name · noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈfjʊə.ɹi/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈfjɔːɹi/
General-American:/ˈfjʊɹ.i/
General-American:/ˈfjɝ.i/
Northern-Ireland, Scotland:/ˈfjʉːɹi/
Ireland:/ˈfjuːɹi/
rhymes with -ʊəɹi
CMU ARPABET:F Y UH1 R IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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name
Meaning 1
A female personification of vengeance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: craze, delirium, frenzy, hysteria
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mania, manic disorder
Narrower terms: nympholepsy, mass hysteria, epidemic hysertia
History
Etymology
Friom Middle English Furie, from Latin Furiae, a name used for the three Erinyes, being the plural of furia ("rage").
From Middle English furie, from Old French furie, from Latin furia (“rage”).
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bher- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *bhṓr Proto-Italic *fōr Latin furbor. English fury Borrowed from Latin fur (“thief”).
Across languages
Translations
96 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Esperanto:
furio
— female personification of vengeance
Finnish:
raivotar
— female personification of vengeance
German:
Furie
— female personification of vengeance
Greek:
Ερινύες
(Erinýes)
— female personification of vengeance
Ancient Greek:
Ἐρινύς
(Erinús)
— female personification of vengeance
Hungarian:
Fúria
— female personification of vengeance
Macedonian:
фу́рија
(fúrija)
— female personification of vengeance
Marathi:
फ्यूरी
(phyūrī)
— female personification of vengeance
Middle English:
Furie
— female personification of vengeance
Polish:
Furia
— female personification of vengeance
Russian:
фу́рия
(fúrija)
— female personification of vengeance
Spanish:
furia
— female personification of vengeance
Swedish:
furie
— female personification of vengeance
Ukrainian:
фу́рія
(fúrija)
— female personification of vengeance