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Fier
fier
fier
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fiːr/
- Rhymes: -iːr
Etymology
Adjective
fier (comparative fierder, superlative fierst)
Inflection
| Inflection of fier | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | fier | |||
| inflected | fiere | |||
| comparative | fierder | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | fier | fierder | het fierst het fierste |
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| indefinite | m./f. sing. | fiere | fierdere | fierste |
| n. sing. | fier | fierder | fierste | |
| plural | fiere | fierdere | fierste | |
| definite | fiere | fierdere | fierste | |
| partitive | fiers | fierders | — | |
Synonyms
French
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fjɛʁ/
Adjective
fier m (feminine singular fière, masculine plural fiers, feminine plural fières)
Synonyms
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Old French fier, from Latin fīdō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fje/
Verb
fier
Conjugation
Conjugation of fier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | fier | avoir fié | |||||
| gerund | en fiant | en ayant fié | |||||
| present participle | fiant /fjɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | fié /fje/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | fie /fi/ |
fies /fi/ |
fie /fi/ |
fions /fjɔ̃/ |
fiez /fje/ |
fient /fi/ |
| imperfect | fiais /fjɛ/ |
fiais /fjɛ/ |
fiait /fjɛ/ |
fiions /fi.jɔ̃/ |
fiiez /fi.je/ |
fiaient /fjɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | fiai /fje/ |
fias /fja/ |
fia /fja/ |
fiâmes /fjam/ |
fiâtes /fjat/ |
fièrent /fjɛʁ/ |
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| future | fierai /fi.ʁe/ |
fieras /fi.ʁa/ |
fiera /fi.ʁa/ |
fierons /fi.ʁɔ̃/ |
fierez /fi.ʁe/ |
fieront /fi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | fierais /fi.ʁɛ/ |
fierais /fi.ʁɛ/ |
fierait /fi.ʁɛ/ |
fierions /fi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
fieriez /fi.ʁje/ |
fieraient /fi.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | fie /fi/ |
fies /fi/ |
fie /fi/ |
fiions /fi.jɔ̃/ |
fiiez /fi.je/ |
fient /fi/ |
| imperfect1 |
fiasse /fjas/ |
fiasses /fjas/ |
fiât /fja/ |
fiassions /fja.sjɔ̃/ |
fiassiez /fja.sje/ |
fiassent /fjas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | fie /fi/ |
— | fions /fjɔ̃/ |
fiez /fje/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Old French
Alternative forms
- fïer (diaereses not universally used by scholars of Old French)
Etymology
Verb
fier
- (reflexive, se fier) to trust (someone, something)
- circa 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:
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Trestuit por lor seignor prioient,
Qu’an Deu et an lui se fioient- They all prayed for their master
In him, and in God they put their trust
- They all prayed for their master
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Trestuit por lor seignor prioient,
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Related terms
Descendants
- French: (se) fier
Romanian
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Fe | Previous: mangan (Mn) |
| Next: cobalt (Co) | |
Alternative forms
- fer (regional)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fjer/
Noun
fier n (plural fiare)
Declension
declension of fier
Derived terms
- înfiera
- fier de călcat
- fier vechi
Related terms
References
- fier in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language), 2004-2016