firefighting

See also: fire fighting

English

Alternative forms

• fire fighting

Etymology

From fire +‎ fighting.

Noun

firefighting (uncountable)

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

Derived terms

• nonfirefighting

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 Greek: πυρόσβεση (el) f (pyrósvesi) Hawaiian: kinai ahi Hindi: अग्निशमन f (agniśman) Irish: múchadh dóiteáin m, smachtú dóiteáin m Japanese: 消防 (ja) (shōbō) Korean: 소방 (ko) (sobang) Macedonian: гаснење пожар n (gasnenje požar) Malayalam: അഗ്നിശമനം (ml) (agniśamanaṁ) Portuguese: extinção de incêndio/incêndios f Russian: пожаротуше́ние (ru) n (požarotušénije) Swedish: brandbekämpning c Tibetan: མེ་གསོད (me gsod) Vietnamese: chữa cháy

profession

Afrikaans: brandweer (af) Dutch: brandweer (nl) f Finnish: palontorjunta (fi), palokuntalaisuus Hebrew: כבאות (he) (kabaút) Hindi: अग्निशामक m (agniśāmak) Macedonian: пожарникарство n (požarnikarstvo) West Frisian: brânwacht c, brânwar c