firefighting
пожаротушение
Brandbekämpfung
The extinguishing of a fireThe extinguishing of a fire.
/ˈfaɪ.əɹˌfaɪ.tɪŋ/
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable)The extinguishing of a fire.
Brandbekämpfung
пожаротуше́ниеpožarotušénije
(uncountable)The profession of being a firefighter.
(broadly, figuratively, uncountable)Solving an urgent problem.
Translations
5 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
action of extinguishing a fire:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
action of extinguishing a fire:
Origin
From fire + fighting.From fire + fighting.
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Word family
1 related wordsDerivednonfirefighting
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable