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Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Fire · Ohio Players Fire ℗ A Mercury Records Release; ℗ 1974 UMG Recordings, Inc. Released on: 1991-01-15 Producer: Ohio Players Associated Performer, Flute, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Saxophone, Vocals: Clarence Satchell Associated Performer, Guitar, Percussion, Vocals: Leroy Bonner Associated Performer, Electric Bass: Marshall Jones Associated Performer, Trumpet: Ralph Middlebrooks Associated Performer, Drums, Conga, Bells, Percussion, Vocals: James Williams Associated Performer, Piano, Hammond Organ, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Strings, Vocals: Billy Beck Associated Performer, Trumpet, Trombone, Flugelhorn: Marvin Pierce Associated Performer, Guitar, Vocals: Clarence Willis Associated Performer, Conga: Robert Jones Composer Lyricist: James Williams Composer Lyricist: William Beck Composer Lyricist: Leroy Bonner Composer Lyricist: Clarence Satchell Composer Lyricist: Marshall Jones Composer Lyricist: Marvin Pierce Composer Lyricist: Ralph Middlebrooks Auto-generated by YouTube.

"Fire": one syllable or two? | Ask the Editor | Britannica Dictionary

The word fire can be pronounced with one syllable or two.

Shelly asks if fire is one syllable or two because her students are using the word in haiku.

Our Pronunciation Editor Josh Guenter responds:

The word fire can be pronounced with either one or two syllables. Native speakers can rhyme fire with higher or not. The word higher is always two syllables. Hence, if you rhyme fire with higher, then you are pronouncing fire with two syllables, whereas if you don't rhyme these two words, then you are pronouncing fire with just one syllable.

  • culpritus [any]
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    21 days ago

    Definitely 2 for me. Not sure how you would distinguish fire from other words if only 1. Fur, Fear, Fir, etc just don't seem like the correct word to my ears. Fire rhymes with Tire in my head, and that is why the phrase tire fire has phonetic weight.