firefighting

See also: fire fighting

English

Alternative forms

• fire fighting

Etymology

From fire +‎ fighting.

Noun

firefighting (uncountable)

1. (firefighting) Extinguishing a fire.
2. The profession of being a firefighter.
3. (by extension, figuratively) Solving an urgent problem.

Translations

action of extinguishing a fire

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 消防 (zh) (xiāofáng)

• Finnish: tulipalon sammuttaminen
• French: lutte contre l’incendie (fr) f
• German: Brandbekämpfung (de) f
• Irish: múchadh dóiteáin m
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• Japanese: 消防 (ja) (shōbō)
• Korean: 소방 (ko) (sobang)
• Macedonian: гаснење пожар n (gasnenje požar)
• Portuguese: extinção de incêndio/incêndios f
• Russian: пожаротуше́ние (ru) n (požarotušénije)
• Swedish: brandbekämpning c

profession

• Afrikaans: brandweer (af)
• Dutch: brandweer (nl) f
• Finnish: palontorjunta (fi), palokuntalaisuus
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• Macedonian: пожарникарство n (požarnikarstvo)
• West Frisian: brânwacht c, brânwar c