firefighter

Noun masculine CEFR C2 Specialized

ˈfaɪə(ɹ)ˌfaɪ.tə(ɹ)

Definitions

A person who has been trained to put out fires.

Equivalents

Españolbombera bombero

Françaispompier pompière

DeutschFeuerwehrfrau Feuerwehrmann Wehrmann

39 more languages

العربيةإطفائي

Azərbaycan diliyanğınsöndürən

Беларускаяпажа́рнік пажа́рны

Catalàbomber

Češtinahasič hasička požárnicepožárník

Ελληνικάπυροσβέστης πυροσβέστρια

Esperantofajrobrigadano fajrobrigadisto fajroestingisto

Eestituletõrjuja

Euskarasuhiltzaile

Suomipalokuntalainen palomies pelastaja

Gàidhligneach-smàlaidh

עבריתכבאי כבאית לוֹחֵם אֵשׁ

हिन्दीअग्निशामक

Magyartűzoltó

Հայերենհրշեջ

Bahasa Indonesiapemadam kebakaran

Íslenskaslökkviliðsmaður

Italianopompiere vigile del fuoco

日本語消防士消防隊員

ភាសាខ្មែរអ្នកលត់ភ្លើង

한국어소방관 소방수

LëtzebuergeschPompjee

Lietuviųgaisrininkas gaisrininkė

Latviešuugunsdzēsējs

Македонскипожарникар пожарникарка

Bahasa Melayuahli bomba

Nederlandsbrandweerman brandweervrouw

Polskipożarnik strażacki strażaczkastrażak

Portuguêsbombeira bombeiro

Românăpompier

Русскийогнеборец пожа́рная пожа́рникпожа́рница пожарный

Shqipzjarrfikës

Svenskabrandman brandsoldat

Kiswahilimzimamoto

ไทยพนักงานดับเพลิง

Tagalogbumbero tagapatay-sunog

Türkçeitfaiyeci yangıncı

Українськавогнебо́рець пожежний поже́жник

Examples

“A firefighter puts water on a burning tree as flames approach ⟳ a containment line, while fighting the King fire near Fresh Pond, California. […] More than 4,000 firefighters have ⟳ rushed to the scene from around the country deploying planes, helicopters and hundreds of thousands of gallons of water and fire retardant.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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See also

firefighter's carry firefighter's rule Firefighters Firefighting Firefights firefinch

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