fior

fior

1. (obsolete) dative singular of fear

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.

fior m (apocopated)

1. Apocopic form of fiore

• fior di latte
• fior fiore

• -firo, fori, rifò

fiōr n

1. Alternative form of fiūr (“fire”)

Declension of fiōr (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	fiōr	fiōr
genitive	fiōres	fiōra
dative	fiōre	fiōrum, fiōrem
accusative	fiōr	fiōr

Old High German cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : fior

From Proto-West Germanic *feuwar, 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.

fior

1. four

• Middle High German: vier
  • Alemannic German: vier
  • Bavarian:

    Cimbrian: viare

    Mòcheno: viar

  • Central Franconian: vier

    Hunsrik: fier

  • German: vier
  • Luxembourgish: véier
  • Pennsylvania German: vier
  • Vilamovian: fiyr
  • Yiddish: פֿיר (fir)

Inherited from Latin flōrem m.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfjur/

fior m or f

1. flower

• fiorera
• fiorista

• fioral
• fiorì
• fiorissant

Inherited 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”).

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fior m (plural fiori)

1. shudder, shiver
2. wince
3. thrill

• înfiora