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fiery

/ˈfaɪəɹi/adjective

fiery is an adjective meaning “Of or relating to fire” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-I-E-R-Y and has 3 syllables, and it appears 3.7 times per million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).

What does fiery mean?

adjective

  1. 1

    Of or relating to fire.

  2. 2

    Burning or glowing.

  3. 3

    Inflammable or easily ignited.

  4. 4

    Having the colour of fire.

  5. 5

    Hot or inflamed.

  6. 6

    Tempestuous or emotionally volatile; sulfurous.

    a fiery temper

  7. 7

    Spirited or filled with emotion.

  8. 8

    Having the capillaries contracted due to stress at time of slaughter, causing blood to not drain properly.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce fiery?

  • /ˈfaɪəɹi/
  • /ˈfaɪɹi/

Fiery has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Back_ache-fiery.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of fiery

  • more fiery comparative
  • fierier comparative
  • most fiery superlative
  • fieriest superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is fiery?

Fiery appears 3.7 times per million words in written English, the 13,496th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Words people confuse with fiery

Sounds like: firey (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

Fiery in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchardent (of, or relating to fire), brulant (burning or glowing), flamboyant (having the colour of fire), enflammé (tempestuous or emotionally volatile)
Germanfeurig, Feuer- (of, or relating to fire)
Portugueseígneo (of, or relating to fire), ardente (burning or glowing), inflamável (inflammable or easily ignited)
Spanishpírico, ígneo, vulcanio, ignito, ignífero, ardiente (of, or relating to fire)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does fiery come from?

From Middle English fyry, from fyr (“fire”), equivalent to fire + -y.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).