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fir en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /feː/ Liverpool, fair–fur merger
• /fɝ/ (US)
• /fɜː/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
• /fɪɾ/ (Scotland)
• /fɛː/ Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
• /føː/ (New-Zealand, Wales)
• fûr (US)
• (UK) audio
• /fəː/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ-der. Proto-Germanic *furhō Proto-West Germanic *furhu Old English furh Middle English firre English fir From Middle English firre, from Old English fyrh, furh, as in furhwudu (“pinewood”), from Proto-West Germanic *furhu, from Proto-Germanic *furhō, *furhijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *pŕ̥kʷeh₂, from *pérkʷus (“oak”). Possibly conflated during Middle English with Old Norse fýri (as in fýriskógr (“pine-wood”). Germanic cognates include Dutch vuren, Low German Fuhr, German Föhre (“pine”), Danish fyr). Outside of Germanic, compare Italian (Trentino) porca (“fir”), Latin quercus (“oak”), Albanian shpardh, shparr (“Italian oak”), Punjabi ਪਰਗਾਇ (pargāī, “holm oak, Quercus baloot”)). Related to frith.

Meanings

1. (countable) A conifer of the genus Abies.
   • A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky. 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 1, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:
2. (countable) Any pinaceous conifer of related genera, especially a Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga) or a Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris).
   • we shall find a spot that is sheltered and snug enough, sir. There is a dry fir-wood just ahead, if I remember rightly. 1954, J. R. R. Tolkien, chapter 3, in The Lord of the Rings:
   • I can almost smell the fir scent… resinous, pungent. 1991, Paul Chadwick, Concrete: American Christmas, Dark Horse Books:
3. (uncountable) Wood of such trees.

Forms

Deriveds

firmoss · lowland fir · Nikko fir · Scotch fir · lovely fir · Douglas-fir · firry · Himalayan fir · silver fir · cluster fir · Moroccan fir · Corsican fir · Prince Albert's fir · momi fir · balsam fir · white fir · pitch fir · Riga fir · firleaf beardtongue · Colorado fir · cork fir · Rocky Nountain fir · hemlock fir · fir clubmoss · great silver fir · Caucasian fir · sacred fir · Fraser fir · Algerian fir · balsam of fir · fir adelgid · bristlecone fir · Bulgarian fir · noble fir · true fir · Shasta fir · fir mistletoe · sea fir · Pacific silver fir · yellow fir · plum fir · joint fir · alpine fir · mountain fir clubmoss · Danzig fir · sprucefir fleabane · mountain clubmoss · Shasta red fir · corkbark fir · needle fir · Doug fir · Oregon fir · lowland white fir · Bhutan fir · ground fit · firless · fir-cone · Cascade fir · Santa Lucia fir · parasol fir · Korean fir · golden fir · western white fir · spruce fir · subalpine fir · Greek fir · Nordmann's fir · Grecian fir · big-cone Douglas fir) · Vancouver fir · red silver fir · Chinese fir · Siberian fir · flaky fir · Guatemalan fir · jointfir · red fir · silvertip fir · Sikkim fir · giant fir · China fir · firbound · Douglas fir · firlike · amabilis fir · American silver fir · grand fir · Turkish fir · Scots fir

Synonyms

fir-tree · firwood (wood)

Translations (133)

