"wildfire" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈwaɪldˌfaɪɚ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wildfire.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-wildfire.wav [US] Forms: wildfires [plural]
Etymology: From Old English wilde fȳr. Equivalent to wild + fire. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|wilde fȳr}} Old English wilde fȳr, {{compound|en|wild|fire}} wild + fire Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} wildfire (countable and uncountable, plural wildfires)
  1. A rapidly spreading fire, especially one occurring in a wildland area. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: forest fire Translations (rapidly spreading fire): حَرِيق هَائِل (ḥarīq hāʔil) [masculine] (Arabic), үрт (ürt) (Bashkir), দাবানল (dabanol) (Bengali), горски пожар (gorski požar) [masculine] (Bulgarian), incendi forestal [masculine] (Catalan), ᏕᎦᎵᎬ (degaligv) (Cherokee), 山火 (shānhuǒ) (Chinese Mandarin), 野火 (yěhuǒ) (Chinese Mandarin), 林火 (línhuǒ) (Chinese Mandarin), 森林大火 (sēnlín dàhuǒ) (Chinese Mandarin), 森林火災 (Chinese Mandarin), 森林火灾 (sēnlín huǒzāi) (Chinese Mandarin), arbara incendio (Esperanto), maastopalo (Finnish), kulovalkea (Finnish), feu de forêt (english: forest fire) [masculine] (French), FdF [jargon, masculine] (French), incendie de forêt [masculine] (French), incendio forestal [masculine] (Galician), ტყის ხანძარი (ṭq̇is xanʒari) (Georgian), Lauffeuer [neuter] (German), Waldbrand (english: forest fire) [masculine] (German), futótűz (Hungarian), incendio boschivo [masculine] (Italian), 山火事 (yama kaji) (alt: やまかじ) (Japanese), 山林火災 (sanrin kasai) (alt: さんりんかさい) (Japanese), 森林火災 (shinrinkasai) (alt: しんりんかさい) (Japanese), 산불 (sanbul) (Korean), കാട്ടുതീ (kāṭṭutī) (Malayalam), wilde fȳr [neuter] (Old English), آتشسوزی (âtaš-suzi) (Persian), incêndio florestal (Portuguese), ਜੰਗਲੀ ਅੱਗ (jaṅglī agga) [feminine] (Punjabi), incendiu de pădure [neuter] (Romanian), пожа́р (požár) [masculine] (Russian), лесно́й пожа́р (lesnój požár) [masculine] (Russian), incendio forestal (english: forest fire) [masculine] (Spanish), fuego incontrolado [masculine] (Spanish), löpeld (Swedish), దావాగ్ని (dāvāgni) (Telugu), inséndiu (Tetum), chất cháy (Vietnamese), tanau gwyllt [masculine, plural] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-wildfire-en-noun-BDiGoAYA Disambiguation of 'rapidly spreading fire': 57 22 10 11
  2. (historical) Greek fire, Byzantine fire. Tags: countable, historical, uncountable Categories (topical): Fire
    Sense id: en-wildfire-en-noun-AMlFprY9 Disambiguation of Fire: 24 58 9 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 60 12 13 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 20 57 12 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 64 13 7
  3. (dermatology) A spreading disease of the skin, particularly erysipelas. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Dermatology Translations (spreading disease of the skin): ruusu (english: erysipelas) (Finnish), clefyd tân gwyllt [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-wildfire-en-noun-denOwJ4a Topics: dermatology, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'spreading disease of the skin': 14 4 78 5
  4. (figuratively) Something that acts or spreads quickly and uncontrollably. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable Translations (something that acts quickly and uncontrollably): kulovalkea (Finnish), tân gwyllt [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-wildfire-en-noun-M9PjgKUM Disambiguation of 'something that acts quickly and uncontrollably': 11 14 4 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: spread like wildfire, wildfire-fighter Related terms: conflagration

