firefighter
/ˈfaɪə(ɹ)ˌfaɪ.tə(ɹ)/US/ˈfaɪ.ɚˌfaɪ.tɚ/
firefighter noun: a person who has been trained to put out fires.
Noun
firefighter (plural firefighters)
- A person who has been trained to put out fires.
- 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...2014 September 19, Andrew Gumbel, “California's burning up: firefighters rush to the scene as major wildfires scorch the state”, in The Guardian
- Synonyms:
- fireperson, smoke eater
- Antonyms:
- firestarter
firefighter meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
firefighter in Hindi
- person who puts out fires
- अग्निशमक agniśmak
firefighter in Tamil
- தீயணைப்பு வீரர்
firefighter in Marathi
- अग्निशमन कर्मचारी, अग्निशामक
firefighter in Urdu
- فائر فائٹر
More languagesFewer languages
- firefighter in Bengali
- অগ্নিনির্বাপক কর্মী
- firefighter in Malayalam
- അഗ്നിശമന സേനാംഗം, അഗ്നിശമനസേനാംഗം, അഗ്നിരക്ഷാസേനാംഗം
- firefighter in Punjabi
- ਫਾਇਰ ਫਾਈਟਰ
- firefighter in Gujarati
- અગ્નિશામક, ફાયર ફાઇટર, ફાયર ફાઈટર
- firefighter in Odia
- ଅଗ୍ନି ନିର୍ବାପକ କର୍ମୀ, ଅଗ୍ନିଶମ କର୍ମୀ
- firefighter in Nepali
- अग्निशामक, फायर फाइटर
- firefighter in Tagalog
- bumbero, tagapatay-sunog
- firefighter in Arabic
- إِطْفَائِيّ ʔiṭfāʔiyy
- firefighter in Malay
- ahli bomba
- firefighter in Indonesian
- pemadam kebakaran
- firefighter in Thai
- พนักงานดับเพลิง pá-nák-ngaan-dàp-pləəng
- firefighter in Vietnamese
- lính cứu hỏa
Examples of firefighter in a sentence
- My daughter, Johanna, wants to be a firefighter very much. She has a lot of ambition.
- The firefighters told us to evacuate the area as the flames approached.
- The firefighters decided to evacuate all the inhabitants from the street.
Synonyms of firefighter
Antonyms
Forms of firefighter
| plural | firefighters |
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Origin of firefighter
From fire + fighter. Created as a gender-neutral term for fireman and firewoman.
Words formed from firefighter
Questions about firefighter
- What does firefighter mean?
- Firefighter means a person who has been trained to put out fires.
- What is firefighter in Hindi?
- Firefighter in Hindi is अग्निशमक (agniśmak). See Firefighter meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is firefighter?
- Firefighter is a noun.
- How do you pronounce firefighter?
- Firefighter is pronounced /ˈfaɪə(ɹ)ˌfaɪ.tə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of firefighter?
- The plural of firefighter is firefighters.
Words near firefighter in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: firefighter (page history and authors); firefighter (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); firefighter (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); firefighter (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); firefighter (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); firefighter (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); firefighter (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); firefighter (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); firefighter (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); firefighter (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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