fire

rapid oxidation of a material; phenomenon that emits light and heat
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fire

Summary

fire ranks in the top 0.65% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,435 views/month, #504 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • fire is a type of physical phenomenon[2].
  • fire is a type of combustion[3].
  • fire is used for roasting[4].
  • fire is used for cooking[5].
  • fire's Commons category is recorded as Fire[6].
  • fire's Unicode character is recorded as 🔥[7].
  • fire comprises flame[8].
  • fire comprises smoke[9].
  • fire's has cause is recorded as combustion[10].
  • fire's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Fire[11].
  • fire's Commons gallery is recorded as Fire[12].
  • fire's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[13].
  • fire's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • fire's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[15].
  • fire's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[16].
  • fire's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17].
  • fire's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[18].
  • fire's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[19].
  • fire's topic has template is recorded as Template:Fire[20].
  • fire's immediate cause of is recorded as burned area[21].
  • fire's immediate cause of is recorded as heat[22].
  • fire's immediate cause of is recorded as ash[23].
  • fire's has effect is recorded as thermal energy[24].
  • fire's has characteristic is recorded as hot[25].
  • fire's different from is recorded as Q4331176[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include physical phenomenon[2] and combustion[3].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include roasting[4] and cooking[5]. Components include flame[8] and smoke[9].

Influence

Things named for fire include Mars[27], an inner planet of the Solar System[28], founded in -4540000000[29]; Pterois[30], a taxon[31]; pyrite[32], a mineral species[33]; Pyroraptor[34], a fossil taxon[35]; Atesh[36], a guerrilla organization[37], in Ukraine[38], founded in 2022[39]; pyrrhotite[40], a mineral species[41]; pyrope[42], a mineral species[43]; and pyrolusite[44], a mineral species[45].

Why It Matters

fire ranks in the top 0.65% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,435 views/month, #504 of 77,819).[1] fire has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] fire is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

Entities named for fire include Mars[27], an inner planet of the Solar System[28], founded in -4540000000[29]; Pterois[30], a taxon[31]; pyrite[32], a mineral species[33]; Pyroraptor[34], a fossil taxon[35]; Atesh[36], a guerrilla organization[37], in Ukraine[38], founded in 2022[39]; and pyrrhotite[40], a mineral species[41].

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  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  24. [25] . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [27] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [34] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [36] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [40] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [42] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [44] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id C868
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P10381]]: C868, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  2. 23d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag ['fires', 'fire']
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: fire, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289925463|fire (#289925463)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  3. 24d ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 Concepts/Fire
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14470]]: Concepts/Fire, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  4. 26d ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id Q294901
    Jewish encyclopedia id 6132
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q294901, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  5. 4w ago · Bencemac · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Eurovoc id 1335
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P5437]]: 1335, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/260984|batch #260984]]"
  6. 7w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford classical dictionary id 2666
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P9106]]: 2666, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107284915|fire (#107284915)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford Classical Dictionary]] "
  7. 8w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag ['fires', 'fire']
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: fires, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289925516|fires (#289925516)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  8. 9w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id h0008641-ohen
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0008641-ohen, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  9. 13w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id ['memory-alpha:Fire', 'de.memory-alpha:Feuer', 'fr.memory-alpha:Feu', 'ru.weathe
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 17691, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  10. 14w ago · Mullanur · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic hot
    Has cause combustion
    Different from Q4331176, Fire, fire +1
    Has use roasting, cooking
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P6262]]: memory-alpha:Fire"
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