fiery

English

Etymology

From Middle English fyry, from fyr (“fire”). Equivalent to fire +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪəɹi/, /ˈfaɪɹi/

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• Homophone: firey
• Rhymes: -aɪəɹi

Adjective

fiery (comparative more fiery or fierier, superlative most fiery or fieriest)

1. Of or relating to fire.
2. Burning or glowing.
   • 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion:

     Blast after blast, fiery outbreak after fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within, […] most of Edison's grounds soon became an inferno.  As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities.

3. Inflammable or easily ignited.
4. Having the colour of fire.
5. Hot or inflamed.
   • 1892, James Yoxall, chapter 5, in The Lonely Pyramid:

     The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. […] Drifts of yellow vapour, fiery, parching, stinging, filled the air.

6. Tempestuous or emotionally volatile.

   a fiery temper

7. Spirited or filled with emotion.
   • 2019 October 15, ZA/UM, Robert Kurvitz, quoting Limbic System, Disco Elysium, →OCLC:

     A fiery streak penetrates your skull, trying to force your eyes open. It's a sound. A clarion call from hell.

8. (butchery) Having the capillaries contracted due to stress at time of slaughter, causing blood to not drain properly.

Derived terms

• fierily
• fieriness
• fiery cross
• fiery minivet
• fiery searcher
• fiery serpent
• fiery skimmer
• fiery skipper
• fiery-tailed awlbill

 

Translations

of, or relating to fire

• Arabic: نَارِيّ (nāriyy)
• Belarusian: во́гненны (vóhnjenny), агні́сты (ahnísty), агнявы́ (ahnjavý)
• Bulgarian: о́гнен (bg) (ógnen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 火的 (zh) (huǒ de)

• Czech: ohnivý (cs)
• Danish: ild-
• Dutch: vurig (nl)
• Esperanto: fajra
• Finnish: tulinen (fi)
• French: ardent (fr)
• Galician: ígneo
• Georgian: ცეცხლოვანი (cecxlovani)
• German: feurig (de), Feuer- (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: πύρινος (púrinos)

• Hebrew: אֵשִׁי f (eshi)
• Hungarian: tüzes (hu)
• Ingrian: tulekas
• Italian: ardente (it)
• Latin: igneus (la), ignifer (la)
• Lithuanian: ugningas
• Macedonian: огнен (ognen)
• Middle English: fyry
• Polish: ognisty (pl), ogniowy (pl)
• Portuguese: ígneo (pt)
• Romanian: focos (ro)
• Russian: о́гненный (ru) (ógnennyj), огнево́й (ru) (ognevój)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: огњен

  Roman: ognjen (sh)

• Slovak: ohnivý
• Slovene: ognjen
• Swedish: eldig (sv)
• Turkish: ateşli (tr)
• Ukrainian: вогне́нний (vohnénnyj), вогне́вий (vohnévyj), вогньови́й (vohnʹovýj), вогни́стий (vohnýstyj)

burning or glowing

• Bulgarian: горя́щ (bg) (gorjášt), пламтя́щ (bg) (plamtjášt)
• Czech: hořící (cs), žhnoucí
• Danish: brændende
• Finnish: tulinen (fi)
• French: brulant (fr)
• Galician: ardente (gl)
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌿𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (funisks)
• Greek:

  Ancient: πύρινος (púrinos)

• Italian: incandescente (it), bruciante (it)
• Latin: igneus (la), ignifer (la)
• Middle English: fyry
• Old English: fȳren
• Portuguese: ardente (pt)
• Romanian: aprins (ro), ardent (ro), incandescent (ro)
• Russian: горя́щий (ru) (gorjáščij), жгу́чий (ru) (žgúčij)

inflammable or easily ignited

• Bulgarian: запали́м (bg) (zapalím)
• Czech: hořlavý (cs), vznětlivý
• Finnish: tulenarka (fi)
• Galician: inflamábel (gl)
• Italian: infiammabile (it)
• Latin: ignifer (la)
• Portuguese: inflamável (pt)
• Russian: воспламеня́ющийся (ru) (vosplamenjájuščijsja)

having the colour of fire

• Bulgarian: огненочерве́н (bg) (ognenočervén)
• Czech: ohnivý (cs)
• Finnish: tulinen (fi)
• French: flamboyant (fr)
• Galician: ígneo
• Italian: infocato (it)
• Middle English: fyry
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: brannrød (no)

  Nynorsk: brannraud

• Polish: ognisty (pl)
• Portuguese: ígneo (pt)
• Russian: о́гненный (ru) (ógnennyj)
• Swedish: eldfärgad, brandröd

hot or inflamed

• Bulgarian: горе́щ (bg) (goréšt), пла́мнал (bg) (plámnal)
• Czech: žhavý (cs)
• Danish: hed (da)
• Finnish: tulinen (fi)
• Galician: ardente (gl)
• Greek:

  Ancient: πυρώδης (purṓdēs)

• Latin: igneus (la)
• Maori: kakā
• Middle English: fyry
• Russian: горя́чий (ru) (gorjáčij), пла́менный (ru) (plámennyj)

tempestuous or emotionally volatile

• Bulgarian: бу́ен (bg) (búen)
• Czech: vznětlivý, bouřlivý
• Danish: flammende, fyrig, ilter, heftig
• Finnish: tulinen (fi)
• French: enflammé (fr)
• Greek:

  Ancient: πυρώδης (purṓdēs)

• Irish: faghartha (of person), mear
• Italian: focoso (it)
• Maori: pūkākā, taratutū
• Middle English: fyry
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: flammende, fyrig

  Nynorsk: fyrig

• Portuguese: inflamável (pt)
• Romanian: focos (ro), pătimaș (ro), înflăcărat (ro)
• Russian: бу́йный (ru) (bújnyj)

spirited or filled with emotion

• Bulgarian: пла́менен (bg) (plámenen), стра́стен (bg) (strásten)
• Czech: ohnivý (cs) m
• Danish: lidenskabelig, brændende
• Finnish: palava (fi)
• Galician: ardente (gl)
• Lithuanian: ugningas
• Middle English: fyry
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ildfull, fyrig

  Nynorsk: fyrig

• Russian: пла́менный (ru) (plámennyj), стра́стный (ru) (strástnyj)
• Swedish: eldig (sv)

Anagrams

• firey, reify