Phrase guide

fire engine

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • Australian, UK: /faɪə(ɹ).ɛn.dʒɪn/
  • US: fīər ĕn jĭn
  • US: /faɪɚ.ɛn.dʒɪn/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A vehicle used by firefighters to pump water to fight a fire. Typically, a fire engine carries a supply of water and has the ability to connect to an external water supply.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: firefighting, government, transport, vehicles

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: fire truck (usually synonymous in current usage); fire appliance; water engine (formerly synonymous)

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fire truck, fire appliance, water engine

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A steam engine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

any of various large trucks that carry firemen and equipment to the site of a fire

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fire truck

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: truck, motortruck

Narrower terms: ladder truck, aerial ladder truck

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

110 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: brandweerwa — fire truck
  • Albanian: makinë zjarrfikëse — fire truck
  • Arabic: حَرِيق مُحَرِّك (ḥarīq muḥarrik) — fire truck
  • Arabic: سَيَّارَة إطْفَاء حَرِيق (sayyārat ʔiṭfāʔ ḥarīq) — fire truck
  • Arabic: سَيَّارَة إطْفَاء (sayyārat ʔiṭfāʔ) — fire truck
  • Armenian: հրշեջ մեքենա (hršeǰ mekʻena) — fire truck
  • Azerbaijani: yanğınsöndürən maşın — fire truck
  • Belarusian: пажа́рная машы́на (pažárnaja mašýna) — fire truck
  • Belarusian: пажа́рны аўтамабі́ль (pažárny awtamabílʹ) — fire truck
  • Bulgarian: пожа́рна кола́ (požárna kolá) — fire truck
  • Burmese: မီးသတ်ကား (mi:satka:) — fire truck
  • Catalan: camió de bombers — fire truck
  • Catalan: cotxe de bombers — fire truck
  • Chinese: 水龍車 /水龙车 (zh-min-nan) — fire truck
  • Chinese: 救火車 /救火车 — fire truck
  • Chinese: 消防車 /消防车 (zh-min-nan) — fire truck
  • Chinese: 火燒車 /火烧车 — fire truck
  • Chinese: 拍火車 /拍火车 — fire truck
  • Chinese Mandarin: 消防車 /消防车 (xiāofángchē) — fire truck
  • Chinese Mandarin: 救火車 /救火车 (jiùhuǒchē) — fire truck
  • Czech: hasičský automobil — fire truck
  • Danish: brandbil — fire truck
  • Dutch: brandweerauto — fire truck
  • Dutch: brandweerwagen — fire truck
  • Esperanto: fajropumpilo — fire truck
  • Estonian: tuletõrjeauto — fire truck
  • Finnish: paloauto — fire truck
  • French: voiture de pompiers — fire truck
  • French: camion de pompiers — fire truck
  • Georgian: სახანძრო მანქანა (saxanʒro mankana) — fire truck
  • German: Feuerwehrwagen — fire truck
  • German: Feuerwehrspritze — fire truck
  • Greek: πυροσβεστικό όχημα (pyrosvestikó óchima) — fire truck
  • Gujarati: લાયબંબો (lāyabambo) — fire truck
  • Hebrew: כַּבָּאִית (kabait) — fire truck
  • Hebrew: רֶכֶב כִּבּוּי (rekhev kibui) — fire truck
  • Hindi: फ़ायर-इंजन (fāyar-iñjan) — fire truck
  • Hindi: फ़ाइर-इंजन (fāir-iñjan) — fire truck
  • Hungarian: tűzoltóautó — fire truck
  • Icelandic: slökkvibíll — fire truck
  • Icelandic: slökkviliðsbíll — fire truck
  • Ido: incendiopumpilo — fire truck
  • Indonesian: mobil pemadam kebakaran — fire truck
  • Indonesian: branwir — fire truck
