firenado
/faɪəɹˈneɪ.doʊ/noun
firenado is a noun meaning “A fire whirl (a whirling column of fire found in large fiery areas such as wildfires, similar in appearance to a tornado made out of fire)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-I-R-E-N-A-D-O and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 83 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of firenado is firenados or firenadoes.
What does firenado mean?
noun
- 1
A fire whirl (a whirling column of fire found in large fiery areas such as wildfires, similar in appearance to a tornado made out of fire).
- 2
A true tornado generated by a firestorm.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce firenado?
- UK /faɪəˈneɪ.dəʊ/
- US /faɪəɹˈneɪ.doʊ/
Firenado has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of firenado
- firenados plural
- firenadoes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is firenado?
Firenado appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th 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).
Firenado in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense fire whirl:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | tornade de feu |
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 firenado come from?
Blend of fire + tornado. By surface analysis, fire + -nado.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).