʁ/

Adjective

fier m (feminine singular fière, masculine plural fiers, feminine plural fières)

  1. proud
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Etymology 2

From Old French fier, from Latin fīdō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fje/

Verb

fier

  1. (reflexive) to trust (à), to rely on (à)
Conjugation

Old French

Alternative forms

  • fïer (diaereses not universally used by scholars of Old French)

Etymology

From Latin fīdō.

Verb

fier

  1. (reflexive, se fier) to trust (someone, something)

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Descendants


Romanian

Chemical element
Fe Previous: mangan (Mn)
Next: cobalt (Co)

Alternative forms

  • fer (regional)

Etymology

From Latin ferrum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fjer/

Noun

fier n (plural fiare)

  1. (uncountable) iron
  2. (countable) tool made of iron

Declension

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Romansch

Etymology

From Latin ferrum.

Noun

fier m

  1. iron

Walloon

Etymology

From Latin ferrum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fjɛːʀ/

Noun

fier m (plural fiers)

  1. iron

West Frisian

Adjective

fier

  1. far, distant