firewoman

English

Etymology

From fire +‎ -woman.

Noun

firewoman (plural firewomen)

a firewoman (sense 1) serving in the United States Forest Service

1. A female firefighter.
2. A female fireman (person who heats a steam engine).

Hypernyms

• (rare) fireperson
• firefighter

Translations

female firefighter

• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܟ̰ܡܸܥܵܢܬܵܐ f (māčmiʿanta)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 女消防員／女消防员 (nǚ xiāofángyuán),

• Czech: hasička f
• Dutch: brandweervrouw (nl) f, vrouwelijke brandbestrijder
• Esperanto: fajroestingistino
• French: pompière (fr) f
• Galician: bombeira
• German: Feuerwehrfrau (de) f
• Italian: pompiera f
• Japanese: 女性消防士 (josei shōbōshi)
• Korean: 여자 소방수 (yeoja sobangsu)
• Latin: (male or female) ^{(please verify)} vigil ignis nom., ^{(please verify)} vigilis ignis gen.
• Macedonian: пожарника́рка f (požarnikárka)
• Portuguese: bombeira f
• Romanian: femeie-pompier f
• Russian: же́нщина-пожа́рный f (žénščina-požárnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: bean-smàlaidh f
• Spanish: bombera (es)
• Volapük: (♂♀) lefilapoldan (vo), (♂) lefilahipoldan, (♀) lefilajipoldan