Meanings
nounfirefighter (plural firefighters)
plural firefighters
- firefightingA person who has been trained to put out fires.
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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 and fire retardant.
2014 September 19, Andrew Gumbel, “California's burning up: firefighters rush to the scene as major wildfires scorch the state”, in The GuardianSynonyms: fireperson, smoke eater · Antonyms: firestarter
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nouna member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires
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Origin
From fire + fighter. Created as a gender-neutral term for fireman and firewoman.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans brandweerman
- brandweermanperson who puts out fires
Arabic إِطْفَائِيّ
- إِطْفَائِيّ (ʔiṭfāʔiyy)person who puts out fires
Basque suhiltzaile
- suhiltzaileperson who puts out fires
Bulgarian пожарника́р, пожарника́рка
- пожарника́р (požarnikár)person who puts out fires
- пожарника́рка (požarnikárka)person who puts out fires
Catalan bomber, bombera
- bomberperson who puts out fires
- bomberaperson who puts out fires
Chinese Mandarin 消防隊員 /消防队员, 消防員 /消防员
- 消防隊員 /消防队员 (xiāofáng duìyuán)person who puts out fires
- 消防員 /消防员 (xiāofángyuán)person who puts out fires
- 消拯員 /消拯员 (xiāozhěngyuán)person who puts out fires
Czech hasič, hasička
- hasičperson who puts out fires
- hasičkaperson who puts out fires
- požárníkperson who puts out fires
- požárniceperson who puts out fires
Danish brandmand
- brandmandperson who puts out fires
Dutch brandweerman, brandweervrouw
- brandweermanperson who puts out fires
- brandweervrouwperson who puts out fires
Esperanto fajroestingisto, fajrobrigadano
- fajroestingistoperson who puts out fires
- fajrobrigadanoperson who puts out fires
- fajrobrigadistoperson who puts out fires
Estonian tuletõrjuja
- tuletõrjujaperson who puts out fires
Finnish palomies, pelastaja
- palomiesperson who puts out fires
- pelastajaperson who puts out fires
- palontorjujaperson who puts out fires
French pompier, pompière
- pompierperson who puts out fires
- pompièreperson who puts out fires
German Feuerwehrmann, Feuerwehrfrau
- Feuerwehrmannperson who puts out fires
- Feuerwehrfrauperson who puts out fires
Greek πυροσβέστης
- πυροσβέστης (pyrosvéstis)person who puts out fires
Hawaiian kanaka kinai ahi
- kanaka kinai ahiperson who puts out fires
Hebrew כַּבַּאי, כַּבָּאִית
- כַּבַּאי (kabái)person who puts out fires
- כַּבָּאִית (kabaít)person who puts out fires
- לוחם אש (loḥém esh)person who puts out fires
- לוחמת אש (loḥémet esh)person who puts out fires
Hindi अग्निशमक
- अग्निशमक (agniśmak)person who puts out fires
Hungarian tűzoltó
- tűzoltóperson who puts out fires
Icelandic slökkviliðsmaður
- slökkviliðsmaðurperson who puts out fires
Indonesian pemadam kebakaran
- pemadam kebakaranperson who puts out fires
Italian vigile del fuoco, pompiere
- vigile del fuocoperson who puts out fires
- pompiereperson who puts out fires
Japanese 消防士, 消防隊員
- 消防士 (shōbōshi)person who puts out fires
- 消防隊員 (shōbō taiin)person who puts out fires
Korean 소방수, 소방관
- 소방수 (sobangsu)person who puts out fires
- 소방관 (sobanggwan)person who puts out fires
Latin siphonarius, vigil ignis
- siphonariusperson who puts out fires
- vigil ignisperson who puts out fires
Latvian ugunsdzēsējs
- ugunsdzēsējsperson who puts out fires
Lithuanian gaisrininkas, gaisrininkė
- gaisrininkasperson who puts out fires
- gaisrininkėperson who puts out fires
Malay ahli bomba
- ahli bombaperson who puts out fires
Māori kaitinei ahi
- kaitinei ahiperson who puts out fires
Norwegian Bokmål brannkonstabel, brannmann
- brannkonstabelperson who puts out fires
- brannmannperson who puts out fires
Polish strażak, strażaczka
- strażakperson who puts out fires
- strażaczkaperson who puts out fires
Portuguese bombeiro, bombeira
- bombeiroperson who puts out fires
- bombeiraperson who puts out fires
Romanian pompier
- pompierperson who puts out fires
Russian пожа́рный, пожа́рная
- пожа́рный (požárnyj)person who puts out fires
- пожа́рная (požárnaja)person who puts out fires
- пожа́рник (požárnik)person who puts out fires
- пожа́рница (požárnica)person who puts out fires
- огнебо́рец (ognebórec)person who puts out fires
Scottish Gaelic neach-smàlaidh
- neach-smàlaidhperson who puts out fires
Slovak hasič, hasička
- hasičperson who puts out fires
- hasičkaperson who puts out fires
- požiarnikperson who puts out fires
- požiarničkaperson who puts out fires
Spanish bombero, bombera
- bomberoperson who puts out fires
- bomberaperson who puts out fires
Swahili mzimamoto
- mzimamotoperson who puts out fires
Swedish brandman, brandsoldat
- brandmanperson who puts out fires
- brandsoldatperson who puts out fires
Tagalog bumbero, tagapatay-sunog
- bumberoperson who puts out fires
- tagapatay-sunogperson who puts out fires
Thai พนักงานดับเพลิง
- พนักงานดับเพลิง (pá-nák-ngaan-dàp-pləəng)person who puts out fires
Turkish itfaiyeci, yangıncı
- itfaiyeciperson who puts out fires
- yangıncıperson who puts out fires
Ukrainian поже́жник, поже́жний
- поже́жник (požéžnyk)person who puts out fires
- поже́жний (požéžnyj)person who puts out fires
- вогнебо́рець (vohnebórecʹ)person who puts out fires
Vietnamese lính cứu hỏa
- lính cứu hỏaperson who puts out fires
Welsh tân-ddiffoddwr
- tân-ddiffoddwrperson who puts out fires
Yiddish פֿײַערלעשער
- פֿײַערלעשער (fayerlesher)person who puts out fires
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APA
firefighter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/firefighter
MLA
“firefighter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/firefighter. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “firefighter,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/firefighter.
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