firefox
UK/ˈfaɪəfɒks//ˈfaɪɚfɑks/
firefox noun: red panda.
Noun (1)
firefox (plural firefoxes)
Noun (2)
firefox (plural firefoxes)
- A mythical creature in Finnish folklore, a fox with fiery or radiant fur, the reflection of which produces the northern lights.
Proper noun capitalized: Firefox
Firefox
- A free, open-source, cross-platform, graphical web browser, developed by the Mozilla Foundation.
firefox meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
firefox in Hindi
- फ़ायरफ़ॉक्स, फायरफॉक्स, फायरफ़ॉक्स
firefox in Tamil
- பயர்பாக்ஸ், ஃபயர்பாக்ஸ், ஃபயர்ஃபாக்ஸ்
firefox in Marathi
- फायरफॉक्स, फायरफाक्स
firefox in Urdu
- فائر فاکس, فائرفاکس
More languagesFewer languages
- firefox in Bengali
- ফায়ারফক্স
- firefox in Telugu
- ఫైర్ఫాక్స్, ఫైర్ ఫాక్స్
- firefox in Malayalam
- ഫയർഫോക്സ്, ഫയർ ഫോക്സ്, ഫയർഫോക്സുകൾ
- firefox in Kannada
- ಫೈರ್ಫಾಕ್ಸ್, ಫೈರ್ ಫಾಕ್ಸ್
- firefox in Punjabi
- ਫਾਇਰਫਾਕਸ, ਫ਼ਾਇਰਫਾਕਸ, ਫ਼ਾਇਰਫ਼ੌਕਸ
- firefox in Gujarati
- ફાયરફોક્સ, ફાયરફૉક્સ, ફાયર ફોક્સ
- firefox in Odia
- ଫାଯ଼ାରଫକ୍ସ, ଫାଯରଫକ୍ସ, ଫାଯ଼ାରଫାକ୍ସ
- firefox in Nepali
- फायरफक्स, फायरफोक्स, फायरफाक्स
Synonyms of firefox
Forms of firefox
| plural | firefoxes |
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Origin of firefox
Calque from Mandarin 火狐 (huǒhú, literally “fire fox”).
Calque of Finnish tulikettu or Finnish tulirepo.
Renamed from Firebird in 2004. The reasoning given for the name, explained as another name for the red panda (see firefox), was, “It's similar to Firebird. It's easy to remember. It sounds good. It's unique. We like it. And we weren't able to find any other project or company even remotely similar to a web browser that uses the same name.” The logo depicts a fox (hence the name is equivalent to fire + fox); its original designer, Jon Hicks, has stated, “A firefox is actually a cute red panda, but it didn’t really conjure up the right imagery. The only concept I had done that I felt happy with was […] inspired by seeing a Japanese brush painting of a fox”.
Words formed from firefox
Questions about firefox
- What does firefox mean?
- Firefox means red panda.
- What is firefox in Hindi?
- Firefox in Hindi is फ़ायरफ़ॉक्स, फायरफॉक्स, फायरफ़ॉक्स. See Firefox meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is firefox?
- Firefox can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce firefox?
- Firefox is pronounced /ˈfaɪəfɒks/ (UK).
- What is the plural of firefox?
- The plural of firefox is firefoxes.
Words near firefox in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: firefox (page history and authors); Firefox (page history and authors); firefox (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); firefox (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); firefox (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); firefox (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); firefox (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); firefox (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); firefox (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); firefox (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); firefox (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); firefox (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); firefox (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); firefox (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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