fired

English

Etymology

From fire +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfaɪəd/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfaɪ(ə)ɹd/
  • Audio (General American):(file)
  • Hyphenation: fir‧ed
  • Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)d

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

From Arabic فَرَدَ (farada).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɪ.rɛt/

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