English
Firefighters.
Etymology
fire + fighter . Created as a gender-neutral term for fireman and firewoman .
Pronunciation
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Noun
firefighter (plural firefighters )
A person who puts out fires.
Synonyms
Hyponyms
Translations
person who puts out fires
Albanian: zjarrfikësit m
Arabic: إِطْفَائِيّ m ( ʔiṭfāʔiyy )
Armenian: հրշեջ (hy) ( hršeǰ )
Asturian: bomberu m
Basque: suhiltzaile (eu)
Belarusian: пажа́рны m ( pažárny )
Breton: pomper m , paotr an tan m
Bulgarian: пожарника́р m ( požarnikár )
Catalan: bomber (ca) m , bombera (ca) f
Chichewa: ozimitsa moto
Chinese:
Mandarin: 消防隊員 / 消防队员 (zh) ( xiāofáng duìyuán ) , 消防队员 (zh) ( xiāofáng duìyuán ) , 消防員 / 消防员 (zh) ( xiāofángyuán ) , 消防员 (zh) ( xiāofángyuán )
Czech: hasič (cs) m , požárník (cs) m
Danish: brandmand (da) c
Dutch: brandweerman (nl) m , brandweervrouw (nl) f
Esperanto: fajroestingisto , fajrobrigadano , fajrobrigadisto
Estonian: tuletõrjuja
Finnish: palomies (fi) , pelastaja (fi) , palontorjuja
French: pompier (fr) , pompière (fr) f
Galician: bombeiro (gl) m
German: Feuerwehrmann (de) m , Feuerwehrfrau f
Greek: πυροσβέστης (el) m ( pyrosvéstis )
Hebrew: כבאי (he) m ( kabái ) , כבאית (he) f ( kabaít )
Hindi: अग्निशमक m ( agniśmak )
Hungarian: tűzoltó (hu)
Icelandic: slökkviliðsmaður (is) m
Indonesian: pemadam kebakaran (id)
Italian: vigile del fuoco (it) , pompiere (it)
Japanese: 消防士 (ja) ( しょうぼうし, shōbōshi )
Kazakh: өрт сөндіретін ( ört söndıretın ) , өрт сөндіруші ( ört söndıruşı )
Korean: 소방수 (ko) ( sobangsu ) (消防手 (ko) ), 기관병 ( gigwanbyeong )
Latin: vigil ignis m or f , siphonarius m
Latvian: ugunsdzēsējs m
Lithuanian: gaisrininkas m , gaisrininkė f
Luxembourgish: Pompjee m
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Macedonian: пожа́рникар m ( požárnikar )
Malay: ahli bomba
Maori: kaiwhawhai ahi
Mongolian: гал сөнөөгч ( gal sönöögč )
Navajo: kǫʼ yiniłtsésí
Northern Sami: jáddadeaddji
Norwegian:
Bokmål: brannkonstabel m , brannmann m
Nynorsk: brannkonstabel m , brannmann m
Ojibwe: aate'ishkodawewinini
Persian: ماموراتش نشانی
Polish: strażak (pl) m , strażaczka f ( rare )
Portuguese: bombeiro (pt) m
Romanian: pompier (ro) m
Russian: пожа́рный (ru) m ( požárnyj ) , пожа́рная (ru) f ( požárnaja ) , пожа́рник (ru) m ( požárnik ) , пожа́рница (ru) f ( požárnica )
Scottish Gaelic: neach-smàlaidh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ватрогасац m
Roman: vatrogasac (sh) m
Slovak: hasič (sk) m , hasička f
Slovene: gasilec (sl) m
Spanish: bombero (es) m , bombera (es) f
Swahili: mzimamoto
Swedish: brandman (sv) c , brandsoldat (sv) c
Tagalog: bumbero (tl) , tagapatay-sunog
Tajik: муборизи оташ ( muboriz-i otaš ) , сӯхторхомушкунӣ ( süxtorxomuškuni )
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: itfaiyeci (tr)
Ukrainian: поже́жний m ( požéžnyj )
Uzbek: oʻchiruvchi (uz)
Vietnamese: lính cứu hỏa
Volapük: lefilapoldan (vo) m or f , lefilahipoldan m , lefilajipoldan f
Yiddish: פײַערלעשער m ( fayerlesher )
See also