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fire escape en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. Any of the series of emergency doors, ladders, or stairs used to evacuate a building if a fire breaks out.
   • Eight ladies with Ugandan associations had ascended the fire escape and were making their way through his room. 1975, Private Eye, numbers 340–366, page 198:
2. The entire escape route viewed as a whole.
3. (historical) Any apparatus designed to allow people to escape a burning building, such as a canvas tube for sliding down.

Forms

Synonyms

emergency stairs · emergency escape · emergency exit · fire stairs

Translations (53)

tr yangın çıkışı (emergency escape route) · nl brandtrap (emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class) · ca escala d'incendis (emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class) · ja 非常階段 (emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class) · da nødudgang (emergency escape route) · ro ieșire de urgență (emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class) · ja 防火扉 (emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class) · ru пожа́рная ле́стница (emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class) · es vía de escape (emergency escape route) · pt saída de incêndio (emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class) · pl wyjście ewakuacyjne (emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class) · ko 비상출구 (emergency escape route) · sv nödutgång (emergency escape route) · cs únikový východ (emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class) · cmn 消防梯 (emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class) · da brandstige (emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class) · ko 비상계단 (emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class) · cmn 太平梯 (emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class) · cy dihangfa dân (emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class) · tl hagdanlabasan (emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class) · pl droga ewakuacyjna (emergency escape route) · es vía de evacuación (emergency escape route) · es ruta de evacuación (emergency escape route) · it percorso di emergenza (emergency escape route) · ar مخرج طوارئ (emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class) · de Notausgang (emergency escape route) · it uscita di sicurezza (emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class) · ro ieșire de incendiu (emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class) · cmn 逃生梯 (emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class) · cmn 逃生路線 /逃生路线 (emergency escape route) · fr échelle de sauvetage (emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class) · pdt Fialada (emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class) · da brandtrappe (emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class) · de Notausgang (emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class) · es escalera de escape de incendios (emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class) · fr escalier de secours (emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class) · fi hätäpoistumistie (emergency escape route) · cs úniková cesta (emergency escape route) · ja 避難路 (emergency escape route) · it uscita di emergenza (emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class) · fi paloportaat (emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class) · sv brandtrappa (emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class) · hu tűzlépcső (emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class) · nl nooduitgang (emergency escape route) · pl wyjście pożarowe (emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class) · tr yangın çıkışı (emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class) · el έξοδος διαφυγής (emergency escape route) · es ruta de salida (emergency escape route) · cs nouzový východ (emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class) · cy dihangfa argyfwng (emergency escape route) · es escalera de incendios (emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class) · ja 火災非難設備 (emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class) · fi hätäuloskäynti (emergency escape route)