Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hill fire

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.70 in modern English

Syllables
hill -fire
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of forest fire.

Etymology

Calque of Cantonese 山火 (saan¹ fo²).

Inflected Forms

hill fires (plural)

Synonyms

forest fire

Questions

What does hill fire mean?
Synonym of forest fire.
Where does hill fire come from?
Calque of Cantonese 山火 (saan¹ fo²).

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