fir

Other forms of fir

plural

firs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fir

What does fir mean?

fir means "nonresinous wood of a fir tree". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fir?

fir has 1 syllable: fir. In IPA it is /ˈfɝ/.

What is another word for fir?

Close synonyms include fir tree, true fir. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fir a common word?

fir is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with fir?

7 words rhyme with fir. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.