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A fire, often large, that consumes a forest or woodland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- If the forest fire is not contained soon the town will be at risk!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
an uncontrolled fire in a wooded area
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fire
Narrower terms: crown fire, ground fire, surface fire
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
incendi forestal
— fire
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Chinese Cantonese:
林火
(lam5 fo2)
— fire
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Chinese Cantonese:
山火
(saan1 fo2)
— fire
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Chinese Mandarin:
林火
(línhuǒ)
— fire
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Chinese Mandarin:
森林大火
(sēnlín dàhuǒ)
— fire
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Chinese Mandarin:
森林火災 /森林火灾
(sēnlín huǒzāi)
— fire
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Danish:
skovbrand
— fire
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Dutch:
bosbrand
— fire
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Esperanto:
arbara incendio
— fire
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Faroese:
skógareldur
— fire
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Finnish:
metsäpalo
— fire
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French:
feu de forêt
— fire
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French:
FdF
— fire
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Galician:
incendio forestal
— fire
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Galician:
lume
— fire
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Galician:
incendio
— fire
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Georgian:
ტყის ხანძარი
(ṭq̇is xanʒari)
— fire
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German:
Waldbrand
— fire
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Greek:
αγροτοδασική πυρκαγιά
(agrotodasikí pyrkagiá)
— fire
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Hungarian:
erdőtűz
— fire
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Icelandic:
skógareldur
— fire
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Indonesian:
kebakaran hutan
— fire
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Irish:
dóiteán foraoise
— fire
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Japanese:
森林火災
(shinrinkasai)
— fire
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Japanese:
山林火災
(sanrin kasai)
— fire
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Japanese:
山火事
(yamakaji)
— fire
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Kannada:
ಹಳುವು ಕಿಚ್ಚು
(haḷuvu kiccu)
— fire
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Kannada:
ದಾವಾನಲ
(dāvānala)
— fire
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Korean:
산불
(sanbul)
— fire
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Marathi:
वणवा
(vaṇvā)
— fire
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Norwegian Bokmål:
skogbrann
— fire
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
skogbrann
— fire
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Polish:
pożar lasu
— fire
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Portuguese:
incêndio florestal
— fire
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Romanian:
incendiu de pădure
— fire
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Russian:
лесно́й пожа́р
(lesnój požár)
— fire
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Spanish:
incendio forestal
— fire
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Swedish:
skogsbrand
— fire
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Tagalog:
asga
— fire
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Tamil:
காட்டுத்தீ
(kāṭṭuttī)
— fire
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Tetum:
inséndiu
— fire
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Thai:
ไฟป่า
(fai-bpàa)
— fire
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Ukrainian:
лісова́ поже́жа
(lisová požéža)
— fire
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Vietnamese:
cháy rừng
— fire