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Any of the series of emergency doors, ladders, or stairs used to evacuate a building if a fire breaks out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The entire escape route viewed as a whole.
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Any apparatus designed to allow people to escape a burning building, such as a canvas tube for sliding down.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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a stairway (often on the outside of a building) that permits exit in the case of fire or other emergency
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: emergency exit
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: stairway, staircase
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Across languages
Translations
52 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
مخرج طوارئ
— emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
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Catalan:
escala d'incendis
— emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
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Chinese Mandarin:
太平梯
(tàipíngtī)
— emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
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Chinese Mandarin:
逃生梯
(táoshēngtī)
— emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
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Chinese Mandarin:
消防梯
(xiāofángtī)
— emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
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Czech:
nouzový východ
— emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
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Czech:
únikový východ
— emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
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Danish:
brandstige
— emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
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Danish:
brandtrappe
— emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
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Dutch:
brandtrap
— emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
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Finnish:
paloportaat
— emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
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French:
échelle de sauvetage
— emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
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French:
escalier de secours
— emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
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German:
Notausgang
— emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
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Hungarian:
tűzlépcső
— emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
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Italian:
uscita di sicurezza
— emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
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Italian:
uscita di emergenza
— emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
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Japanese:
火災非難設備
(kasai hinan setsubi)
— emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
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Japanese:
防火扉
(bōkatobira)
— emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
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Japanese:
非常階段
(hijō kaidan)
— emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
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Korean:
비상계단
(bisanggyedan)
— emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
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Plautdietsch:
Fialada
— emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
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Polish:
wyjście ewakuacyjne
— emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
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Polish:
wyjście pożarowe
— emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
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Portuguese:
saída de incêndio
— emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
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Romanian:
ieșire de incendiu
— emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
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Romanian:
ieșire de urgență
— emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
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Russian:
пожа́рная ле́стница
(požárnaja léstnica)
— emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
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Spanish:
escalera de escape de incendios
— emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
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Spanish:
escalera de incendios
— emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
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Swedish:
brandtrappa
— emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
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Tagalog:
hagdanlabasan
— emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
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Turkish:
yangın çıkışı
— emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
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Chinese Mandarin:
逃生路線 /逃生路线
(táoshēng lùxiàn)
— emergency escape route
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Czech:
úniková cesta
— emergency escape route
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Danish:
nødudgang
— emergency escape route
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Dutch:
nooduitgang
— emergency escape route
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Finnish:
hätäpoistumistie
— emergency escape route
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Finnish:
hätäuloskäynti
— emergency escape route
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German:
Notausgang
— emergency escape route
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Greek:
έξοδος διαφυγής
(éxodos diafygís)
— emergency escape route
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Italian:
percorso di emergenza
— emergency escape route
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Japanese:
避難路
(hinanro)
— emergency escape route
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Korean:
비상출구
(bisangchulgu)
— emergency escape route
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Polish:
droga ewakuacyjna
— emergency escape route
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Spanish:
ruta de evacuación
— emergency escape route
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Spanish:
vía de evacuación
— emergency escape route
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Spanish:
vía de escape
— emergency escape route
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Spanish:
ruta de salida
— emergency escape route
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Swedish:
nödutgång
— emergency escape route
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Turkish:
yangın çıkışı
— emergency escape route
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Welsh:
dihangfa argyfwng
— emergency escape route