"fire escape" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fire escapes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fire escape (plural fire escapes)
  1. Any of the series of emergency doors, ladders, or stairs used to evacuate a building if a fire breaks out. Categories (topical): Emergency services Translations (emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class): مخرج طوارئ (Arabic), escala d'incendis [feminine] (Catalan), 太平梯 (tàipíngtī) (Chinese Mandarin), 逃生梯 (táoshēngtī) (Chinese Mandarin), 消防梯 (xiāofángtī) (Chinese Mandarin), nouzový východ [masculine] (Czech), únikový východ [masculine] (Czech), brandstige [common-gender] (Danish), brandtrappe [common-gender] (Danish), brandtrap (Dutch), paloportaat (english: fire stairs) (Finnish), échelle de sauvetage [feminine] (French), escalier de secours [masculine] (French), Notausgang [masculine] (German), tűzlépcső (Hungarian), uscita di sicurezza [feminine] (Italian), uscita di emergenza [feminine] (Italian), 火災非難設備 (kasai hinan setsubi) (english: equipment) (Japanese), 防火扉 (bōkatobira) (english: fire door) (Japanese), 非常階段 (hijō kaidan) (english: stairs) (Japanese), 비상계단 (bisanggyedan) (english: stairs) (Korean), Fialada [feminine] (Plautdietsch), wyjście ewakuacyjne [neuter] (Polish), wyjście pożarowe [neuter] (Polish), saída de incêndio [feminine] (Portuguese), ieșire de incendiu [feminine] (Romanian), ieșire de urgență [feminine] (Romanian), пожа́рная ле́стница (požárnaja léstnica) [feminine] (Russian), escalera de escape de incendios [feminine] (Spanish), escalera de incendios [feminine] (Spanish), brandtrappa (Swedish), hagdanlabasan (Tagalog), yangın çıkışı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-fire_escape-en-noun-5Ea32mhc Disambiguation of Emergency services: 40 47 13 Disambiguation of 'emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class': 89 7 4
  2. The entire escape route viewed as a whole. Categories (topical): Emergency services Translations (emergency escape route): úniková cesta [feminine] (Czech), nødudgang [common-gender] (Danish), nooduitgang (Dutch), hätäpoistumistie (Finnish), hätäuloskäynti (Finnish), Notausgang [masculine] (German), έξοδος διαφυγής (éxodos diafygís) [feminine] (Greek), percorso di emergenza [masculine] (Italian), 避難路 (hinanro) (Japanese), 비상출구 (bisangchulgu) (Korean), droga ewakuacyjna [feminine] (Polish), ruta de evacuación [feminine] (Spanish), vía de evacuación [feminine] (Spanish), vía de escape [feminine] (Spanish), ruta de salida [feminine] (Spanish), nödutgång [common-gender] (Swedish), yangın çıkışı (Turkish), dihangfa argyfwng [feminine] (Welsh)
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  3. (historical) Any apparatus designed to allow people to escape a burning building, such as a canvas tube for sliding down. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Emergency services
    Sense id: en-fire_escape-en-noun-0Co5XEJt Disambiguation of Emergency services: 40 47 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: emergency escape, emergency exit, emergency stairs, fire stairs

Inflected forms

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      "word": "消防梯"
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      "sense": "emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class",
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      "sense": "emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class",
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      "word": "únikový východ"
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    {
      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "brandstige"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "brandtrappe"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class",
      "word": "brandtrap"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "fire stairs",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class",
      "word": "paloportaat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "échelle de sauvetage"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "escalier de secours"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Notausgang"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class",
      "word": "tűzlépcső"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "uscita di sicurezza"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "uscita di emergenza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "english": "equipment",
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      "roman": "kasai hinan setsubi",
      "sense": "emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class",
      "word": "火災非難設備"
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      "roman": "bōkatobira",
      "sense": "emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class",
      "word": "防火扉"
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      "word": "非常階段"
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      "word": "비상계단"
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      "sense": "emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class",
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      "word": "wyjście ewakuacyjne"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "wyjście pożarowe"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "saída de incêndio"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "ieșire de incendiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "ieșire de urgență"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "požárnaja léstnica",
      "sense": "emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пожа́рная ле́стница"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "escalera de escape de incendios"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "escalera de incendios"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class",
      "word": "brandtrappa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class",
      "word": "hagdanlabasan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "emergency doors, ladders etc. as a class",
      "word": "yangın çıkışı"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "emergency escape route",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "úniková cesta"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "emergency escape route",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "nødudgang"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "emergency escape route",
      "word": "nooduitgang"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "emergency escape route",
      "word": "hätäpoistumistie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "emergency escape route",
      "word": "hätäuloskäynti"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "emergency escape route",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Notausgang"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "éxodos diafygís",
      "sense": "emergency escape route",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "έξοδος διαφυγής"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "emergency escape route",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "percorso di emergenza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hinanro",
      "sense": "emergency escape route",
      "word": "避難路"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bisangchulgu",
      "sense": "emergency escape route",
      "word": "비상출구"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "emergency escape route",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "droga ewakuacyjna"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "emergency escape route",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ruta de evacuación"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "emergency escape route",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vía de evacuación"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "emergency escape route",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "vía de escape"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "emergency escape route",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ruta de salida"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "emergency escape route",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "nödutgång"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "emergency escape route",
      "word": "yangın çıkışı"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "emergency escape route",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dihangfa argyfwng"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fire escape"
  ],
  "word": "fire escape"
}

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