Phrase guide

fire station

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The building where firefighters and fire trucks/fire engines are housed when not answering an alarm.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a station housing fire apparatus and firemen

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: firehouse

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: station

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: brandweer-stasie — building for firefighters
  • Afrikaans: brandweerstasie — building for firefighters
  • Arabic: مَرْكَز إطْفَاء (markaz ʔiṭfāʔ) — building for firefighters
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܹܝܬ ܡܲܟ̰ܡܲܥܬܵܐ (bēt mačmaˁtā) — building for firefighters
  • Basque: suhiltzaile etxe — building for firefighters
  • Bulgarian: пожарна (požarna) — building for firefighters
  • Catalan: parc de bombers — building for firefighters
  • Catalan: caserna de bombers — building for firefighters
  • Chinese Mandarin: 消防站 (xiāofángzhàn) — building for firefighters
  • Chinese Mandarin: 消防署 (xiāofángshǔ) — building for firefighters
  • Chinese Mandarin: 消防局 (xiāofángjú) — building for firefighters
  • Czech: hasičská stanice — building for firefighters
  • Danish: brandstation — building for firefighters
  • Central Dusun: balai bumba — building for firefighters
  • Dutch: brandweerkazerne — building for firefighters
  • Esperanto: fajrobrigadujo — building for firefighters
  • Finnish: paloasema — building for firefighters
  • French: caserne de pompiers — building for firefighters
  • Galician: parque de bombeiros — building for firefighters
  • Galician: cuartel de bombeiros — building for firefighters
  • German: Feuerwache — building for firefighters
  • German: Feuerwehrhaus — building for firefighters
  • German: Feuerwehrdepot — building for firefighters
  • Greek: πυροσβεστικός σταθμός (pyrosvestikós stathmós) — building for firefighters
  • Icelandic: slökkviliðsstöð — building for firefighters
  • Ido: incendio-domo — building for firefighters
  • Indonesian: stasiun pemadam kebakaran — building for firefighters
  • Indonesian: SPK — building for firefighters
  • Irish: stáisiún dóiteáin — building for firefighters
  • Italian: caserma dei vigili del fuoco — building for firefighters
  • Italian: stazione dei vigili del fuoco — building for firefighters
  • Japanese: 消防署 (shōbōsho) — building for firefighters
  • Khmer: ស្ថានីយពន្លត់អគ្គីភ័យ (sthaniypônlôtʼâkkiphôy) — building for firefighters
  • Korean: 소방서 (sobangseo) — building for firefighters
  • Macedonian: пожа́рна (požárna) — building for firefighters
  • Macedonian: пожарника́рска ста́ница (požarnikárska stánica) — building for firefighters
  • Malay: balai bomba — building for firefighters
  • Māori: whare tinei ahi — building for firefighters
  • Norwegian Bokmål: brannstasjon — building for firefighters
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: brannstasjon — building for firefighters
  • Polish: remiza — building for firefighters
  • Polish: straż pożarna — building for firefighters
  • Portuguese: posto de bombeiros — building for firefighters
  • Romanian: post de pompieri — building for firefighters
  • Romanian: post contra-incendiu — building for firefighters
  • Romanian: stație de pompieri — building for firefighters
  • Russian: пожа́рная ста́нция (požárnaja stáncija) — building for firefighters
  • Russian: пожа́рное депо́ (požárnoje dɛpó) — building for firefighters
  • Northern Sami: jáddadanstašuvdna — building for firefighters
  • Slovene: gasilski dom — building for firefighters
  • Spanish: parque de bomberos — building for firefighters
  • Spanish: estación de bomberos — building for firefighters
  • Spanish: cuartel de bomberos — building for firefighters
  • Swedish: brandstation — building for firefighters
  • Tagalog: himpilan ng bombero — building for firefighters
  • Tagalog: estasyon ng bombero — building for firefighters
  • Tamil: தீயணைப்பு நிலையம் (tīyaṇaippu nilaiyam) — building for firefighters
  • Tetum: postu-bombeiru — building for firefighters
  • Thai: สถานีดับเพลิง (sà-tǎa-nii-dàp-pləəng) — building for firefighters
  • Turkish: itfaiye istasyonu — building for firefighters
  • Ukrainian: поже́жна ста́нція (požéžna stáncija) — building for firefighters
  • Ukrainian: поже́жне депо́ (požéžne depó) — building for firefighters
  • Vietnamese: trạm cứu hỏa — building for firefighters