"fiero" meaning in Italian

See fiero in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈfjɛ.ro/ Forms: fiera [feminine], fieri [masculine, plural], fiere [feminine, plural], fierissimo [superlative], fero [alternative, archaic, poetic]
Rhymes: -ɛro Etymology: From earlier fero, from Latin ferus. Etymology templates: {{dercat|it|itc-pro|ine-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|it|la|ferus}} Latin ferus Head templates: {{it-adj|sup=fierissimo}} fiero (feminine fiera, masculine plural fieri, feminine plural fiere, superlative fierissimo)
  1. (literary) fierce, specifically:
    cruel, merciless
    (figurative) fiercely hostile (of fate)
    Tags: figuratively, literary Synonyms: crudele, efferato, feroce, spietato
    Sense id: en-fiero-it-adj-U9p2FQew
  2. (literary) fierce, specifically:
    cruel, merciless
    (by extension) frightening, intimidating (of a face)
    Tags: broadly, literary Synonyms: crudele, efferato, feroce, spietato, orribile, spaventoso
    Sense id: en-fiero-it-adj-HkI4~f4X
  3. (literary) fierce, specifically:
    frightening, ghastly, horrible
    Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-fiero-it-adj-pNXy2vms
  4. (literary) fierce, specifically:
    savage, violent (of a struggle)
    Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-fiero-it-adj-4xdv6QnL
  5. (literary) fierce, specifically:
    furious, raging (of natural forces)
    Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-fiero-it-adj-zVAAsBA3
  6. (literary) fierce, specifically:
    intense, vehement (of feelings or expressions)
    Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-fiero-it-adj-uzpzY-3X
  7. (uncommon) audacious, bold, daring Tags: uncommon Synonyms: audace, intrepido
    Sense id: en-fiero-it-adj-G0QA657I
  8. proud Synonyms: altero, orgoglioso
    Sense id: en-fiero-it-adj-0GnIUoO5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fieramente, fierezza
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: fìero [canonical], fier [alternative, apocopic], fieno [alternative]
Etymology: Suppletively from fire. Head templates: {{head|it|verb form|head=fìero}} fìero
  1. (poetic) Old Italian form of saranno, third-person plural future of essere and fire Tags: poetic
    Sense id: en-fiero-it-verb-i6nAE0vh Categories (other): Old Italian, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 4 6 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 23 14 2 8 23 8 0 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 8 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 0 26 16 1 9 17 9 0 1 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 1 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "verb form",
        "head": "fìero"
      },
      "expansion": "fìero",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian poetic terms",
        "Italian terms with quotations",
        "Old Italian",
        "Requests for translations of Italian quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate",
          "ref": "1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto III”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 76-78; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2ⁿᵈ revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:",
          "text": "Le cose ti fuer conte\nquando a noi fermerem li nostri passi\nsu la trista riviera d'Acheronte.",
          "translation": "The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Old Italian form of saranno, third-person plural future of essere and fire"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "saranno",
          "saranno#Italian"
        ],
        [
          "essere",
          "essere#Italian"
        ],
        [
          "fire",
          "fire#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(poetic) Old Italian form of saranno, third-person plural future of essere and fire"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "poetic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fiero"
}

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