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DANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

fyr.

guy (a younger male person)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun/fyːˀr/[ˈfyɐ̯ˀ]
  1. guy (a younger male person)

    common-gender · informal
  2. boyfriend (a male lover)

    colloquial · common-gender
Where this word comes from

Possibly a contraction of Middle Low German fīrburs (“unemployed craftsman”).

noun/fyr/[ˈfyɐ̯]
  1. pine (a tree of the genus Pinus)

    common-gender
  2. pinewood, deal (wood from a pine)

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse fura.

noun/fyːˀr/[ˈfyɐ̯ˀ]
  1. lighthouse, radio beacon (a tower that guides ships)

    neuter
  2. boiler (a device to produce heat from gas or oil)

    neuter
  3. fire, light (in something)

    neuter · uncountable
Where this word comes from

PIE word *péh₂wr̥ From Middle Low German vǖr, from Old Saxon fiur. Cognate with English fire, German Feuer, Dutch vuur and distantly Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).

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