firefighter

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• UK: /ˈfaɪə(ɹ)ˌfaɪ.tə(ɹ)/
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• US: /ˈfaɪ.ɚˌfaɪ.tɚ/
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• CMU ARPABET: F AY1 R F AY2 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From fire + fighter. Created as a gender-neutral term for fireman and firewoman.

131 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: brandweerman — person who puts out fires
• Albanian: zjarrfikës — person who puts out fires
• Arabic: إِطْفَائِيّ (ʔiṭfāʔiyy) — person who puts out fires
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܟ̰ܡܸܥܵܢܵܐ (māčmiʿana) — person who puts out fires
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܟ̰ܡܸܥܵܢܬܵܐ (māčmiʿanta) — person who puts out fires
• Armenian: հրշեջ (hršeǰ) — person who puts out fires
• Asturian: bomberu — person who puts out fires
• Azerbaijani: yanğınsöndürən — person who puts out fires
• Basque: suhiltzaile — person who puts out fires
• Belarusian: пажа́рны (pažárny) — person who puts out fires
• Belarusian: пажа́рнік (pažárnik) — person who puts out fires
• Breton: pomper — person who puts out fires
• Breton: paotr an tan — person who puts out fires
• Bulgarian: пожарника́р (požarnikár) — person who puts out fires
• Bulgarian: пожарника́рка (požarnikárka) — person who puts out fires
• Catalan: bomber — person who puts out fires
• Catalan: bombera — person who puts out fires
• Cheyenne: éno'továhenéhe — person who puts out fires
• Chichewa: ozimitsa moto — person who puts out fires
• Chinese Mandarin: 消防隊員 /消防队员 (xiāofáng duìyuán) — person who puts out fires
• Chinese Mandarin: 消防員 /消防员 (xiāofángyuán) — person who puts out fires
• Chinese Mandarin: 消拯員 /消拯员 (xiāozhěngyuán) — person who puts out fires
• Czech: hasič — person who puts out fires
• Czech: hasička — person who puts out fires
• Czech: požárník — person who puts out fires
• Czech: požárnice — person who puts out fires
• Danish: brandmand — person who puts out fires
• Dutch: brandweerman — person who puts out fires
• Dutch: brandweervrouw — person who puts out fires
• Esperanto: fajroestingisto — person who puts out fires
• Esperanto: fajrobrigadano — person who puts out fires
• Esperanto: fajrobrigadisto — person who puts out fires
• Estonian: tuletõrjuja — person who puts out fires
• Finnish: palomies — person who puts out fires
• Finnish: pelastaja — person who puts out fires
• Finnish: palontorjuja — person who puts out fires
• French: pompier — person who puts out fires
• French: pompière — person who puts out fires
• Galician: bombeiro — person who puts out fires
• Galician: bombeira — person who puts out fires
• Georgian: მეხანძრე (mexanʒre) — person who puts out fires
• German: Feuerwehrmann — person who puts out fires
• German: Feuerwehrfrau — person who puts out fires
• Greek: πυροσβέστης (pyrosvéstis) — person who puts out fires
• Hawaiian: kanaka kinai ahi — person who puts out fires
• Hebrew: כַּבַּאי (kabái) — person who puts out fires
• Hebrew: כַּבָּאִית (kabaít) — person who puts out fires
• Hebrew: לוחם אש (loḥém esh) — person who puts out fires
• Hebrew: לוחמת אש (loḥémet esh) — person who puts out fires
• Hindi: अग्निशमक (agniśmak) — person who puts out fires
• Hungarian: tűzoltó — person who puts out fires
• Icelandic: slökkviliðsmaður — person who puts out fires
• Indonesian: pemadam kebakaran — person who puts out fires
• Ingrian: požarnoi — person who puts out fires
• Italian: vigile del fuoco — person who puts out fires
• Italian: pompiere — person who puts out fires
• Japanese: 消防士 (shōbōshi) — person who puts out fires
• Japanese: 消防隊員 (shōbō taiin) — person who puts out fires
• Kazakh: өрт сөндіруші (ört söndıruşı) — person who puts out fires
• Khmer: អ្នកលត់ភ្លើង (nĕək lŭət phləəng) — person who puts out fires
• Korean: 소방수 (sobangsu) — person who puts out fires
• Korean: 소방관 (sobanggwan) — person who puts out fires
