Firefox en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /ˈfaɪəfɒks/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈfaɪɚfɑks/ (General-American)
Etymology
Renamed from Firebird in 2004. The reasoning given for the name, explained as another name for the red panda (see firefox), was, “It's similar to Firebird. It's easy to remember. It sounds good. It's unique. We like it. And we weren't able to find any other project or company even remotely similar to a web browser that uses the same name.” The logo depicts a fox (hence the name is equivalent to fire + fox); its original designer, Jon Hicks, has stated, “A firefox is actually a cute red panda, but it didn’t really conjure up the right imagery. The only concept I had done that I felt happy with was […] inspired by seeing a Japanese brush painting of a fox”.
Meanings
- A free, open-source, cross-platform, graphical web browser, developed by the Mozilla Foundation.
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Translations (17)
ja ファイアフォックス (open-source web browser) · ar فَيَرْفُكْس (open-source web browser) · cmn 火狐 (open-source web browser) · ru Файрфокс (open-source web browser) · ka ფაირფოქსი (open-source web browser) · hy Կրակաղվես (open-source web browser) · eo Fajrovulpo (open-source web browser) · ko 파이어폭스 (open-source web browser) · fi Firefox (open-source web browser) · hy Ֆայրֆոքս (open-source web browser) · ru Огнелис (open-source web browser) · fa فایرفاکس (open-source web browser) · ru Firefox (open-source web browser) · de Firefox (open-source web browser) · bg Фа́йърфокс (open-source web browser) · ja 火狐 (open-source web browser) · he פיירפוקס (open-source web browser)