Meanings
nounfirey (plural fireys)
plural fireys · alternative firie
- AustraliacolloquialA firefighter.
Kinglake West firey Chris Lloyd says the camaraderie is a critical ingredient of CFA life.
2010, Karen Kissane, Worst of Days: Inside the Black Saturday Firestorm, unnumbered page2 more examples
So if a firey was having difficulties, I could go into bat for him if I felt it was necessary.
2006, Don Woodland, Simon Bouda, Salvation Army, Picking Up the Pieces: A Life of Care and Compassion, page 135‘Just one of those things that happens on a day like this,’ one of the fireys says, staring at what was the back door of the car.
2010, Helen Thomas, Life with Rosie: The Highs and Lows of Raising a Racehorse, unnumbered page
adjective
- misspellingMisspelling of fiery.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
- Proto-Germanic*fōr
- Proto-West Germanic*fuir
- Old Englishfȳr
- Middle Englishfyr
- Englishfire
- Englishfirey
From fire + -y (“diminutive suffix”).
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with firey
All rhymes →Sounds the same
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
firey. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/firey
MLA
“firey.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/firey. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “firey,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/firey.
Source: firey on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.