firedrake

English

noun
Definitions
  • A fire-breathing dragon.
  • A fiery meteor, an ignis fatuus, a rocket
  • A kind of firework
  • (figurative) A worker at a furnace or fire

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English firdrake inherited from Old English fȳrdraca (fire-spewing dragon) compound from English fire (shoot) + English drake (dragon).

Origin

English

drake

Gloss

dragon

Concept
Semantic Field

Animals

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

Emoji
🐲

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms