fyra

== Elfdalian == === Etymology === From Old Norse fjórir, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr. Cognate with Swedish fyra. === Numeral === fyra four == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === fyrene === Noun === fyra n definite plural of fyr (etymology 3) == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology 1 === From Middle Low German firen. ==== Alternative forms ==== fyre ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /²fyːrɑ/ ==== Verb ==== fyra (present tense fyrer, past tense fyrte, past participle fyrt, passive infinitive fyrast, present participle fyrande, imperative fyr) to fire (supply a fire with fuel) to fire (bake in a kiln) fyra (opp) - to light (a fire) 1899, Marta Steinsvik, translated from Eugène Süe, Folkeliv i Paris: fyra (av) - to fire (a shot, rocket etc.) (slang) to drink copious amounts of alcohol in a party setting ===== Derived terms ===== fyra for kråkene === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈfyːrɑ/ ==== Noun ==== fyra n definite plural of fyr === References === “fyra” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old English == === Noun === fȳra genitive plural of fȳr == Swedish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfyːˌra/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Swedish fiurir, fiūri, fȳrir, fȳri, from Runic East Norse ᚠᛁᚢᚱᛁᛦ (fiuriʀ) (Old West Norse fjórir), from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. ==== Numeral ==== fyra four ===== Coordinate terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== fjorton fjärde fyrtio ===== See also ===== noll, ett, två, tre, fyra, fem, sex, sju, åtta, nio, tio, elva, tolv ==== Noun ==== fyra c four; the digit "4" fourth-grader; pupil in the fourth year of school a class of fourth-graders (uncountable, mainly used in the definite) the fourth year in school (uncountable, mainly used in the definite) fourth gear a person who finishes a competition as number four an apartment with one kitchen and four rooms ===== Declension ===== ===== See also ===== nolla, etta, tvåa, trea, fyra, femma, sexa, sjua, åtta, nia, tia, elva, tolva fyr === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Verb ==== fyra (present fyrar, preterite fyrade, supine fyrat, imperative fyra) to fire (a weapon, a rocket) ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Related terms ===== avfyra fyra av === References === “fyra”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “fyra”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “fyra”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)