Phrase guide

fire hydrant

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main supply, consisting of a barrel, connections for hose and a valve assembly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: firefighting, government

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fireplug, plug

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hydrant

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: صُنْبُور حَرِيق (ṣunbūr ḥarīq) — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Arabic: صُنْبُور اِطْفَاء حَرِيق (ṣunbūr iṭfāʔ ḥarīq) — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Azerbaijani: hidrant — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Azerbaijani: yanğın hidrantı — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Belarusian: пажа́рны гідра́т (pažárny hidrát) — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Belarusian: гідра́нт (hidránt) — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Bulgarian: пожа́рен кран (požáren kran) — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Bulgarian: хидра́нт (hidránt) — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Catalan: hidrant — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Chinese Mandarin: 消防栓 (xiāofángshuān) — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Chinese Mandarin: 消火栓 (xiāohuǒshuān) — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Chinese Mandarin: 街井 (jiējǐng) — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Chinese Mandarin: 消防龍頭 /消防龙头 (xiāofáng lóngtóu) — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Czech: požární hydrant — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Czech: hydrant — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Danish: brandhane — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Dutch: brandkraan — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Dutch: hydrant — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Esperanto: hidranto — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Estonian: tuletõrjehüdrant — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Finnish: paloposti — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • French: borne d'incendie — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • French: bouche d'incendie — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • French: borne hydrante — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • French: borne-fontaine — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • French: poteau d'incendie — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • German: Hydrant — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • German: Feuerhahn — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Greek: στόμιο υδροληψίας (stómio ydrolipsías) — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Hungarian: tűzcsap — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Icelandic: brunahani — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Indonesian: hidran — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Irish: hiodrant dóiteáin — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Irish: coca dóiteáin — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Italian: idrante — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Japanese: 消火栓 (shōkasen) — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Kazakh: гидрант (gidrant) — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Korean: 소화전 (sohwajeon) — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Kyrgyz: гидрант (gidrant) — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Latvian: ugunsdzēsības hidrants — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Lithuanian: gaisrinis hidrantas — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Macedonian: хидра́нт (hidránt) — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Macedonian: противпожарен хидра́нт (protivpožaren hidránt) — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Malay: pili bomba — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Navajo: kǫʼ bee niltsésí — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hydrant — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Iranian Persian: شیرِ آتَشنِشانی (šir-e âtaš-nešâni) — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Plautdietsch: Fiarua — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Polish: hydrant — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Portuguese: boca de incêndio — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Portuguese: hidrante — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Romanian: gură de incendiu — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Romanian: hidrant — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Russian: пожа́рный гидра́нт (požárnyj gidránt) — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Russian: гидра́нт (gidránt) — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Serbo-Croatian: хѝдрант — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Serbo-Croatian: hìdrant — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Slovak: hydrant — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Slovak: požiarny hydrant — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Slovene: požarni hidrant — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Slovene: hidrant — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Spanish: hidrante — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Spanish: boca de incendio — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Swedish: brandpost — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Tagalog: boka-insendiyo — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Tagalog: bokaysendiyo — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Tajik: гидрант (gidrant) — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Thai: หัวดับเพลิง (hǔua-dàp-pləəng) — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Tibetan: མེ་གསོད་ཆུ་སྒོ། (me gsod chu sgo) — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Turkish: yangın musluğu — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Ukrainian: поже́жний гідра́нт (požéžnyj hidránt) — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Ukrainian: гідра́нт (hidránt) — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Uzbek: gidrant — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Vietnamese: trụ cứu hỏa — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Vietnamese: trụ chữa cháy — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Welsh: hydrant — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Yiddish: הידראַנט (hidrant) — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Yiddish: לעשפּלומפּ (leshplump) — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main
  • Zhuang: donghndaepfeiz — a device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main