fired

fired

English

Etymology

    From fire + -ed.

    Pronunciation

    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfaɪ̯əd/
    • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfaɪ̯ɚd/, /ˈfaɪ̯ɹ̩d/
      • Audio (General American):(file)
    • Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)d
    • Hyphenation: fir‧ed

    Adjective

    fired

    1. dismissed, terminated from employment.
    2. (ceramics) Heated in a furnace, kiln, etc., to become permanently hardened.

    Derived terms

    Translations

    Verb

    fired

    1. simple past and past participle of fire

    Anagrams

    Maltese

    Root
    f-r-d
    4 terms

    Etymology

      Inherited from Arabic فَرَدَ (farada).

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈfɪ.rɛt/
      • Rhymes: -ɪrɛt

      Verb

      fired (imperfect jifred, past participle mifrud, verbal noun frid)

      1. to split
      2. to separate
        • 1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Ġebla tal-Ġeneral”, in Fanali bil-Lejl:
          u lili firdu minn mal-art għal dejjem,
          u jien sfajt blata u gżira l-aktar ċkejkna,
          bi ftit faqqiegħ u ftit gremxul sewdieni
          ngħix ħajja waħdi.
          (please add an English translation of this quotation)

      Conjugation

      Conjugation of fired (Form I)
      positive forms
      singular plural
      1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
      perfect m fridt fridt fired fridna fridtu firdu
      f firdet
      imperfect m nifred tifred jifred nifirdu tifirdu jifirdu
      f tifred
      imperative ifred ifirdu
      negative forms
      singular plural
      1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
      perfect m fridtx fridtx fired fridniex fridtux firdux
      f firditx
      imperfect m nifridx tifridx jifridx nifirdux tifirdux jifirdux
      f tifridx
      imperative tifridx tifirdux