fireproof

English

Etymology

fire +‎ -proof

Adjective

fireproof (comparative more fireproof, superlative most fireproof)

1. Resistant to damage from fire.

   The fireproof safe will protect documents inside for up to four hours in a standard house fire.

Synonyms

• (resistant to damage from fire): fire-resistant, flame-retardant

Translations

Resistant to damage from fire

• Bulgarian: огнеупорен (bg) (ogneuporen)
• Esperanto: nebrula (eo)
• French: ignifuge (fr)
• German: feuerfest (de)
• Greek: πυρίμαχος (el) (pyrímachos) m αλεξίπυρος (el) (alexípyros) m
• Irish: dódhíonach (ga)
• Japanese: 耐火性の (ja) (たいかせいの, taikasei no)

• Macedonian: огноотпорен (mk) (ognoótporen)
• Persian: نسوز (fa)
• Romanian: rezistent la daune de la foc (ro), ignifug (ro)
• Russian: огнеупорный (ru) (ogneupórnyj), несгораемый (ru) (nesgorájemyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: vatrootporan, nezapaljiv, vatrostalan
• Spanish: ignífugo (es)

Verb

fireproof (third-person singular simple present fireproofs, present participle fireproofing, simple past and past participle fireproofed)

1. To make resistant to damage from fire.

   I hastily fireproofed my clothing somewhat by pouring a bucket of water over myself before dashing into the flames.