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forest fire

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

2

noun

Meaning 2

an uncontrolled fire in a wooded area

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fire

Narrower terms: crown fire, ground fire, surface fire

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: incendi forestal — fire
  • Chinese Cantonese: 林火 (lam5 fo2) — fire
  • Chinese Cantonese: 山火 (saan1 fo2) — fire
  • Chinese Mandarin: 林火 (línhuǒ) — fire
  • Chinese Mandarin: 森林大火 (sēnlín dàhuǒ) — fire
  • Chinese Mandarin: 森林火災 /森林火灾 (sēnlín huǒzāi) — fire
  • Danish: skovbrand — fire
  • Dutch: bosbrand — fire
  • Esperanto: arbara incendio — fire
  • Faroese: skógareldur — fire
  • Finnish: metsäpalo — fire
  • French: feu de forêt — fire
  • French: FdF — fire
  • Galician: incendio forestal — fire
  • Galician: lume — fire
  • Galician: incendio — fire
  • Georgian: ტყის ხანძარი (ṭq̇is xanʒari) — fire
  • German: Waldbrand — fire
  • Greek: αγροτοδασική πυρκαγιά (agrotodasikí pyrkagiá) — fire
  • Hungarian: erdőtűz — fire
  • Icelandic: skógareldur — fire
  • Indonesian: kebakaran hutan — fire
  • Irish: dóiteán foraoise — fire
  • Japanese: 森林火災 (shinrinkasai) — fire
  • Japanese: 山林火災 (sanrin kasai) — fire
  • Japanese: 山火事 (yamakaji) — fire
  • Kannada: ಹಳುವು ಕಿಚ್ಚು (haḷuvu kiccu) — fire
  • Kannada: ದಾವಾನಲ (dāvānala) — fire
  • Korean: 산불 (sanbul) — fire
  • Marathi: वणवा (vaṇvā) — fire
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skogbrann — fire
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skogbrann — fire
  • Polish: pożar lasu — fire
  • Portuguese: incêndio florestal — fire
  • Romanian: incendiu de pădure — fire
  • Russian: лесно́й пожа́р (lesnój požár) — fire
  • Spanish: incendio forestal — fire
  • Swedish: skogsbrand — fire
  • Tagalog: asga — fire
  • Tamil: காட்டுத்தீ (kāṭṭuttī) — fire
  • Tetum: inséndiu — fire
  • Thai: ไฟป่า (fai-bpàa) — fire
  • Ukrainian: лісова́ поже́жа (lisová požéža) — fire
  • Vietnamese: cháy rừng — fire