LED

light-emitting diode
light-emitting diode#English

(electronics) LED (light-emitting diode)


soleil

Inherited from Middle French soleil, from Old French soleil, from Vulgar Latin *sōliculus, diminutive of Latin sōl (“sun”), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥.


chandelier

From chandelle + -ier, or from Medieval Latin candelārius. Compare Catalan candeler, Italian candelaio, Spanish candelero.


feu

→ Karipúna Creole French: djife

Inherited from Old French fu, from Latin focus (“hearth”), which in Late and Vulgar Latin replaced the Classical Latin ignis (“fire”).

feux tricolores

feux de signalisation

« Si le feu est vert, je passe »
« Si le feu est rouge, je m’arrête »

1999, Patrick Lemaire, Psychologie cognitive:

‘If the light is green, I go.’
‘If the light is red, I stop.’


chandelle

Haitian Creole: chandèl

→ Norman: chandelle

Inherited from Old French chandele, chandeile, chandoile, from Latin candēla (with a change of suffix to -elle, from Latin -ella). Doublet of candela.


pompier

fr-noun

pompier m (plural pompiers, feminine pompière)


lumière

Inherited from Middle French lumiere f, from Old French lumiere f, from Late Latin lūmināria f (“light”), neuter plural of lūmināre n (“star”) become feminine, ultimately from Latin lūmen n. Doublet of luminaire m.
Compare Occitan lumenaria f and Italian luminaria f.


ampoule

→ English: ampoule

→ Moore: ãmpulli

→ Persian: آمپول (âmpul)

→ Turkish: ampul

→ Laz: ამფული (ampuli)


luminaire

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin lūmināre, from Latin lūmen. Doublet of lumière, which was inherited.


bougie

→ Catalan: bugia

→ English: bougie

→ Greek: μπουζί (bouzí)

→ Gulay: bùjì

→ Romanian: bujie

→ Spanish: bujía

→ Turkish: buji

From Bougie, the French name for the Algerian town of Béjaïa بجاية, formerly known for exporting candle wax.
Attested 1300 for "fine candle wax", and 1493 for "candle made from such wax".


lanterne

→ Danish: lanterne

→ Dutch: lantaarn

→ Norwegian: lanterne

→ Romanian: lanternă

→ Swedish: lanterna


applique

→ Bulgarian: аплик (aplik)

→ Catalan: aplic

→ German: Applike

→ Greek: απλίκα (aplíka)

→ Spanish: aplique

→ Swedish: applick

→ Turkish: aplik

(art) Any type of decoration applied or mounted to another object.


chalumeau

→ English: chalumeau

desc

→ North Levantine Arabic: شلمونة (šalimōne)

→ Turkish: şalümo

Inherited from Old French chalemel, from Late Latin calamellus, diminutive of Latin calamus (“reed”), from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos, “reed”). Doublet of caramel.

oxy-fuel torch (usually oxy-acetylene; used for cutting, welding, etc.)


phare

→ Bulgarian: фар (far)

→ English: phare

→ Khmer: ហ្វារ (faa)

→ Luxembourgish: Phar

→ Macedonian: фар (far)

→ Moore: faare

→ Romanian: far

→ Russian: фара (fara)

→ Crimean Tatar: fara

→ Turkish: far

→ Vietnamese: pha

Borrowed from Latin pharus, itself from Ancient Greek Φάρος (Pháros).


flambeau

→ Dutch: flambouw

→ Spanish: flambó


torche

Inherited from Old French torche, from Vulgar Latin *torca, from torqua, Classical Latin torques, from the verb torqueō (“to twist; to turn”).


lampe de poche

fr-noun

lampe de poche f (plural lampes de poche)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-lampe de poche.wav


attiser

attiser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
attisant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
attisé (participle past)
attise (first-person indicative present singular)
attises (indicative present second-person singular)
attise (indicative present singular third-person)
attisons (first-person indicative plural present)
attisez (indicative plural present second-person)
attisent (indicative plural present third-person)
attisais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
attisais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
attisait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
attisions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
attisiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
attisaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
attisai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
attisas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
attisa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
attisâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
attisâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
attisèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
attiserai (first-person future indicative singular)
attiseras (future indicative second-person singular)
attisera (future indicative singular third-person)
attiserons (first-person future indicative plural)
attiserez (future indicative plural second-person)
attiseront (future indicative plural third-person)
attiserais (conditional first-person singular)
attiserais (conditional second-person singular)
attiserait (conditional singular third-person)
attiserions (conditional first-person plural)
attiseriez (conditional plural second-person)
attiseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
attise (first-person present singular subjunctive)
attises (present second-person singular subjunctive)
attise (present singular subjunctive third-person)
attisions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
attisiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
attisent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
attisasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
attisasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
attisât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
attisassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
attisassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
attisassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
attise (imperative second-person singular)
attisons (first-person imperative plural)
attisez (imperative plural second-person)

Inherited from Old French atisier, from Vulgar Latin *attītiāre, derived from Latin tītiō (“firebrand”).

