fiera
Bavarian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German vürher, fürher, equivalent to fia + her. Compare archaic German fürher.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfiːɐ̯rɐ/
Adverb
fiera
Usage notes
Bavarian adverbs of direction come in pairs: endings in -i or -e denote direction away from the speaker (akin to hi), and endings in -a denote direction towards the speaker (akin to her).
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Esperanto
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fiˈera/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -era
- Hyphenation: fi‧e‧ra
Adjective
fiera (accusative singular fieran, plural fieraj, accusative plural fierajn)
Derived terms
- fiero (“pride”)
- fieri (“be proud, take pride”)
- fierigi (“make proud”)
- fieraĵo (“something one is proud of”)
- fierindaĵo (“something to be proud of”)
French
Verb
fiera
- third-person singular future of fier
Anagrams
Ido
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfi̯era/
Adjective
fiera
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfjɛ.ra/
- Rhymes: -ɛra
- Hyphenation: fiè‧ra
Etymology 1
Feminine of fiero.
Adjective
fiera
- feminine singular of fiero
Etymology 2
From Late Latin feria < Latin feriae.
Noun
fiera f (plural fiere)
- fair, exhibition
- trade show, trade fair
- Synonyms: fiera campionaria, salone
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 3
Noun
fiera f (plural fiere)
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Anagrams
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin fera, from ferus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfjeɾa/ [ˈfje.ɾa]
- Rhymes: -eɾa
- Syllabification: fie‧ra
Noun
fiera f (plural fieras)
- wild animal, beast
- (colloquial) firecracker, spitfire, dragon (a feisty and aggressive woman with a lot of energy)
- 1997, “La celestina”, in La Llorona, performed by Lhasa de Sela:
- Con tu mirada de fiera ofendida / Con tu vendaja donde herida no hay / Con tus gemidos de madre sufrida
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
Noun
fiera m or f by sense (plural fieras)
- fiend; nut
- un fiera de las manualidades ― an art nut
- (colloquial) beast, demon (someone who is really strong or excels at something, especially something athletically but can also be extended figuratively as well)
Derived terms
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Adjective
fiera f
- feminine singular of fiero
Further reading
- “fiera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024