Phrase guide

fire extinguisher

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

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  • /ˈfaɪəɹ ɪkˌstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ.ə(ɹ)/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A device that can be used to put out a fire. Usually a portable cylinder filled with carbon dioxide, dry powder or water, in the latter two cases with some means of pressurising the cylinder to expel the contents.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: extinguisher

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a manually operated device for extinguishing small fires

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: extinguisher, asphyxiator

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: device

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

114 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: brandblusser — device for putting out a fire
  • Albanian: zjarrfikës — device for putting out a fire
  • Albanian: aparat zjarrfikës — device for putting out a fire
  • Arabic: مِطْفَأَةُ حَرِيق (miṭfaʔatu ḥarīq) — device for putting out a fire
  • Arabic: طَفَّايَةُ حَرِيق (ṭaffāyatu ḥarīq) — device for putting out a fire
  • Arabic: طفاية د العافية (ṭfaya d l-ɛafya) — device for putting out a fire
  • Aragonese: extintor — device for putting out a fire
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܕ݂ܥܲܟ݂ܬܵܐ (maḏˁaḵtā) — device for putting out a fire
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܕ݂ܥܟ݂ܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (maḏˁḵānīṯā) — device for putting out a fire
  • Armenian: կրակմարիչ (krakmaričʻ) — device for putting out a fire
  • Asturian: estintor — device for putting out a fire
  • Azerbaijani: odsöndürən — device for putting out a fire
  • Azerbaijani: söndürücü — device for putting out a fire
  • Bashkir: ут һүндергес (ut hünderges) — device for putting out a fire
  • Basque: su-itzalgailu — device for putting out a fire
  • Basque: itzalgailu — device for putting out a fire
  • Belarusian: вогнетушы́цель (vohnjetušýcjelʹ) — device for putting out a fire
  • Bulgarian: пожа́рогаси́тел (požárogasítel) — device for putting out a fire
  • Caló: extintor — device for putting out a fire
  • Caló: marrabador de yag (purist) — device for putting out a fire
  • Catalan: extintor — device for putting out a fire
  • Chinese Cantonese: 滅火筒 /灭火筒 — device for putting out a fire
  • Chinese Cantonese: 滅火器 /灭火器 (mit6 fo2 hei3) — device for putting out a fire
  • Chinese Mandarin: 滅火器 /灭火器 (mièhuǒqì) — device for putting out a fire
  • Chinese Mandarin: 熄火器 (xīhuǒqì) — device for putting out a fire
  • Chinese Mandarin: 消火器 (xiāohuǒqì) — device for putting out a fire
  • Chuvash: сунтеркӗч (sunt̬erk̬ĕč) — device for putting out a fire
  • Corsican: estintore — device for putting out a fire
  • Corsican: estentore — device for putting out a fire
  • Czech: hasicí přístroj — device for putting out a fire
  • Czech: hasičák — device for putting out a fire
  • Danish: ildslukker — device for putting out a fire
  • Dutch: brandblusser — device for putting out a fire
  • Esperanto: fajroestingilo — device for putting out a fire
  • Esperanto: fajrestingilo — device for putting out a fire
  • Estonian: tulekustuti — device for putting out a fire
  • Finnish: sammutin — device for putting out a fire
  • Finnish: käsisammutin — device for putting out a fire
  • Finnish: palosammutin — device for putting out a fire
  • French: extincteur — device for putting out a fire
  • Friulian: estintôr — device for putting out a fire
  • Galician: extintor — device for putting out a fire
  • Georgian: ცეცხლსაქრობი (cecxlsakrobi) — device for putting out a fire
  • German: Feuerlöscher — device for putting out a fire
  • German: Feuerlöschgerät — device for putting out a fire
  • Greek: πυροσβεστήρας (pyrosvestíras) — device for putting out a fire
  • Hebrew: מַטְפֶּה (matpé) — device for putting out a fire
  • Hindi: अग्निशमन यंत्र (agniśman yantra) — device for putting out a fire
  • Hindi: अग्निशामक (agniśāmak) — device for putting out a fire
