firefighter

English

Firefighters.

Etymology

fire +‎ fighter. Created as a gender-neutral term for fireman and firewoman.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪə(ɹ)ˌfaɪ.tə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪ.ɚˌfaɪ.tɚ/

Noun

firefighter (plural firefighters)

A person who has been trained to put out fires.

Synonyms

fire people, smoke eater

Hyponyms

Translations

person who puts out fires

Afrikaans: brandweerman sg
Albanian: zjarrfikës (sq) m
Arabic: إِطْفَائِيّ m (ʔiṭfāʔiyy)
Armenian: հրշեջ (hy) (hršeǰ)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܟ̰ܡܸܥܵܢܵܐ m (māčmiʿana), ܡܲܟ̰ܡܸܥܵܢܬܵܐ f (māčmiʿanta)
Asturian: bomberu m
Azerbaijani: yanğınsöndürən
Basque: suhiltzaile (eu)
Belarusian: пажа́рны m (pažárny)
Breton: pomper m, paotr an tan m
Bulgarian: пожарника́р m (požarnikár), пожарника́рка f (požarnikárka)
Catalan: bomber (ca) m, bombera (ca) f
Cheyenne: éno'továhenéhe
Chichewa: ozimitsa moto
Chinese:
Mandarin: 消防隊員／消防队员 (zh) (xiāofáng duìyuán), 消防員／消防员 (zh) (xiāofángyuán), 消拯員／消拯员 (xiāozhěngyuán) (Malaysia)
Czech: hasič (cs) m, hasička f, požárník (cs) m, požárnice f
Danish: brandmand (da) c
Dutch: brandweerman (nl) m, brandweervrouw (nl) f
Esperanto: fajroestingisto, fajrobrigadano, fajrobrigadisto
Estonian: tuletõrjuja
Finnish: palomies (fi), pelastaja (fi), palontorjuja
French: pompier (fr) m, pompière (fr) f
Galician: bombeiro (gl) m, bombeira f
Georgian: მეხანძრე (mexanʒre)
German: Feuerwehrmann (de) m, Feuerwehrfrau (de) f
Greek: πυροσβέστης (el) m (pyrosvéstis)
Hebrew: כַּבַּאי (he) m (kabái), כַּבָּאִית (he) f (kabaít), לוחם אש m (loḥém esh), לוחמת אש f (loḥémet esh)
Hindi: अग्निशमक m (agniśmak)
Hungarian: tűzoltó (hu)
Icelandic: slökkviliðsmaður (is) m
Indonesian: pemadam kebakaran (id)
Ingrian: požarnoi
Italian: vigile del fuoco (it) m, pompiere (it) m
Japanese: 消防士 (ja) (しょうぼうし, shōbōshi), 消防隊員 (しょうぼうたいいん, shōbō taiin)
Kazakh: өрт сөндіруші (ört söndıruşı)
Khmer: អ្នកលត់ភ្លើង (nĕək lŭət phləəng)
Korean: 소방수(消防手) (ko) (sobangsu), 소방관(消防官) (ko) (sobanggwan)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: agirkuj (ku)
Latin: siphonarius m, vigil ignis m or f
Latvian: ugunsdzēsējs m
Lithuanian: gaisrininkas m, gaisrininkė f
Luxembourgish: Pompjee m
Macedonian: пожарникар m (požarnikar), пожарникарка f (požarnikarka)
Malay: ahli bomba
Maori: kaitinei ahi
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: гал сөнөөгч (gal sönöögč)
Navajo: kǫʼ yiniłtsésí
Northern Sami: jáddadeaddji
Norwegian:
Bokmål: brannkonstabel m, brannmann (no) m

Nynorsk: brannkonstabel m, brannmann m
Ojibwe: aateʼishkodawewinini
Persian:
Iranian Persian: آتَش‌نِشان (fa) (âtaš-nešân), مَأْمورِ آتَش‌نِشان (ma'mur-e âtaš-nešân)
Polish: strażak (pl) m, strażaczka f (rare)
Portuguese: bombeiro (pt) m, bombeira f
Romanian: pompier (ro) m
Russian: пожа́рный (ru) m (požárnyj), пожа́рная (ru) f (požárnaja), пожа́рник (ru) m (požárnik), пожа́рница (ru) f (požárnica)
Samoan: please add this translation if you can
Scottish Gaelic: neach-smàlaidh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ватрога́сац m

Roman: vatrogásac (sh) m
Slovak: hasič (sk) m, hasička f, požiarnik m, požiarnička f
Slovene: gasilec (sl) m, gasilka f
Spanish: bombero (es) m, bombera (es) f
Swahili: mzimamoto
Swedish: brandman (sv) c, brandsoldat (sv) c
Tagalog: bumbero (tl), tagapatay-sunog
Tajik: муборизи оташ (muborizi otaš), сӯхторхомушкунӣ (süxtorxomuškunī)
Tetum: bombeiru
Thai: พนักงานดับเพลิง (pá-nák-ngaan-dàp-pləəng)
Tibetan: མེ་གསོད་མཁན (me gsod mkhan)
Tongan: tangata tāmate-afi
Turkish: itfaiyeci (tr)
Ukrainian: поже́жник m (požéžnyk), поже́жний m (požéžnyj), вогнебо́рець m (vohnebórecʹ)
Uzbek: oʻchiruvchi (uz)
Vietnamese: lính cứu hỏa
Volapük: lefilapoldan (vo) m or f, lefilahipoldan m, lefilajipoldan f
Welsh: tân-ddiffoddwr m
Yiddish: פֿײַערלעשער m (fayerlesher)

firefighter

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