Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

firewoman

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fire-wom-an
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A female firefighter.

noun

A female fireman (person who heats a steam engine).

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Germanic *fōr Proto-West Germanic *fuir Old English fȳr Middle English fyr English fire Proto-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English wīfmann Middle English woman Middle English -woman English -woman English firewoman From fire + -woman.

Inflected Forms

firewomen (plural)

Questions

What does firewoman mean?
A female firefighter.
Where does firewoman come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Germanic *fōr Proto-West Germanic *fuir Old English fȳr Middle English fyr English fire Proto-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English wīfmann Middle English woman Middle English -woman English -woman English firewoman From fire + -woman.

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