  • Hungarian: tűzoltó készülék — device for putting out a fire
  • Hungarian: poroltó — device for putting out a fire
  • Icelandic: slökkvitæki — device for putting out a fire
  • Ido: extingilo — device for putting out a fire
  • Indonesian: pemadam api — device for putting out a fire
  • Indonesian: pemadam kebakaran — device for putting out a fire
  • Interlingua: extinctor — device for putting out a fire
  • Irish: múchtóir dóiteáin — device for putting out a fire
  • Irish: múchtóir tine — device for putting out a fire
  • Italian: estintore — device for putting out a fire
  • Japanese: 消火器 (shōkaki) — device for putting out a fire
  • Kazakh: өртсөндіргіш (örtsöndırgış) — device for putting out a fire
  • Korean: 소화기 (sohwagi) — device for putting out a fire
  • Kumyk: от сёндюрвюч (ot söndürwüç) — device for putting out a fire
  • Kyrgyz: от өчүргүч (ot öcürgüc) — device for putting out a fire
  • Ladino: extintor — device for putting out a fire
  • Latin: extinctorium ignis (Lexicon Recentis Latinitatis) — device for putting out a fire
  • Latvian: ugunsdzēsības aparāts — device for putting out a fire
  • Lithuanian: gesintuvas — device for putting out a fire
  • Luxembourgish: Feierläscher — device for putting out a fire
  • Macedonian: противпожарен апара́т (protivpožaren aparát) — device for putting out a fire
  • Malay: pemadam api — device for putting out a fire
  • Maltese: pajrin — device for putting out a fire
  • Manx: moogheyder aile — device for putting out a fire
  • Mongolian: гал унтраагуул (gal untraaguul) — device for putting out a fire
  • Navajo: kǫʼ bee niltsésí — device for putting out a fire
  • Norwegian Bokmål: brannslukker — device for putting out a fire
  • Norwegian Bokmål: slokkingsapparat — device for putting out a fire
  • Ossetian: зингхуссӕн (zingxussæn) — device for putting out a fire
  • Iranian Persian: کَپْسولِ آتَشنِشانی (kapsul-e âtaš-nešâni) — device for putting out a fire
  • Polish: gaśnica — device for putting out a fire
  • Portuguese: extintor — device for putting out a fire
  • Portuguese: extintor de incêndio — device for putting out a fire
  • Romanian: extinctor — device for putting out a fire
  • Romanian: stingător — device for putting out a fire
  • Romansh: stizzafieu — device for putting out a fire
  • Russian: огнетуши́тель (ognetušítelʹ) — device for putting out a fire
  • Samoan: tinamū — device for putting out a fire
  • Scottish Gaelic: inneal-smàlaidh — device for putting out a fire
  • Serbo-Croatian: ватрогасни апарат — device for putting out a fire
  • Serbo-Croatian: vatrogasni aparat — device for putting out a fire
  • Slovak: hasiaci prístroj — device for putting out a fire
  • Lower Sorbian: wogeńgasak — device for putting out a fire
  • Upper Sorbian: woheńhašak — device for putting out a fire
  • Upper Sorbian: hašadło — device for putting out a fire
  • Spanish: extintor — device for putting out a fire
  • Spanish: extinguidor — device for putting out a fire
  • Spanish: matafuego — device for putting out a fire
  • Swahili: kizima moto — device for putting out a fire
  • Swedish: brandsläckare — device for putting out a fire
  • Tagalog: pamatay-sunog — device for putting out a fire
  • Tajik: сӯхторхомӯшкунак (süxtorxomüškunak) — device for putting out a fire
  • Tajik: оташхомӯшкунак (otašxomüškunak) — device for putting out a fire
  • Tatar: ут сүндергеч (ut sündergeç) — device for putting out a fire
  • Tetum: bomba hamate ahi — device for putting out a fire
  • Thai: ถังดับเพลิง (tǎng-dàp-pləəng) — device for putting out a fire
  • Tongan: me'a tāmate afi — device for putting out a fire
  • Turkish: söndürücü — device for putting out a fire
  • Turkish: yangın söndürücü — device for putting out a fire
  • Turkmen: söndürücü — device for putting out a fire
  • Ukrainian: вогнега́сник (vohnehásnyk) — device for putting out a fire
  • Uzbek: oʻt oʻchirgich — device for putting out a fire
  • Vietnamese: bình chữa cháy — device for putting out a fire
  • Vietnamese: bình cứu hoả — device for putting out a fire
  • Welsh: diffoddwr tân — device for putting out a fire