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fye

[ˈfaː(ə)]

fye is the pronunciation spelling of fire.

fye is the alternative form of fie.

Meaning of fire

Adjective

fire (not comparable)

  1. (predicative, slang) Amazing; excellent.
    • This is fire, keep up the amazing work!

See all 43 meanings of fire

Meaning of fie

Interjection

  1. (archaic) Sometimes followed by on or upon: used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage.
    • Fie, fie, vnknit that thretaning vnkinde brovv, / And dart not ſcornefull glances from thoſe eies, / To vvound thy Lord, thy King, thy Gouernour.c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Proper noun capitalized: Fye

Fye (plural Fyes)

  1. A surname.

Forms of fye

Adjective
comparativemore fye
superlativemost fye
Proper noun
pluralFyes

Origin of fye

Respelling of fire to reflect a non-rhotic pronunciation with glide weakening and smoothing as in Southern or African American Vernacular English

Questions about fye

What does fye mean?
Fye means a surname.
What is fye the pronunciation spelling of?
Fye is the pronunciation spelling of fire.
What part of speech is fye?
Fye is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce fye?
Fye is pronounced [ˈfaː(ə)].

Words near fye in the dictionary

  1. Fyalls
  2. Fyans Creek
  3. Fyansford
  4. fyborg
  5. fyborgs
  6. fye
  7. Fyes
  8. FYF
  9. Fyfe
  10. Fyfes
  11. Fyffe

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fye (page history and authors); Fye (page history and authors); fire (page history and authors); fie (page history and authors). 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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