Meanings
plural emergency exits
- An exit that is designed to allow rapid evacuation in the case of emergencies such as a fire.
As well as their obvious novelty value, the Class 313s offered fast acceleration, those power-operated sliding doors, non-opening passenger windows, closed ventilators to prevent any body part, head or limbs reaching out, drivers' and guards' doors opening inwards, and end doors for emergency exit.
2023 February 22, Howard Johnston, “Southern '313s': is the end now in sight?”, in RAIL, number 977, page 42
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna stairway (often on the outside of a building) that permits exit in the case of fire or other emergency
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans nooduitgang
- nooduitgangexit for evacuation
Arabic مخرج طوارئ
- مخرج طوارئexit for evacuation
Basque larrialdietako irteera
- larrialdietako irteeraexit for evacuation
Bulgarian авари́ен и́зход
- авари́ен и́зход (avaríen ízhod)exit for evacuation
Catalan sortida d'emergència, eixida d'emergència
- sortida d'emergènciaexit for evacuation
- eixida d'emergènciaexit for evacuation
Chinese Mandarin 太平門 /太平门, 緊急出口 /紧急出口
- 太平門 /太平门 (tàipíngmén)exit for evacuation
- 緊急出口 /紧急出口 (jǐnjí chūkǒu)exit for evacuation
- 安全門 /安全门 (ānquánmén)exit for evacuation
- 安全出口 (ānquán chūkǒu)exit for evacuation
Czech nouzový východ
- nouzový východexit for evacuation
Danish nødudgang
- nødudgangexit for evacuation
Dutch nooduitgang
- nooduitgangexit for evacuation
Estonian varuväljapääs
- varuväljapääsexit for evacuation
Finnish hätäuloskäynti
- hätäuloskäyntiexit for evacuation
French sortie de secours, sortie d'urgence
- sortie de secoursexit for evacuation
- sortie d'urgenceexit for evacuation
German Notausgang
- Notausgangexit for evacuation
Greek έξοδος κινδύνου
- έξοδος κινδύνου (éxodos kindýnou)exit for evacuation
Hebrew יציאת חירום
- יציאת חירוםexit for evacuation
Hungarian vészkijárat
- vészkijáratexit for evacuation
Icelandic neyðarútgangur
- neyðarútgangurexit for evacuation
Italian uscita d'emergenza
- uscita d'emergenzaexit for evacuation
Japanese 非常口
- 非常口 (hijōguchi)exit for evacuation
Korean 비상구
- 비상구 (bisanggu)exit for evacuation
Norwegian Bokmål nødutgang
- nødutgangexit for evacuation
Persian خروج اضطراری
- خروج اضطراری (xoruj-e ezterâri)exit for evacuation
Polish wyjście ewakuacyjne, wyjście awaryjne
- wyjście ewakuacyjneexit for evacuation
- wyjście awaryjneexit for evacuation
Portuguese saída de emergência
- saída de emergênciaexit for evacuation
Romanian ieșire de urgență
- ieșire de urgențăexit for evacuation
Russian авари́йный вы́ход
- авари́йный вы́ход (avaríjnyj výxod)exit for evacuation
Spanish salida de auxilio, salida de emergencia
- salida de auxilioexit for evacuation
- salida de emergenciaexit for evacuation
Swedish nödutgång
- nödutgångexit for evacuation
Thai ทางออกฉุกเฉิน
- ทางออกฉุกเฉิน (taang-ɔ̀ɔk chùk-chə̌ən)exit for evacuation
Turkish acil çıkış
- acil çıkışexit for evacuation
Welsh allanfa frys
- allanfa frysexit for evacuation
Cite this entry
emergency exit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emergency%20exit
“emergency exit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emergency%20exit. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “emergency exit,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emergency%20exit.
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