forest fire

noun

A fire, often large, that consumes a forest or woodland.

“If the forest fire is not contained soon the town will be at risk!”

Meanings

nounforest fire (plural forest fires)

plural forest fires

  1. A fire, often large, that consumes a forest or woodland.

    If the forest fire is not contained soon the town will be at risk!

    Synonyms: bush fire, wildfire, hill fire

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA fire, often large, that consumes a forest or woodland.

Translations

Catalan incendi forestal
  • incendi forestalfire
Chinese Cantonese 林火, 山火
  • 林火 (lam⁵ fo²)fire
  • 山火 (saan¹ fo²)fire
Chinese Mandarin 林火, 森林大火
  • 林火 (línhuǒ)fire
  • 森林大火 (sēnlín dàhuǒ)fire
  • 森林火災 /森林火灾 (sēnlín huǒzāi)fire
Danish skovbrand
  • skovbrandfire
Dutch bosbrand
  • bosbrandfire
Esperanto arbara incendio
  • arbara incendiofire
Finnish metsäpalo
  • metsäpalofire
French feu de forêt, FdF
  • feu de forêtfire
  • FdFfire
German Waldbrand
  • Waldbrandfire
Greek αγροτοδασική πυρκαγιά
  • αγροτοδασική πυρκαγιά (agrotodasikí pyrkagiá)fire
Hungarian erdőtűz
  • erdőtűzfire
Icelandic skógareldur
  • skógareldurfire
Indonesian kebakaran hutan
  • kebakaran hutanfire
Irish dóiteán foraoise
  • dóiteán foraoisefire
Japanese 森林火災, 山林火災
  • 森林火災 (shinrinkasai)fire
  • 山林火災 (sanrin kasai)fire
  • 山火事 (yamakaji)fire
Korean 산불
  • 산불 (sanbul)fire
Norwegian Bokmål skogbrann
  • skogbrannfire
Polish pożar lasu
  • pożar lasufire
Portuguese incêndio florestal
  • incêndio florestalfire
Romanian incendiu de pădure
  • incendiu de pădurefire
Russian лесно́й пожа́р
  • лесно́й пожа́р (lesnój požár)fire
Spanish incendio forestal
  • incendio forestalfire
Swedish skogsbrand
  • skogsbrandfire
Tagalog asga
  • asgafire
Tamil காட்டுத்தீ
  • காட்டுத்தீ (kāṭṭuttī)fire
Thai ไฟป่า
  • ไฟป่า (fai-bpàa)fire
Ukrainian лісова́ поже́жа
  • лісова́ поже́жа (lisová požéža)fire
Vietnamese cháy rừng
  • cháy rừngfire
Cite this entry
APA

forest fire. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forest%20fire

MLA

“forest fire.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forest%20fire. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forest fire,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forest%20fire.

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