fireworks
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fireworks
- /ˈfaɪ̯.ə.wɜːks/ UK
- /ˈfaɪ̯.ɚ.wɝks/ US
Where it comes from
From fire + work(s). The similarity with Dutch vuurwerk and German Feuerwerk, both “fireworks”, is hardly coincidental. Since the word was apparently first attested in English circa 1575, probably from the Dutch (1540), from the German (sense early 16th c.), from Middle High German viurwerc (14th c. as “fuel, firewood”). A spread from the south northwards is also in line with the fact that the first European fireworks were produced in Italy in the late 14th century.
noun
- plural of firework
noun
- An event or a display where fireworks are set off. 5000 Marrons in Battery, which continue firing to the End of the Fireworks.
- A boisterous or violent event or situation. I left the room after John came home drunk but before the fireworks went off.
Similar: pyrotechnics
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: pyrotechnics, firearm, fire, lamp, guns, games, lights, devices, firearms, firecrackers, fires, lamps, tricks, crackers, rockets, skyrockets
noun
Similar: pyrotechnics
Translations
Every language
noun plural of firework
| Español | fuegos artificiales |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 불꽃놀이 bulkkonnori |
| 日本語 | 花火 hanabi |
| 中文 | 花炮 huāpào, 煙火 /烟火 yānhuǒ |
| Português | fogos de artifício |
| Français | feux d'artifice |
| Deutsch | Feuerwerk |
| Italiano | fuochi d'artificio |
| Ελληνικά | πυροτεχνήματα pyrotechnímata |
| Română | foc de artificii |
| Русский | фейерве́рк fejjervérk, фейерве́рки fejjervérki |
| Tiếng Việt | pháo hoa, pháo bông |
| العربية | مُفَرْقِعَات mufarqiʕāt, أَلْعَاب نَارِيَّة ʔalʕāb nāriyya |
| עברית | זִיקּוּקֵי דִּי־נוּר |
noun event or display of fireworks
| Español | fuegos artificiales |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 불꽃놀이 bulkkonnori |
| 日本語 | 花火 hanabi |
| 中文 | 煙火 /烟火 yānhuǒ |
| Português | queima de fogos |
| Français | feux d'artifice |
| Deutsch | Feuerwerk |
| Italiano | fuochi d'artificio |
| Русский | фейерве́рк fejjervérk |
| Tiếng Việt | pháo hoa, pháo bông |
| العربية | مُفَرْقِعَات mufarqiʕāt, أَلْعَاب نَارِيَّة ʔalʕāb nāriyya |
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title = {fireworks},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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