"forest fire" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-forest fire.wav [US] Forms: forest fires [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} forest fire (plural forest fires)
  1. A fire, often large, that consumes a forest or woodland. Categories (topical): Fire Synonyms: bush fire [Australian], wildfire, hill fire [Hong-Kong] Derived forms: fresh fucked fox in a forest fire Translations (fire): incendi forestal [masculine] (Catalan), 林火 (lam⁵ fo²) (Chinese Cantonese), 山火 (saan¹ fo²) (Chinese Cantonese), 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), skovbrand [common-gender] (Danish), bosbrand [masculine] (Dutch), arbara incendio (Esperanto), skógareldur [masculine] (Faroese), metsäpalo (Finnish), feu de forêt [masculine] (French), FdF [jargon, masculine] (French), incendio forestal [masculine] (Galician), lume [masculine] (Galician), incendio [masculine] (Galician), ტყის ხანძარი (ṭq̇is xanʒari) (Georgian), Waldbrand [masculine] (German), αγροτοδασική πυρκαγιά (agrotodasikí pyrkagiá) [feminine] (Greek), erdőtűz (Hungarian), skógareldur [masculine] (Icelandic), kebakaran hutan (Indonesian), dóiteán foraoise [masculine] (Irish), 森林火災 (shinrinkasai) (alt: しんりんかさい) (Japanese), 山林火災 (sanrin kasai) (alt: さんりんかさい) (Japanese), 山火事 (yamakaji) (Japanese), ಹಳುವು ಕಿಚ್ಚು (haḷuvu kiccu) (Kannada), 산불 (sanbul) (Korean), skogbrann [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), skogbrann [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), pożar lasu [masculine] (Polish), incêndio florestal [masculine] (Portuguese), incendiu de pădure [neuter] (Romanian), лесно́й пожа́р (lesnój požár) [masculine] (Russian), incendio forestal [masculine] (Spanish), skogsbrand [common-gender] (Swedish), asga (Tagalog), inséndiu (Tetum), ไฟป่า (fai-bpàa) (Thai), лісова́ поже́жа (lisová požéža) [feminine] (Ukrainian), cháy rừng (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "lisová požéža",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "лісова́ поже́жа"
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "fire",
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lesnój požár",
      "sense": "fire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лесно́й пожа́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "incendio forestal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fire",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "skogsbrand"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "fire",
      "word": "asga"
    },
    {
      "code": "tet",
      "lang": "Tetum",
      "sense": "fire",
      "word": "inséndiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "fai-bpàa",
      "sense": "fire",
      "word": "ไฟป่า"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lisová požéža",
      "sense": "fire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лісова́ поже́жа"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "fire",
      "word": "cháy rừng"
    }
  ],
  "word": "forest fire"
}

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