wildfire

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• /ˈwaɪldˌfaɪər/
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Inherited from Middle English wilde fyr, wilde fire, wylde fyre, from Old English wilde fȳr. By surface analysis, wild + fire.

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: حَرِيق هَائِل (ḥarīq hāʔil) — rapidly spreading fire
• Bashkir: үрт (ürt) — rapidly spreading fire
• Bengali: দাবানল (dabanol) — rapidly spreading fire
• Bulgarian: горски пожар (gorski požar) — rapidly spreading fire
• Catalan: incendi forestal — rapidly spreading fire
• Cherokee: ᏕᎦᎵᎬ (degaligv) — rapidly spreading fire
• Chinese Mandarin: 山火 (shānhuǒ) — rapidly spreading fire
• Chinese Mandarin: 野火 (yěhuǒ) — rapidly spreading fire
• Chinese Mandarin: 林火 (línhuǒ) — rapidly spreading fire
• Chinese Mandarin: 森林大火 (sēnlín dàhuǒ) — rapidly spreading fire
• Chinese Mandarin: 森林火災 /森林火灾 (sēnlín huǒzāi) — rapidly spreading fire
• Esperanto: arbara incendio — rapidly spreading fire
• Finnish: maastopalo — rapidly spreading fire
• Finnish: kulovalkea — rapidly spreading fire
• French: feu de forêt — rapidly spreading fire
• French: FdF — rapidly spreading fire
• French: incendie de forêt — rapidly spreading fire
• Galician: incendio forestal — rapidly spreading fire
• Georgian: ტყის ხანძარი (ṭq̇is xanʒari) — rapidly spreading fire
• German: Lauffeuer — rapidly spreading fire
• German: Waldbrand — rapidly spreading fire
• Hungarian: futótűz — rapidly spreading fire
• Italian: incendio boschivo — rapidly spreading fire
• Japanese: 山火事 (yama kaji) — rapidly spreading fire
• Japanese: 山林火災 (sanrin kasai) — rapidly spreading fire
• Japanese: 森林火災 (shinrinkasai) — rapidly spreading fire
• Korean: 산불 (sanbul) — rapidly spreading fire
• Malayalam: കാട്ടുതീ (kāṭṭutī) — rapidly spreading fire
• Marathi: वणवा (vaṇvā) — rapidly spreading fire
• Middle English: wilde fyr — rapidly spreading fire
• Old English: wilde fȳr — rapidly spreading fire
• Persian: آتشسوزی (âtaš-suzi) — rapidly spreading fire
• Polish: niekontrolowany ogień — rapidly spreading fire
• Portuguese: incêndio florestal — rapidly spreading fire
• Punjabi: ਜੰਗਲੀ ਅੱਗ (jaṅglī agga) — rapidly spreading fire
• Romanian: incendiu de pădure — rapidly spreading fire
• Russian: пожа́р (požár) — rapidly spreading fire
• Russian: лесно́й пожа́р (lesnój požár) — rapidly spreading fire
• Spanish: incendio forestal — rapidly spreading fire
• Spanish: fuego incontrolado — rapidly spreading fire
• Spanish: incendio salvaje — rapidly spreading fire
• Swedish: löpeld — rapidly spreading fire
• Tamil: காட்டுத்தீ (kāṭṭuttī) — rapidly spreading fire
• Telugu: దావాగ్ని (dāvāgni) — rapidly spreading fire
• Tetum: inséndiu — rapidly spreading fire
• Vietnamese: chất cháy — rapidly spreading fire
• Welsh: tanau gwyllt — rapidly spreading fire
• Finnish: ruusu — spreading disease of the skin
• Middle English: wilde fyr — spreading disease of the skin
• Polish: potówki głębokie — spreading disease of the skin
• Welsh: clefyd tân gwyllt — spreading disease of the skin
• Finnish: kulovalkea — something that acts quickly and uncontrollably
• Polish: ogień — something that acts quickly and uncontrollably
• Tamil: காட்டுத்தீ (kāṭṭuttī) — something that acts quickly and uncontrollably
• Welsh: tân gwyllt — something that acts quickly and uncontrollably