Phrase guide

fire department

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An organization, often part of a local government, whose purpose is preventing and putting out fires. May provide other emergency services as well, such as first aid and search and rescue.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

Topics: firefighting, government

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the department of local government responsible for preventing and extinguishing fires

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: local department, department of local government

Narrower terms: fire brigade

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: brandweer — fire department
  • Amharic: የእሳት አደጋ መከላከያ (ye’isati ādega mekelakeya) — fire department
  • Armenian: հրշեջ պահպանություն (hršeǰ pahpanutʻyun) — fire department
  • Azerbaijani: yanğın şöbəsi — fire department
  • Basque: suhiltzaileak — fire department
  • Betawi: blangwir — fire department
  • Catalan: cos de bombers — fire department
  • Catalan: bombers — fire department
  • Chinese Mandarin: 消防隊 /消防队 (xiāofángduì) — fire department
  • Danish: brandvæsen — fire department
  • Dutch: brandweer — fire department
  • Finnish: palokunta — fire department
  • Finnish: palolaitos — fire department
  • French: corps des sapeurs-pompiers — fire department
  • French: sapeurs-pompiers — fire department
  • French: service d'incendie — fire department
  • French: pompiers — fire department
  • West-Frisian: brânwacht — fire department
  • West-Frisian: brânwar — fire department
  • Galician: corpo de bombeiros — fire department
  • Galician: bombeiros — fire department
  • Georgian: სახანძრო დეპარტამენტში (saxanʒro deṗarṭamenṭši) — fire department
  • German: Feuerwehr — fire department
  • Greek: πυροσβεστική (pyrosvestikí) — fire department
  • Greek: πυροσβεστικό σώμα (pyrosvestikó sóma) — fire department
  • Hebrew: מכבי אש (mekhabei esh) — fire department
  • Hindi: दमकल दस्ता (damkal dastā) — fire department
  • Hindi: दमकल (damkal) — fire department
  • Icelandic: slökkvilið — fire department
  • Indonesian: dinas pemadam kebakaran — fire department
  • Italian: corpo dei vigili del fuoco — fire department
  • Italian: vigili del fuoco — fire department
  • Italian: corpo dei pompieri — fire department
  • Italian: pompieri — fire department
  • Japanese: 消防署 (shōbōsho) — fire department
  • Kazakh: өрт сөндіру бөлімі (ört söndıru bölımı) — fire department
  • Korean: 소방서 (sobangseo) — fire department
  • Ladin: destudafuech — fire department
  • Norwegian Bokmål: brannvesen — fire department
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: brannstell — fire department
  • Polish: straż pożarna — fire department
  • Portuguese: corpo de bombeiros — fire department
  • Portuguese: bombeiros — fire department
  • Russian: пожа́рная кома́нда (požárnaja kománda) — fire department
  • Russian: пожа́рные (požárnyje) — fire department
  • Lower Sorbian: wognjowa wobora — fire department
  • Upper Sorbian: wohnjowa wobora — fire department
  • Spanish: cuerpo de bomberos — fire department
  • Spanish: brigada de bomberos — fire department
  • Spanish: bomberos — fire department
  • Swahili: zimamoto — fire department
  • Swedish: brandkår — fire department
  • Swedish: räddningskår — fire department
  • Swedish: brandförsvar — fire department
  • Tibetan: མེ་གསོད་རུ་ཁག (me gsod ru khag) — fire department
  • Turkish: itfaiye — fire department
  • Uzbek: yong'in bo'limi — fire department