  • Ingrian: palomašina — fire truck
  • Interlingua: pumpa de incendios — fire truck
  • Irish: inneall dóiteáin — fire truck
  • Italian: mezzo antincendio — fire truck
  • Japanese: 消防車 (shōbōsha) — fire truck
  • Kazakh: өрт машинасы (ört maşinasy) — fire truck
  • Kazakh: өрт сөндіру машинасы (ört söndıru maşinasy) — fire truck
  • Kazakh: өрт сөндіру көлігі (ört söndıru kölıgı) — fire truck
  • Korean: 소방차 (sobangcha) — fire truck
  • Kyrgyz: өрт өчүрүүчү машина (ört öcürüücü maşina) — fire truck
  • Kyrgyz: өрт машинасы (ört maşinası) — fire truck
  • Lao: ລົດອັກຄີໄຟ (lot ʼak khī fai) — fire truck
  • Latin: sipho — fire truck
  • Latvian: ugunsdzēsēju mašīna — fire truck
  • Lithuanian: gaisrinis automobilis — fire truck
  • Luxembourgish: Pompjeesgefier — fire truck
  • Macedonian: пожарникарски автомоби́л (požarnikarski avtomobíl) — fire truck
  • Malay: kereta bomba — fire truck
  • Māori: waka tinei ahi — fire truck
  • Mongolian: галын машин (galyn mašin) — fire truck
  • Mongolian: гал унтраах тэрэг (gal untraax tereg) — fire truck
  • Mongolian: ᠭᠠᠯ ᠦᠨ ᠮᠠᠰᠢᠨ (ɣal-ün masin) — fire truck
  • Mongolian: ᠭᠠᠯ ᠤᠨᠲᠠᠷᠠᠭᠠᠬᠤ ᠲᠡᠷᠭᠡ (ɣal untaragaqu terge) — fire truck
  • Norwegian Bokmål: brannbil — fire truck
  • Pannonian Rusyn: огньогасни авто (ohnʹohasni avto) — fire truck
  • Iranian Persian: ماشینِ آتَشنِشانی (mâšin-e âtaš-nešâni) — fire truck
  • Polish: wóz strażacki — fire truck
  • Polish: samochód pożarniczy — fire truck
  • Portuguese: carro de bombeiro — fire truck
  • Portuguese: caminhão de bombeiros — fire truck
  • Romanian: mașină de pompieri — fire truck
  • Romanian: pompă de incendiu — fire truck
  • Russian: пожа́рная маши́на (požárnaja mašína) — fire truck
  • Russian: пожа́рный автомоби́ль (požárnyj avtomobílʹ) — fire truck
  • Northern Sami: buollinčáskadanbiila — fire truck
  • Northern Sami: buollinbiila — fire truck
  • Northern Sami: čáskadanbiila — fire truck
  • Scottish Gaelic: einnsean-smàlaidh — fire truck
  • Serbo-Croatian: ватрогасна кола — fire truck
  • Serbo-Croatian: vatrogasna kola — fire truck
  • Slovak: hasičský automobil — fire truck
  • Slovene: gasilsko vozilo — fire truck
  • Spanish: coche de bomberos — fire truck
  • Spanish: camión hidrante — fire truck
  • Spanish: camión contraincendios — fire truck
  • Spanish: camión de bombero(s) — fire truck
  • Swedish: brandbil — fire truck
  • Swedish: brandfordon — fire truck
  • Tagalog: trak ng bombero — fire truck
  • Tajik: мошини оташнишонӣ (mošin-i otašnišoni) — fire truck
  • Tajik: мошини сӯхторнишонӣ (mošin-i süxtornišoni) — fire truck
  • Tetum: karreta-bombeiru — fire truck
  • Thai: รถดับเพลิง (rót-dàp-pləəng) — fire truck
  • Tongan: mīsini tāmate-afi — fire truck
  • Turkish: itfaiye aracı — fire truck
  • Ukrainian: поже́жна маши́на (požéžna mašýna) — fire truck
  • Ukrainian: поже́жний автомобі́ль (požéžnyj avtomobílʹ) — fire truck
  • Urdu: فائِر اِنْجَن (fāir injan) — fire truck
  • Uyghur: ئوت ئۆچۈرۈش ماشىنىسى (ot öchürüsh mashinisi) — fire truck
  • Uzbek: oʻt oʻchiruvchi mashina — fire truck
  • Uzbek: oʻt oʻchirish mashinasi — fire truck
  • Vietnamese: xe cứu hỏa — fire truck
  • Vietnamese: xe chữa cháy — fire truck
  • Welsh: injan dân — fire truck
  • Yiddish: לעשאויטאָ (leshoyto) — fire truck
  • Yiddish: לעשמאַשין (leshmashin) — fire truck