Meanings
Origin
- Middle Englishferwode
- Englishfirewood
From Middle English ferwode, fyrewoode, equivalent to fire + wood.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek φρύγανα
- φρύγανα (phrúgana)wood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Arabic حَطَب
- حَطَب (ḥaṭab)wood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Bengali জ্বাল
- জ্বাল (jal)wood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Bulgarian дърва́ за горе́не, дърва́
- дърва́ за горе́не (dărvá za goréne)wood intended to be burned, typically for heat
- дърва́ (dărvá)wood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Catalan llenya
- llenyawood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Chinese Mandarin 柴火, 木柴
- 柴火 (cháihuo)wood intended to be burned, typically for heat
- 木柴 (mùchái)wood intended to be burned, typically for heat
- 柴禾 (cháihé)wood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Czech palivové dříví, dříví
- palivové dřívíwood intended to be burned, typically for heat
- dřívíwood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Danish ved, brænde
- vedwood intended to be burned, typically for heat
- brændewood intended to be burned, typically for heat
- brændselwood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Dutch brandhout
- brandhoutwood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Esperanto brulligno
- brullignowood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Estonian lõkkepuud
- lõkkepuudwood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Finnish polttopuu, klapi
- polttopuuwood intended to be burned, typically for heat
- klapiwood intended to be burned, typically for heat
French bois de chauffage
- bois de chauffagewood intended to be burned, typically for heat
German Brennholz, Feuerholz
- Brennholzwood intended to be burned, typically for heat
- Feuerholzwood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Greek καυσόξυλα
- καυσόξυλα (kafsóxyla)wood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Hebrew עֲצֵי הַסָּקָה
- עֲצֵי הַסָּקָה (ets hasaká)wood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Hindi लकड़ी
- लकड़ी (lakṛī)wood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Hungarian tűzifa, tüzelőfa
- tűzifawood intended to be burned, typically for heat
- tüzelőfawood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Icelandic eldiviður
- eldiviðurwood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Indonesian kayu bakar
- kayu bakarwood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Irish adhmad tine
- adhmad tinewood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Italian legna, legna da ardere
- legnawood intended to be burned, typically for heat
- legna da arderewood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Japanese 薪
- 薪wood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Korean 땔나무, 장작
- 땔나무 (ttaellamu)wood intended to be burned, typically for heat
- 장작 (jangjak)wood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Latin cremium, lignum
- cremiumwood intended to be burned, typically for heat
- lignumwood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Latvian malka
- malkawood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Lithuanian malkos
- malkoswood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Malay kayu api
- kayu apiwood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Māori wahie, wahia
- wahiewood intended to be burned, typically for heat
- wahiawood intended to be burned, typically for heat
- pīrakawood intended to be burned, typically for heat
- pīrakarakawood intended to be burned, typically for heat
- pīrakuwood intended to be burned, typically for heat
- pīrahuwood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Norwegian Bokmål ved
- vedwood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Polish drewno na opał, drwa
- drewno na opałwood intended to be burned, typically for heat
- drwawood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Portuguese lenha
- lenhawood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Romanian lemne de foc
- lemne de focwood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Russian дрова́, поле́нья
- дрова́ (drová)wood intended to be burned, typically for heat
- поле́нья (polénʹja)wood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Slovak palivové drevo, drevo
- palivové drevowood intended to be burned, typically for heat
- drevowood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Spanish leña, escarabaja
- leñawood intended to be burned, typically for heat
- escarabajawood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Swahili kuni
- kuniwood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Swedish ved, bränsle
- vedwood intended to be burned, typically for heat
- bränslewood intended to be burned, typically for heat
- brasvedwood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Tagalog panggatong
- panggatongwood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Tamil விறகு
- விறகு (viṟaku)wood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Thai ฟืน
- ฟืน (fʉʉn)wood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Turkish odun
- odunwood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Ukrainian дро́ва
- дро́ва (dróva)wood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Urdu لَکْڑی
- لَکْڑی (lakṛī)wood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Vietnamese củi
- củiwood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Welsh tanwydd
- tanwyddwood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Yiddish ברענהאָלץ
- ברענהאָלץ (brenholts)wood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Zulu ukhuni
- ukhuniwood intended to be burned, typically for heat
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with firewood
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Cite this entry
APA
firewood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/firewood
MLA
“firewood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/firewood. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “firewood,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/firewood.
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