Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable)A conifer of the genus Abies.

    Tanne, Tannenbaum

    пи́хтаpíxta, ельjelʹ, ёлкаjólka

    яли́цяjalýcja

    any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas

  2. (countable)Any pinaceous conifer of related genera, especially a Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga) or a Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris).

  3. (uncountable)Wood of such trees.

    nonresinous wood of a fir tree

Examples

42 sentences
  1. I think it's a fir tree.

    Мені здається, це ялинка.

    ruПо-моему, это ель.

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  2. I think that it's a fir tree.

    Мені здається, це ялинка.

    ruПо-моему, это ель.

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  3. That's a fir tree.

    Це ялинка.

    ruЭто ель.

    deDas ist eine Tanne.

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  4. I think that's a fir tree.

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  5. Fir trees are often used as Christmas trees.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
conifer of the genus Abies:
Русский
By meaning 1
conifer of the genus Abies:
Deutsch
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conifer of the genus Abies:

Origin

From Middle English firre, from Old English fyrh, furh, as in furhwudu (“pinewood”), from

From Middle English firre, from Old English fyrh, furh, as in furhwudu (“pinewood”), from Proto-West Germanic *furhu, from Proto-Germanic *furhō, *furhijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *pŕ̥kʷeh₂, from *pérkʷus (“oak”). Possibly conflated during Middle English with Old Norse fýri (as in fýriskógr (“pine-wood”).

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Forms

plural: firs
Singularfir
Pluralfirs

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
wood:firwood
fir-tree
Close in meaning
  • any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas:fir treetrue fir

Word family

21 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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