• Northern Kurdish: agirkuj — person who puts out fires
• Ladin: destudafuech — person who puts out fires
• Latin: siphonarius — person who puts out fires
• Latin: vigil ignis — person who puts out fires
• Latvian: ugunsdzēsējs — person who puts out fires
• Lithuanian: gaisrininkas — person who puts out fires
• Lithuanian: gaisrininkė — person who puts out fires
• Luxembourgish: Pompjee — person who puts out fires
• Macedonian: пожарникар (požarnikar) — person who puts out fires
• Macedonian: пожарникарка (požarnikarka) — person who puts out fires
• Malay: ahli bomba — person who puts out fires
• Māori: kaitinei ahi — person who puts out fires
• Mongolian: гал сөнөөгч (gal sönöögč) — person who puts out fires
• Navajo: kǫʼ yiniłtsésí — person who puts out fires
• Norwegian Bokmål: brannkonstabel — person who puts out fires
• Norwegian Bokmål: brannmann — person who puts out fires
• Norwegian Nynorsk: brannkonstabel — person who puts out fires
• Norwegian Nynorsk: brannmann — person who puts out fires
• Ojibwe: aateʼishkodawewinini — person who puts out fires
• Pannonian Rusyn: огньогашец (ohnʹohašec) — person who puts out fires
• Iranian Persian: آتَشنِشان (âtaš-nešân) — person who puts out fires
• Iranian Persian: مَأْمورِ آتَشنِشان (ma'mur-e âtaš-nešân) — person who puts out fires
• Polish: strażak — person who puts out fires
• Polish: strażaczka — person who puts out fires
• Portuguese: bombeiro — person who puts out fires
• Portuguese: bombeira — person who puts out fires
• Romanian: pompier — person who puts out fires
• Russian: пожа́рный (požárnyj) — person who puts out fires
• Russian: пожа́рная (požárnaja) — person who puts out fires
• Russian: пожа́рник (požárnik) — person who puts out fires
• Russian: пожа́рница (požárnica) — person who puts out fires
• Russian: огнеборец (ogneborec) — person who puts out fires
• Northern Sami: jáddadeaddji — person who puts out fires
• Scottish Gaelic: neach-smàlaidh — person who puts out fires
• Serbo-Croatian: ватрога́сац — person who puts out fires
• Serbo-Croatian: vatrogásac — person who puts out fires
• Slovak: hasič — person who puts out fires
• Slovak: hasička — person who puts out fires
• Slovak: požiarnik — person who puts out fires
• Slovak: požiarnička — person who puts out fires
• Slovene: gasilec — person who puts out fires
• Slovene: gasilka — person who puts out fires
• Spanish: bombero — person who puts out fires
• Spanish: bombera — person who puts out fires
• Swahili: mzimamoto — person who puts out fires
• Swedish: brandman — person who puts out fires
• Swedish: brandsoldat — person who puts out fires
• Tagalog: bumbero — person who puts out fires
• Tagalog: tagapatay-sunog — person who puts out fires
• Tajik: муборизи оташ (muboriz-i otaš) — person who puts out fires
• Tajik: сӯхторхомушкунӣ (süxtorxomuškuni) — person who puts out fires
• Tetum: bombeiru — person who puts out fires
• Thai: พนักงานดับเพลิง (pá-nák-ngaan-dàp-pləəng) — person who puts out fires
• Tibetan: མེ་གསོད་མཁན (me gsod mkhan) — person who puts out fires
• Tongan: tangata tāmate-afi — person who puts out fires
• Turkish: itfaiyeci — person who puts out fires
• Turkish: yangıncı — person who puts out fires
• Ottoman Turkish: یانغینجی (yangıncı) — person who puts out fires
• Ukrainian: поже́жник (požéžnyk) — person who puts out fires
• Ukrainian: поже́жний (požéžnyj) — person who puts out fires
• Ukrainian: вогнебо́рець (vohnebórecʹ) — person who puts out fires
• Uzbek: oʻchiruvchi — person who puts out fires
• Vietnamese: lính cứu hỏa — person who puts out fires
• Volapük: lefilapoldan — person who puts out fires
• Volapük: lefilahipoldan — person who puts out fires
• Volapük: lefilajipoldan — person who puts out fires
• Welsh: tân-ddiffoddwr — person who puts out fires
• Yiddish: פֿײַערלעשער (fayerlesher) — person who puts out fires
• Zhuang: bouxsiuhfangz — person who puts out fires