Fromfiera +‎-o.

• IPA^(key): /fiˈero/
• Rhymes:-ero
• Hyphenation: fi‧e‧ro

fiero (uncountable,accusativefieron)

1. pride(something one isproud of)

   Synonym:fieraĵo

   Mia filino estas lafiero de nia familio.

   My daughter is thepride of our family.

2. pride(quality or feeling of being proud)

   Synonym:fiereco

Unlikeorgojlo,fiero does not carry negative connotations of hubris.

From earlierfero, fromLatinferus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfjɛ.ro/
• Rhymes:-ɛro
• Hyphenation:fiè‧ro

fiero (femininefiera,masculine pluralfieri,feminine pluralfiere,superlativefierissimo)

1. (literary)fierce,specifically:
   1. cruel,merciless

      Synonyms:crudele,efferato,feroce,spietato

      1. (figurative)fiercelyhostile(of fate)
      2. (by extension)frightening,intimidating(of a face)

         Synonyms:orribile,spaventoso

   2. frightening,ghastly,horrible
   3. savage,violent(of a struggle)
   4. furious,raging(of natural forces)
   5. intense,vehement(of feelings or expressions)
2. (uncommon)audacious,bold,daring

   Synonyms:audace,intrepido

3. proud

   Sonofiero di te. ―I amproud of you.

   Synonyms:altero,orgoglioso

• fero(archaic, poetic)

• fieramente
• fierezza

Suppletively fromfire.

fìero

1. (poetic)Old Italian form ofsaranno,third-personpluralfuture ofessere andfire
   • 1300s–1310s,Dante Alighieri, “Canto III”, inInferno [Hell], lines76-78; republished asGiorgio Petrocchi, editor,La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2^nd revised edition, Florence:publ.Le Lettere,1994:

     Le cose tifuer conte
     quando a noi fermerem li nostri passi
     su la trista riviera d'Acheronte.

     (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)

• fier(apocopic)
• fieno

• fiero in Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• -ifero,Fiore,efori,fiore

• (Kautokeino)IPA^(key): /ˈfi̯ero/

fiero

1. inflection offierrut:
   1. presentindicativeconnegative
   2. second-personsingularimperative
   3. imperativeconnegative

FromLatinferus

• IPA^(key): /ˈfjeɾo/

fiero (feminine singularfiera,masculine pluralfieros,feminine pluralfieras)

1. savage,wild
   • c.1200, Almerich,Fazienda de Ultramar,f. 14r:

     Dẏxo nr̃o ſẽnor amoẏſen. maduꝛga ala mannana ⁊ di a pharaon. Q ẏol digo q̃ dexe mio pueblo. E ſi nõblo dexare echare en el ẏenſos vaſſallos beſtiasfieras. ⁊ emplir ſe an todas las caſas ⁊ todala tr̃a. E marauillar ſe an en es dẏa.

     [Dixo nuestro Sennor a Moysen. “Madurga a la mannana e di a Pharaon que yo-l digo que dexe mío pueblo, e si non lo dexare, echaré en él e en sos vassallos bestiasfieras, e emplir-se-án todas las casas e toda la tierra, e maravillar-se-án en es día.”]

     Our Lord said unto Moses, “Rise early in the morning and say unto Pharaoh that I order he let my people go, and that should he not let them go, I will unleash upon him and his servantssavage beasts, and they will fill every house and all the earth, and on that day they will be awed. […]”

• Spanish:fiero,fiera

Inherited fromOld Spanishfiero, fromLatinferus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfjeɾo/[ˈfje.ɾo]
• Rhymes:-eɾo
• Syllabification:fie‧ro

fiero (femininefiera,masculine pluralfieros,feminine pluralfieras)

1. wild(of an animal, living in the wild)

   Synonym:salvaje

2. wild,fierce,ferocious

   Synonym:feroz

3. biting,searing (pain)

• “fiero”, inDiccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8,Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish:Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

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