Meanings
nounfire escape (plural fire escapes)
plural fire escapes
- The entire escape route viewed as a whole.
Synonyms: emergency escape, emergency exit, emergency stairs, fire stairs
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe entire escape route viewed as a whole.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna stairway (often on the outside of a building) that permits exit in the case of fire or other emergency
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Translations
Arabic مخرج طوارئ
- مخرج طوارئemergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
Catalan escala d'incendis
- escala d'incendisemergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
Chinese Mandarin 太平梯, 逃生梯
- 太平梯 (tàipíngtī)emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
- 逃生梯 (táoshēngtī)emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
- 消防梯 (xiāofángtī)emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
- 逃生路線 /逃生路线 (táoshēng lùxiàn)emergency escape route
Czech nouzový východ, únikový východ
- nouzový východemergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
- únikový východemergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
- úniková cestaemergency escape route
Danish brandstige, brandtrappe
- brandstigeemergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
- brandtrappeemergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
- nødudgangemergency escape route
Dutch brandtrap, nooduitgang
- brandtrapemergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
- nooduitgangemergency escape route
Finnish paloportaat, hätäpoistumistie
- paloportaatemergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
- hätäpoistumistieemergency escape route
- hätäuloskäyntiemergency escape route
French échelle de sauvetage, escalier de secours
- échelle de sauvetageemergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
- escalier de secoursemergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
German Notausgang, Notausgang
- Notausgangemergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
- Notausgangemergency escape route
Greek έξοδος διαφυγής
- έξοδος διαφυγής (éxodos diafygís)emergency escape route
Hungarian tűzlépcső
- tűzlépcsőemergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
Italian uscita di sicurezza, uscita di emergenza
- uscita di sicurezzaemergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
- uscita di emergenzaemergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
- percorso di emergenzaemergency escape route
Japanese 火災非難設備, 防火扉
- 火災非難設備 (kasai hinan setsubi)emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
- 防火扉 (bōkatobira)emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
- 非常階段 (hijō kaidan)emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
- 避難路 (hinanro)emergency escape route
Korean 비상계단, 비상출구
- 비상계단 (bisanggyedan)emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
- 비상출구 (bisangchulgu)emergency escape route
Polish wyjście ewakuacyjne, wyjście pożarowe
- wyjście ewakuacyjneemergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
- wyjście pożaroweemergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
- droga ewakuacyjnaemergency escape route
Portuguese saída de incêndio
- saída de incêndioemergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
Romanian ieșire de incendiu, ieșire de urgență
- ieșire de incendiuemergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
- ieșire de urgențăemergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
Russian пожа́рная ле́стница
- пожа́рная ле́стница (požárnaja léstnica)emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
Spanish escalera de escape de incendios, escalera de incendios
- escalera de escape de incendiosemergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
- escalera de incendiosemergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
- ruta de evacuaciónemergency escape route
- vía de evacuaciónemergency escape route
- vía de escapeemergency escape route
- ruta de salidaemergency escape route
Swedish brandtrappa, nödutgång
- brandtrappaemergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
- nödutgångemergency escape route
Tagalog hagdanlabasan
- hagdanlabasanemergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
Turkish yangın çıkışı, yangın çıkışı
- yangın çıkışıemergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
- yangın çıkışıemergency escape route
Welsh dihangfa dân, dihangfa argyfwng
- dihangfa dânemergency doors, ladders etc. as a class
- dihangfa argyfwngemergency escape route
Cite this entry
APA
fire escape. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fire%20escape
MLA
“fire escape.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fire%20escape. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fire escape,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fire%20escape.
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