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Yes. The word fier is a Scrabble US word. The word fier is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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4-letter words (5 found)

FIER,FIRE,REFI,REIF,RIFE,

3-letter words (8 found)

ERF,FER,FIE,FIR,IRE,REF,REI,RIF,

2-letter words (5 found)

EF,ER,FE,IF,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 19 words from fier according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of fier

fier ifer feir efir iefr eifr fire ifre frie rfie irfe rife feri efri frei rfei erfi refi ierf eirf iref rief erif reif

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Definitions and meaning of fier

fier

Pronunciation

See fire.

Noun

fier (plural fiers)

  1. Archaic form of fire.

See also

  • sci-fier (etymologically unrelated)

References

  • The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1989). Oxford University Press. Vol. V. pp. 242-243.

Anagrams

  • FIRE, Frie, fire, refi, reif, rief, rife

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *pʰera, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)perHom < *(s)perH- (“to fly”). Compare Proto-Slavic *pero (“feather”), English fern, Lithuanian spar̃nas (“wing”), Latvian spā̀rns (“wing”), Sanskrit पर्ण (parṇá, “wing”). Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *p(t)erH- (“fern”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfi.ɛɾ]

Noun

fier m (definite fieri)

  1. fern

Declension

Derived terms

  • Fier
  • fierajë
  • fierishtë
  • fierkuqe
  • fierore

References

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French fier.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fir/, [fiːr]
  • Hyphenation: fier
  • Rhymes: -ir

Adjective

fier (comparative fierder, superlative fierst)

  1. proud

Inflection

Synonyms

  • trots

Descendants

  • → Papiamentu: fier (dated)

East Central German

Etymology

From Middle High German vür, from Old High German furi, from Proto-West Germanic *furi, from Proto-Germanic *furi.

Compare Luxembourgish fir, German für, English for.

Preposition

fier

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) for

Further reading

French

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French fer, from Latin ferus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fjɛʁ/

Adjective

fier (feminine fière, masculine plural fiers, feminine plural fières)

  1. proud
  2. remarkable (in this sense always used before the noun it qualifies)
Synonyms
  • hautain
Derived terms
  • devoir une fière chandelle
  • fier comme un paon
Related terms
Descendants
  • → Dutch: fier
  • Louisiana Creole: fyær

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old French fier, from Vulgar Latin *fīdāre, from Latin fīdere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fje/

Verb

fier

  1. (reflexive, se fier à quelqu'un) to trust someone (à), to rely on someone (à)
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • confier
  • défier
  • méfier
  • souvent femme varie, bien fol est qui s’y fie

Further reading

  • “fier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Hunsrik

Etymology

Inherited from Central Franconian vier, from Middle High German vier, from Old High German fior, from Proto-West Germanic *feuwar, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of *kʷetwóres.

Cognate with German vier and Luxembourgish véier.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fiːɐ/
  • Rhymes: -iːɐ
  • Hyphenation: fi‧er

Numeral

fier

  1. four

References

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English fair.

Adjective

fier

  1. fair

Middle English

Noun

fier

  1. Alternative form of figer
  2. Alternative form of fyr

Old French

Alternative forms

  • fïer (diaereses not universally used by scholars of Old French)

Etymology

From Latin fīdō.

Verb

fier

  1. (reflexive, se fier) to trust (someone, something)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Related terms

  • fiance

Descendants

  • French: (se) fier

Romanian

Alternative forms

  • fer — regional

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ferrum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fjer/

Noun

fier n (plural fiare)

  1. (uncountable) iron
  2. (countable) tool made of iron

Declension

Derived terms

  • înfiera
  • fier de călcat
  • fier vechi

Related terms

  • fierar
  • fierătaie
  • fieros

References

  • fier in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin ferrum. Compare Friulian fiêr.

Noun

fier m

  1. iron

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French fer, from Latin ferrum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fjɛːʀ/

Noun

fier m (plural fiers)

  1. iron

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian fir, fer, from Proto-West Germanic and Proto-Germanic *ferrai.

Adjective

fier

  1. far, distant

Inflection

Further reading

  • “fier”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

References

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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