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See also: fire fighting

English

Alternative forms

fire fighting

Etymology

From fire +‎ fightingCategory:English compound terms#FIREFIGHTING.

Pronunciation

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Noun

firefighting (uncountable)Category:English lemmas#FIREFIGHTING Category:English nouns#FIREFIGHTING Category:English uncountable nouns#FIREFIGHTING Category:English uncountable nouns#FIREFIGHTING Category:English entries with incorrect language header#FIREFIGHTING Category:Pages with entries#FIREFIGHTING Category:Pages with 1 entry#FIREFIGHTING

The extinguishing of a fire.
The profession of being a firefighter.
(by extension, figuratively) Solving an urgent problem.

Derived terms

nonfirefighting

Translations

action of extinguishing a fire

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Chinese:
Mandarin: 消防 (zh) (xiāofáng)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#FIREFIGHTING Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#FIREFIGHTING
Finnish: tulipalon sammuttaminenCategory:Terms with Finnish translations#FIREFIGHTING
French: lutte contre l’incendie (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#FIREFIGHTING
German: Brandbekämpfung (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#FIREFIGHTING
Greek: πυρόσβεση (el) f (pyrósvesi)Category:Terms with Greek translations#FIREFIGHTING
Hawaiian: kinai ahiCategory:Terms with Hawaiian translations#FIREFIGHTING
Hindi: अग्निशमन f (agniśman)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#FIREFIGHTING
Irish: múchadh dóiteáin mCategory:Terms with Irish translations#FIREFIGHTING, smachtú dóiteáin mCategory:Terms with Irish translations#FIREFIGHTING
Japanese: 消防 (ja) (shōbō)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#FIREFIGHTING
Korean: 소방 (ko) (sobang)Category:Terms with Korean translations#FIREFIGHTING
Macedonian: гаснење пожар n (gasnenje požar)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#FIREFIGHTING
Malayalam: അഗ്നിശമനം (ml) (agniśamanaṁ)Category:Terms with Malayalam translations#FIREFIGHTING
Portuguese: extinção de incêndio/incêndios fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#FIREFIGHTING
Russian: пожаротуше́ние (ru) n (požarotušénije)Category:Terms with Russian translations#FIREFIGHTING
Swedish: brandbekämpning cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#FIREFIGHTING
Tibetan: མེ་གསོད (me gsod)Category:Terms with Tibetan translations#FIREFIGHTING
Vietnamese: chữa cháyCategory:Terms with Vietnamese translations#FIREFIGHTING

profession

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Afrikaans: brandweer (af)Category:Terms with Afrikaans translations#FIREFIGHTING
Dutch: brandweer (nl) fCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#FIREFIGHTING
Finnish: palontorjunta (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#FIREFIGHTING, palokuntalaisuusCategory:Terms with Finnish translations#FIREFIGHTING
Frisian:
West Frisian: brânwacht cCategory:Terms with West Frisian translations#FIREFIGHTING, brânwar cCategory:Terms with West Frisian translations#FIREFIGHTING
Hebrew: כבאות (he) (kabaút)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#FIREFIGHTING
Hindi: अग्निशामक m (agniśāmak)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#FIREFIGHTING
Macedonian: пожарникарство n (požarnikarstvo)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#FIREFIGHTING
Turkish: itfaiyecilik (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#FIREFIGHTING, yangıncılık (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#FIREFIGHTING

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