Meanings
nounfiresmoke (uncountable)
- uncountableSmoke from a fire.
He wrote of the love and hate between Judah and Colette and he burned down not only her brothel but several more and he raised the Frenchtown paranoia and destruction to such a level of calamity that the city seemed to be engulfed in a constant cloud of firesmoke.
2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 59, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 290
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
- Proto-Germanic*fōr
- Proto-West Germanic*fuir
- Old Englishfȳr
- Middle Englishfyr
- Englishfire
- Old Englishsmoca
- Middle Englishsmoke
- Englishsmoke
- Englishfiresmoke
Translations
Swedish brandrök
- brandröksmoke from a fire
Cite this entry
APA
firesmoke. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/firesmoke
MLA
“firesmoke.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/firesmoke. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “firesmoke,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/firesmoke.
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