Firebird

Definitions: Firebird

Firebird

Noun

1. The male is bright red with black wings and tail.

2. Eastern subspecies of northern oriole.

3. Tropical American flycatcher found as far north as southern Texas and Arizona; adult male has bright scarlet and black plumage.

Synonyms: Firebird

Synonyms: hangbird (n), redbird (n), scarlet tanager (n), vermillion flycatcher (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Firebird

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Firebird is the name of a ballet by Igor Stravinsky.
Firebird is a database management system forked from the open sources of InterBase from Borland.
Firebird is a brand of car from Pontiac.
Mozilla Firebird is a Gecko-based web browser (formerly known as Phoenix).
Firebird was the name of a computer game software label.
Firebird is a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. She is a member of The Avengers.

Modern Usage: Firebird

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

Firebird (2003)

The Firebird (1934)

Firebird 2015 A.D. (1981)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Firebird

Domain	Title
Books	Catalog of Firebird Id Numbers, 1967-93 (Cars and Parts Magazine Matching Numbers Series) (reference) Firebird Rocket (Hardy Boys No. 57) (reference) Pontiac Firebird Trans-Am 1969-1999 Photo Album (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Stravinsky - The Firebird / Royal Danish Ballet (Glen Tetley) (reference) Musik Trienniale Koln 2000 - Berg Lulu Suite / Debussy Le Jet D'Eau / Stravinsky Firebird / Boulez, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Stravinsky: Firebird, Rite Of Spring, Persephone / Tilson Thomas, San Francisco SO (reference) Stravinsky: The Firebird; Scriabin: Prometheus (reference) Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps/Fireworks/The Firebird Suite (reference) Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird, Ballet/Paul Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Firebird

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Usage Frequency: Firebird

"Firebird" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 89.47% of the time. "Firebird" is used about 19 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	89.47%	17	85,106
Noun (singular)	10.53%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	19	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Firebird

Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "firebird": firebird-style.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Firebird

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
firebird	1,286	firebird picture	48
pontiac firebird	1,164	firebird body kit	47
pontiac firebird trans am	574	browser firebird	45
firebird part	183	buy a pontiac firebird	39
firebird mozilla	144	firebird decals	38
firebird raceway	109	1978 firebird	38
1968 firebird	100	2002 pontiac firebird	38
1969 firebird	100	firebird international raceway	37
1967 firebird	91	firebird accessory	36
pontiac firebird part	90	firebird hood	36
firebird trans am	87	pontiac firebird formula	36
1969 pontiac firebird	73	firebird car	35
firebird formula	72	pontiac firebird picture	34
69 firebird	70	1979 firebird	30
68 firebird	67	1991 firebird	30
1967 pontiac firebird	57	1970 firebird	29
firebird for sale	56	pontiac firebird for sale	29
1968 pontiac firebird	55	used firebird	28
67 firebird	52	1984 firebird	27
firebird xl	50	gibson firebird	27
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Firebird

Language		Translations for "firebird"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		鵷 . (various references)

Pig Latin		irebirdfay

Russian		жар-птица. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Firebird

Derivations
	Words beginning with "firebird": firebirds. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Firebird" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Fireberg, Freebird. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Firebird"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "firebird" (pronounced fī"erber'd)
4	-er b er' d	Thunderbird.
3	-b er' d	Bluebird, Catbird, Hummingbird, kingbird, ladybird, Mockingbird, redbird, shorebird, Snowbird, songbird, sunbird.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Firebird

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-d-e-f-i-i-r-r"
	-2 letters: birder, birdie, birred, ribier.
	-3 letters: bider, bifid, bride, brief, brier, direr, drier, fiber, fibre, fired, firer, fried, frier, rebid, rider, rifer.
	-4 letters: bide, bier, bird, birr, bred, brie, defi, dire, drib, fire, ired, irid, reif, ride, rife.
	-5 letters: bed, bid, brr, deb, dib, die, err, fed, fer, fib, fid, fie, fir, ire, reb, red.
	Words containing the letters "b-d-e-f-i-i-r-r"
	+1 letter: firebirds, riflebird.
	+2 letters: riflebirds.
	+5 letters: defibrillator.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.