Inflected forms

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          "english": "forest fire",
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    "English adjective-noun compound nouns",
    "English compound terms",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
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      "word": "spread like wildfire"
    },
    {
      "word": "wildfire-fighter"
    }
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "2": "wild",
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    }
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    }
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        "A rapidly spreading fire, especially one occurring in a wildland area."
      ],
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          "rapidly"
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          "wildland"
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          "word": "forest fire"
        }
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        "uncountable"
      ]
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        "English terms with historical senses"
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        "Greek fire, Byzantine fire."
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          "Greek fire"
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          "Byzantine fire",
          "Byzantine fire"
        ]
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        "(historical) Greek fire, Byzantine fire."
      ],
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        "historical",
        "uncountable"
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      "categories": [
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        "A spreading disease of the skin, particularly erysipelas."
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          "dermatology"
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          "skin"
        ],
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          "erysipelas"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dermatology) A spreading disease of the skin, particularly erysipelas."
      ],
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
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        "dermatology",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
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        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2015 January 18, Monty Munford, “What’s the point of carrying a mobile phone nowadays?”, in The Daily Telegraph",
          "text": "So, it appears a revolution has happened and a very unexpected one. Of course it was only a matter of time before it happened. With WiFi connectivity spreading faster than wildfire and a laptop or tablet in one’s bag, what’s the point of a mobile nowadays?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 December 9, Rachel Felder, “These Timex Dials Were Designed With a Jeweler’s Eye”, in The New York Times",
          "text": "“It was my own personal watch and I wanted to change the face,” she said in an interview during a recent business trip to New York. “I started wearing it, and it was wildfire — everybody wanted one.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Something that acts or spreads quickly and uncontrollably."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "quickly",
          "quickly"
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        [
          "uncontrollably",
          "uncontrollably"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) Something that acts or spreads quickly and uncontrollably."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "figuratively",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwaɪldˌfaɪɚ/"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-wildfire.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f8/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-wildfire.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-wildfire.wav.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥarīq hāʔil",
      "sense": "rapidly spreading fire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "حَرِيق هَائِل"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "ürt",
      "sense": "rapidly spreading fire",
      "word": "үрт"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "dabanol",
      "sense": "rapidly spreading fire",
      "word": "দাবানল"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gorski požar",
      "sense": "rapidly spreading fire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "горски пожар"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "rapidly spreading fire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "incendi forestal"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "degaligv",
      "sense": "rapidly spreading fire",
      "word": "ᏕᎦᎵᎬ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shānhuǒ",
      "sense": "rapidly spreading fire",
      "word": "山火"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yěhuǒ",
      "sense": "rapidly spreading fire",
      "word": "野火"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "línhuǒ",
      "sense": "rapidly spreading fire",
      "word": "林火"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sēnlín dàhuǒ",
      "sense": "rapidly spreading fire",
      "word": "森林大火"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "rapidly spreading fire",
      "word": "森林火災"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sēnlín huǒzāi",
      "sense": "rapidly spreading fire",
      "word": "森林火灾"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "rapidly spreading fire",
      "word": "arbara incendio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rapidly spreading fire",
      "word": "maastopalo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rapidly spreading fire",
      "word": "kulovalkea"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "english": "forest fire",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "rapidly spreading fire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "feu de forêt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "rapidly spreading fire",
      "tags": [
        "jargon",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "FdF"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "rapidly spreading fire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "incendie de forêt"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "rapidly spreading fire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "incendio forestal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṭq̇is xanʒari",
      "sense": "rapidly spreading fire",
      "word": "ტყის ხანძარი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "rapidly spreading fire",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Lauffeuer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "forest fire",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "rapidly spreading fire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Waldbrand"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "rapidly spreading fire",
      "word": "futótűz"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "rapidly spreading fire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "incendio boschivo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "やまかじ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yama kaji",
      "sense": "rapidly spreading fire",
      "word": "山火事"
    },
    {
      "alt": "さんりんかさい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sanrin kasai",
      "sense": "rapidly spreading fire",
      "word": "山林火災"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しんりんかさい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shinrinkasai",
      "sense": "rapidly spreading fire",
      "word": "森林火災"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sanbul",
      "sense": "rapidly spreading fire",
      "word": "산불"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "kāṭṭutī",
      "sense": "rapidly spreading fire",
      "word": "കാട്ടുതീ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "rapidly spreading fire",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "wilde fȳr"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "âtaš-suzi",
      "sense": "rapidly spreading fire",
      "word": "آتشسوزی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "rapidly spreading fire",
      "word": "incêndio florestal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "jaṅglī agga",
      "sense": "rapidly spreading fire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ਜੰਗਲੀ ਅੱਗ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "rapidly spreading fire",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "incendiu de pădure"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "požár",
      "sense": "rapidly spreading fire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пожа́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lesnój požár",
      "sense": "rapidly spreading fire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лесно́й пожа́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "forest fire",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rapidly spreading fire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "incendio forestal"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rapidly spreading fire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fuego incontrolado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "rapidly spreading fire",
      "word": "löpeld"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "dāvāgni",
      "sense": "rapidly spreading fire",
      "word": "దావాగ్ని"
    },
    {
      "code": "tet",
      "lang": "Tetum",
      "sense": "rapidly spreading fire",
      "word": "inséndiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "rapidly spreading fire",
      "word": "chất cháy"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "rapidly spreading fire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "tanau gwyllt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "erysipelas",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "spreading disease of the skin",
      "word": "ruusu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "spreading disease of the skin",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "clefyd tân gwyllt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something that acts quickly and uncontrollably",
      "word": "kulovalkea"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "something that acts quickly and uncontrollably",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tân gwyllt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wildfire"
}

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