fior

fior

See also: fìor, fíor, and fíor-

Irish

Noun

fior

1. (obsolete) dative singular of fear

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fior	fhior	bhfior
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Italian

Noun

fior

1. Apocopic form of fiore

Derived terms

• fior di latte
• fior fiore

Anagrams

• fori, rifò

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Old High German

Old High German cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : fior

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, whence also Old Saxon fiuwar, Old English fēower, Old Norse fjórir. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of *kʷetwóres.

Numeral

fior

1. four

Descendants

• Middle High German: vier
  • Alemannic German: vier
  • Central Franconian: vier
    • Hunsrik: fier
  • Cimbrian: víare
  • German: vier
  • Luxembourgish: véier
  • Pennsylvania German: vier
  • Vilamovian: fiyr
  • Yiddish: פֿיר‎ (fir)

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin febris, febrem, either through a Vulgar Latin root *februm, after declension change, or by back-formation from the plural of an original form *fiore (or *fiure) > fiori. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰris, an extension of the root *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn, warm”).

Noun

fior m (plural fiori)

1. shudder, shiver
2. wince
3. thrill

Derived terms

• înfiora