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==English==

===Etymology===
13<sup>th</sup>c., from {{prefix|en|a|fire|t1=on}}. Figurative usage from late 14<sup>th</sup>c.<ref>{{R:Etymonline}}</ref>

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/əˈfaɪɚ/}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-afire.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{rhymes|en|aɪə(ɹ)|s=2}}

===Adverb===
{{en-adv}}

# On [[fire]] (often [[metaphor]]ically).

===Adjective===
{{en-adj}}

# On [[fire]] (often [[metaphor]]ically).

====Quotations====
* {{RQ:Shakespeare Tempest|I|ii|page=3|passage={{smallcaps|Ariell}}: {{...}} all but Mariners / Plung'd in the foaming bryne, and quit the veſſell ; / Then all '''a fire''' with me the Kings ſonne ''Ferdinand'' / With haire vp-ſtaring (then like reeds, not haire) / Was the firſt man that leapt ; cride hell is empty, / And all the Diuels are heere.}}
* '''1856''', {{w|Elizabeth Barrett Browning}}, ''{{w|Aurora Leigh}}'', New York: C.S. Francis & Co., 1857, Seventh Book, p. 275<sup>[https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001426842]</sup>:
*: {{...}} Earth’s crammed with heaven, / And every common bush '''afire''' with God:
* {{quote-book
|en
|year=1922
|year_published=2010
|edition=HTML
|editor=
|author=w:Edgar Rice Burroughs
|title=w:The Chessmen of Mars
|chapter=
|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1153/1153-h/1153-h.htm
|genre=
|publisher=The Gutenberg Project
|isbn=
|page=
|passage=… if I were a young man I should doubtless be willing to set all Barsoom '''afire''' to win you, …
}}
* '''1931''', {{w|Nacio Herb Brown}} and [[w:Gordon Clifford (lyricist)|Gordon Clifford]], “[[w:Paradise (1931 song)|Paradise]]” (song first sung by {{w|Pola Negri}} and later covered by {{w|Nat King Cole}} and {{w|Frank Sinatra}}):
*: Her eyes '''afire''' / With one desire. / Then a heavenly kiss: / Could I resist?
* {{quote-book|en|year=1950|author=w:Mervyn Peake|title=[[w:Gormenghast (novel)|Gormenghast]]|location=London|publisher=Eyre & Spottiswoode|chapter=63
|passage=Old claw-like hands, cracked with long years of thankless toil, would hold aloft a delicate bird of wood, its wings, as thin as paper, spread for flight, its breast '''afire''' with a crimson stain.}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|en|ablaze}}
* {{l|en|aflame}}

====Derived terms====
{{der2|en|like a house afire|set afire|set the world afire| chimney's afire}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|literally on fire}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|пламнал}}, {{t+|bg|запален}}
* Dutch: {{t|nl|in brand}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tulessa}}, {{t|fi|liekeissä}}
* French: {{t+|fr|ardent}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ცეცხლწაკიდებული}}, {{t|ka|ალმოდებული}}
* German: in {{t+|de|Flammen}}, in {{t+|de|Brand}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|ardiendo}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|metaphorically on fire}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tulessa}}
* French: {{t+|fr|ardent}}
* German: {{t+|de|Feuer und Flamme sein}}, {{t+|de|begeistert}} sein
{{trans-bottom}}

====References====
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===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aefir|Arfie|Feria|Freia|faire|feria|rafie}}

==Galician==

===Verb===
{{head|gl|verb form}}

# {{gl-verb form of|aferir<i>}}