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The word shire is in the Wiktionary

19 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —
  • shire n. Physical area administered by a sheriff.
  • shire n. Former administrative area of Britain; a county.
  • shire n. (UK, colloquial) The general area in which a person lives or comes from, used in the context of travel…
  • shire n. A rural or outer suburban local government area of Australia.
  • shire n. A shire horse.
  • shire v. To (re)constitute as one or more shires or counties.
  • Shire prop.n. A surname.
  • -shire suff. A combining form used in the names of British counties.
— Foreign words, define in English —
  • Chichewa
    • Shire prop.n. Shire (a river in Malawi).
  • Dongxiang
  • Middle english
    • shire n. Shire, district, county.
    • shire adj. Alternative form of schyre (“bright”).
    • shire v. Alternative form of schiren.
— English word, defined in German —
  • shire S. Grafschaft.
— English word, defined in Dutch —
  • shire n. Gouw.
— English word, defined in French —
  • shire n. Province ; comté.
— English word, defined in Portuguese —
  • shire s. (Reino Unido) condado.
— English word, defined in Italian —
  • shire s. Contea.
— In German —
  • Shire S. Größte Pferderasse der Welt.
48 English words from 13 English definitions

administered administrative Alternative area as␣one Australia bright Britain British colloquial combining combining␣form comes comes␣from constitute context counties county district form Former from general government horse lives local local␣government Malawi more names one outer person Physical river rural sheriff shire shire␣horse shires suburban surname Table the travel used which

3 English words from 6 foreign definitions

der Province Welt

9 foreign words from 6 foreign definitions

comté condado Contea Gouw Grafschaft Größte Reino Reino␣Unido Unido

29 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

shired Shirer shires Shires Shirey Shireen Shirers Shireys shireman Shireman shiremen Shire␣Oak Shiremans Shiremoor shiremoot shiremote Shireoaks shiretown shire␣town Shirebrook shire␣horse shiremoots shiremotes shire-reeve shiretowns shire␣towns shire␣horses shire-reeves Shirehampton

71 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

Abshires mishired mis-hired mishires mis-hires Aleshires Ayrshires Berkshires Yorkshires Blackshires Brookshires Cheshire␣cat Devonshires Lancashires Shropshires Berkshireman Berkshiremen Cheshire␣East Yorkshire␣fog Yorkshireism Yorkshireman Yorkshiremen Yorkshire␣pie Yorkshire␣pig Devonshire␣tea Yorkshire␣fogs Yorkshire␣grit Yorkshireisms Yorkshireness Yorkshire␣pies Yorkshire␣pigs Cheshire␣cheese Cheshire␣County Derbyshire␣neck Derbyshire␣spar Devonshire␣stew Devonshire␣teas Four␣Shire␣Stone Yorkshire␣Dales Yorkshirewoman Yorkshirewomen Berkshire␣County Cheshire␣cheeses Derbyshire␣Dales Derbyshire␣spars Devonshire␣cream Devonshire␣split Hampshire␣County Yorkshire␣caviar Devonshire␣splits +21 words

141 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Abshire Bushire mishire mis-hire Reshire Upshire Aleshire Ayrshire Bimshire Cheshire Wilshire Berkshire Buteshire Fifeshire Hampshire Loamshire Ross-shire Toryshire Willshire Wilpshire Wiltshire Yorkshire Banffshire Blackshire Blankshire Brookshire Darbyshire Derbyshire Devonshire Flintshire Lancashire Morayshire Nairnshire Perthshire Shropshire Argyllshire Breconshire Brokenshire Dorsetshire Forfarshire Hallamshire Hexhamshire Lanarkshire Londonshire Oxfordshire Radnorshire Bedfordshire Berwickshire Chiantishire Denbighshire +91 words

10 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

hir hire Hire ire IrE IRE Ire. shi Shi shir

2 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Eri. IHS

11 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

heirs Hersi hires Hires hi-res Hiser reish Reish Sheri shier Shier

97 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

ashier Berish Bisher Chiers disher Eirish Erichs fisher Fisher Gehris haires Haires Hehirs Heiers heires Heiser hersir Hersis hiders higres hikers Hilers Hiners hipers hirees Hirens hirers HiRISE hi-rise hirsel Hirske Hisers hisser hivers Hizers horsie hosier Hosier Ihrkes IrishE perish pisher rashie reishi Reiths relish renshi reshim reship rheids +47 words

46 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

EHRs eirs EIRs eish Eris ersh heir heis hers Hers her's Her's hies HIES hire Hire hirs Hise H.Res. H.␣Res. HSer ires Iser -iser rehi ReHi rehs reis resh Resh resi Ries rise Rise Rish RSeH RSHE Seri Sher shie shir Shri Sieh SIer sihr sire

35 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

Scire share Share Shere shibe shide Shide shife Shihe shine Shine Shipe Shira shirk Shirk shirl Shirl shiro Shiro shirr shirs shirt shite shive Shive shize shore Shore shure Shure spire 'spire Suire swire Swire

5 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

hire Hire shie shir sire


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