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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
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the department of local government responsible for preventing and extinguishing fires
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: local department, department of local government
Narrower terms: fire brigade
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
57 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
brandweer
— fire department
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Amharic:
የእሳት አደጋ መከላከያ
(ye’isati ādega mekelakeya)
— fire department
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Armenian:
հրշեջ պահպանություն
(hršeǰ pahpanutʻyun)
— fire department
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Azerbaijani:
yanğın şöbəsi
— fire department
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Basque:
suhiltzaileak
— fire department
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Betawi:
blangwir
— fire department
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Catalan:
cos de bombers
— fire department
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Catalan:
bombers
— fire department
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Chinese Mandarin:
消防隊 /消防队
(xiāofángduì)
— fire department
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Danish:
brandvæsen
— fire department
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Dutch:
brandweer
— fire department
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Finnish:
palokunta
— fire department
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Finnish:
palolaitos
— fire department
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French:
corps des sapeurs-pompiers
— fire department
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French:
sapeurs-pompiers
— fire department
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French:
service d'incendie
— fire department
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French:
pompiers
— fire department
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West-Frisian:
brânwacht
— fire department
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West-Frisian:
brânwar
— fire department
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Galician:
corpo de bombeiros
— fire department
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Galician:
bombeiros
— fire department
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Georgian:
სახანძრო დეპარტამენტში
(saxanʒro deṗarṭamenṭši)
— fire department
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German:
Feuerwehr
— fire department
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Greek:
πυροσβεστική
(pyrosvestikí)
— fire department
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Greek:
πυροσβεστικό σώμα
(pyrosvestikó sóma)
— fire department
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Hebrew:
מכבי אש
(mekhabei esh)
— fire department
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Hindi:
दमकल दस्ता
(damkal dastā)
— fire department
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Hindi:
दमकल
(damkal)
— fire department
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Icelandic:
slökkvilið
— fire department
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Indonesian:
dinas pemadam kebakaran
— fire department
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Italian:
corpo dei vigili del fuoco
— fire department
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Italian:
vigili del fuoco
— fire department
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Italian:
corpo dei pompieri
— fire department
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Italian:
pompieri
— fire department
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Japanese:
消防署
(shōbōsho)
— fire department
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Kazakh:
өрт сөндіру бөлімі
(ört söndıru bölımı)
— fire department
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Korean:
소방서
(sobangseo)
— fire department
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Ladin:
destudafuech
— fire department
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Norwegian Bokmål:
brannvesen
— fire department
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
brannstell
— fire department
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Polish:
straż pożarna
— fire department
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Portuguese:
corpo de bombeiros
— fire department
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Portuguese:
bombeiros
— fire department
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Russian:
пожа́рная кома́нда
(požárnaja kománda)
— fire department
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Russian:
пожа́рные
(požárnyje)
— fire department
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Lower Sorbian:
wognjowa wobora
— fire department
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Upper Sorbian:
wohnjowa wobora
— fire department
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Spanish:
cuerpo de bomberos
— fire department
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Spanish:
brigada de bomberos
— fire department
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Spanish:
bomberos
— fire department
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Swahili:
zimamoto
— fire department
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Swedish:
brandkår
— fire department
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Swedish:
räddningskår
— fire department
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Swedish:
brandförsvar
— fire department
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Tibetan:
མེ་གསོད་རུ་ཁག
(me gsod ru khag)
— fire department
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Turkish:
itfaiye
— fire department
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Uzbek:
yong'in bo'limi
— fire department