eo abio (conifer of the genus Abies) · fo aðalgrann (conifer of the genus Abies) · vi linh sam (conifer of the genus Abies) · dum danne (conifer of the genus Abies) · sv gran (conifer of the genus Abies) · qu awitu (conifer of the genus Abies) · cmn 冷杉 (conifer of the genus Abies) · sga giús (conifer of the genus Abies) · rup ehlã (conifer of the genus Abies) · ja 樅の木 (conifer of the genus Abies) · gmh vorhe (conifer of the genus Abies) · mk чам (conifer of the genus Abies) · nb edelgran (conifer of the genus Abies) · ast abetu (conifer of the genus Abies) · hsb jědla (conifer of the genus Abies) · ru ель (conifer of the genus Abies) · gml danne (conifer of the genus Abies) · kpv ньыв (conifer of the genus Abies) · tyv чойган (conifer of the genus Abies) · pt abeto (conifer of the genus Abies) · twf pʼȍkʼúowoną (conifer of the genus Abies) · sk jedľa (conifer of the genus Abies) · gld хасикта (conifer of the genus Abies) · wa sapén (conifer of the genus Abies) · non þinurr (conifer of the genus Abies) · evn асикта (conifer of the genus Abies) · atv шӱбее (conifer of the genus Abies) · kim чойған (conifer of the genus Abies) · gd giuthas (conifer of the genus Abies) · gml vūre (conifer of the genus Abies) · xsr tashing (conifer of the genus Abies) · fi pihta (conifer of the genus Abies) · stq Danne (conifer of the genus Abies) · tr köknar (conifer of the genus Abies) · ca avet (conifer of the genus Abies) · is þinur (conifer of the genus Abies) · ko 전나무 (conifer of the genus Abies) · osx danna (conifer of the genus Abies) · mk ела (conifer of the genus Abies) · nds Dann (conifer of the genus Abies) · os соцъи (conifer of the genus Abies) · oc avet (conifer of the genus Abies) · be пі́хта (conifer of the genus Abies) · co ghjaddicu (conifer of the genus Abies) · pms sapin (conifer of the genus Abies) · bg ела́ (conifer of the genus Abies) · chy vé'evêšéstótó'e (conifer of the genus Abies) · alt јойгон (conifer of the genus Abies) · ar شُوح (conifer of the genus Abies) · tl abeto (conifer of the genus Abies) · xmf გიგიბი (conifer of the genus Abies) · co ghjallicu (conifer of the genus Abies) · nrf sapîn (conifer of the genus Abies) · sh јела (conifer of the genus Abies) · ruq brad (conifer of the genus Abies) · af silwerspar (conifer of the genus Abies) · kk самырсын (conifer of the genus Abies) · yi יאָדלע (conifer of the genus Abies) · mn жодоо (conifer of the genus Abies) · da ædelgran (conifer of the genus Abies) · sw mberoshi (conifer of the genus Abies) · nn edelgran (conifer of the genus Abies) · cy ffynidwydd (conifer of the genus Abies) · gmh tanne (conifer of the genus Abies) · fa نراد (conifer of the genus Abies) · gld вангта (conifer of the genus Abies) · ru пи́хта (conifer of the genus Abies) · vec tana (conifer of the genus Abies) · hy եղեւին (conifer of the genus Abies) · sv ädelgran (conifer of the genus Abies) · sl jelka (conifer of the genus Abies) · hu jegenyefenyő (conifer of the genus Abies) · lt kėnis (conifer of the genus Abies) · grc ἐλάτη (conifer of the genus Abies) · sq bredh (conifer of the genus Abies) · uk яли́ця (conifer of the genus Abies) · kk майқарағай (conifer of the genus Abies) · ht sapen (conifer of the genus Abies) · ja モミ (conifer of the genus Abies) · sh је̑лка (conifer of the genus Abies) · lv baltegles (conifer of the genus Abies) · fr sapin (conifer of the genus Abies) · eve ӈаӈта (conifer of the genus Abies) · cmn 樅 /枞 (conifer of the genus Abies) · an abet (conifer of the genus Abies) · de Tannenbaum (conifer of the genus Abies) · sh jȇlka (conifer of the genus Abies) · cmn 樅樹 /枞树 (conifer of the genus Abies) · el έλατο (conifer of the genus Abies) · mnc ᠵᠠᡴᠰᡠᠨ (conifer of the genus Abies) · eu izei (conifer of the genus Abies) · gv juys (conifer of the genus Abies) · osx furia (conifer of the genus Abies) · dsb jedła (conifer of the genus Abies) · sh jéla (conifer of the genus Abies) · ka სოჭი (conifer of the genus Abies) · gsw Dane (conifer of the genus Abies) · kjh сыбы (conifer of the genus Abies) · pl jodła (conifer of the genus Abies) · sah харыйа (conifer of the genus Abies) · cs jedle (conifer of the genus Abies) · ga giúis (conifer of the genus Abies) · enm firre (conifer of the genus Abies) · et nulg (conifer of the genus Abies) · gl pinabete (conifer of the genus Abies) · ang furh (conifer of the genus Abies) · nl zilverspar (conifer of the genus Abies) · az küknar (conifer of the genus Abies) · fi jalokuusi (conifer of the genus Abies) · rup brad (conifer of the genus Abies) · gl abeto (conifer of the genus Abies) · gsw Tannu (conifer of the genus Abies) · goh tanna (conifer of the genus Abies) · ro brad (conifer of the genus Abies) · he אשוח (conifer of the genus Abies) · ru ёлка (conifer of the genus Abies) · ang æbs (conifer of the genus Abies) · mhr нулго (conifer of the genus Abies) · es abeto (conifer of the genus Abies) · la abiēs (conifer of the genus Abies) · be ёлка (conifer of the genus Abies) · prg adlē (conifer of the genus Abies) · chy vó'komêšéstótó'e (conifer of the genus Abies) · bo སོམ་ཤིང་། (conifer of the genus Abies) · io abieto (conifer of the genus Abies) · it abete (conifer of the genus Abies) · yi טענענבוים (conifer of the genus Abies) · mga ochtach (conifer of the genus Abies) · ia abiete (conifer of the genus Abies) · nah oyametl (conifer of the genus Abies) · ab аԥсагә (conifer of the genus Abies) · de Tanne (conifer of the genus Abies) · el έλατος (conifer of the genus Abies)