(transitive, figuratively) to fan the flames of, to stir up (emotion etc.); to inflame


extincteur

Borrowed from Latin exstinctor. See éteindre + -teur.


enflammer

enflammer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
enflammant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
enflammé (participle past)
enflamme (first-person indicative present singular)
enflammes (indicative present second-person singular)
enflamme (indicative present singular third-person)
enflammons (first-person indicative plural present)
enflammez (indicative plural present second-person)
enflamment (indicative plural present third-person)
enflammais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
enflammais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
enflammait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
enflammions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
enflammiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
enflammaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
enflammai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
enflammas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
enflamma (historic indicative past singular third-person)
enflammâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
enflammâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
enflammèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
enflammerai (first-person future indicative singular)
enflammeras (future indicative second-person singular)
enflammera (future indicative singular third-person)
enflammerons (first-person future indicative plural)
enflammerez (future indicative plural second-person)
enflammeront (future indicative plural third-person)
enflammerais (conditional first-person singular)
enflammerais (conditional second-person singular)
enflammerait (conditional singular third-person)
enflammerions (conditional first-person plural)
enflammeriez (conditional plural second-person)
enflammeraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
enflamme (first-person present singular subjunctive)
enflammes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
enflamme (present singular subjunctive third-person)
enflammions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
enflammiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
enflamment (plural present subjunctive third-person)
enflammasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
enflammasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
enflammât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
enflammassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
enflammassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
enflammassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
enflamme (imperative second-person singular)
enflammons (first-person imperative plural)
enflammez (imperative plural second-person)


tison

Inherited from Old French tisun, from Latin tītiōnem. Cognate with Spanish tizón and Catalan tió.

Ô muse de mon cœur, amante des palais, / Auras-tu quand Janvier lâchera ses Borées, / Durant les noirs ennuis des neigeuses soirées, / Un tison pour chauffer tes deux pieds violets ?

1857, Charles Baudelaire, “La Muse vénale”, in Les Fleurs du mal:

firebrand, ember (partially burnt piece of wood)


quinquet

→ Catalan: quinqué

→ Polish: kinkiet

→ Spanish: quinqué

→ Russian: кинкет (kinket)

Named after pharmacist Antoine Quinquet (1745–1803).


phare antibrouillard

fr-noun

phare antibrouillard m (plural phares antibrouillard)


luciole

Envoie toutes sortes de messages / Aux inconnus et lucioles de passage

1975, Yves Simon (lyrics and music), “Raconte-toi”:

Send all sorts of messages / To passing strangers and fireflies


candélabre

Borrowed from Latin candēlābrum, from candēla (“candle”). Doublet of chandelier.


falot

Borrowed from Italian falò, ultimately from Ancient Greek φανός (phanós).


sapeur-pompier

sapeur-pompier m (plural sapeurs-pompiers, feminine sapeuse-pompière)

sapeurs-pompiers (plural)
sapeuse-pompière (feminine)

Coordinate term: marin-pompier


embrasement

From embraser (“to set fire to”) + -ment.


canadair

Genericized trademark. From the company name Canadair, the manufacturer of the only purpose-built waterbomber, from the original version, Canadair CL-215. From English Canada+air, from being a Canadian aircraft manufacturer. Compare Greek καναντέρ (kanantér), Italian canadair, Serbo-Croatian kanader / канадер, Macedonian канадер (kanader)

(France, firefighting, aviation) waterbomber (firefighting aircraft)


chimiluminescence

chimiluminescence f (plural chimiluminescences)


bûcher

pyre (funeral pile; combustible heap on which corpses are burned)


borne-fontaine

borne-fontaine f (plural bornes-fontaines)


borne d'incendie

borne d’incendie f (plural bornes d’incendie)

borne d’ incendie (canonical feminine)
bornes d’incendie (plural)


caserne de pompiers

caserne de pompiers f (plural casernes de pompiers)


mouche à feu

LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-mouche à feu.wav

Possibly a calque of English firefly, but the evidence is not clear.

(Louisiana)


bouche d'incendie

bouche d’incendie f (plural bouches d’incendie)

bouche d’ incendie (canonical feminine)
bouches d’incendie (plural)


lampe de bureau

lampe de bureau f (plural lampes de bureau)


diode électroluminescente

diode électroluminescente f (plural diodes électroluminescentes)

light-emitting diode
light-emitting diode


lampe de chevet

lampe de chevet f (plural lampes de chevet)


lampe à pétrole

lampe à pétrole f (plural lampes à pétrole)


marin-pompier

marin-pompier m (plural marins-pompiers)

Coordinate term: sapeur-pompier

En ce premier grand week-end de chassé-croisé des vacances d’été, les marins-pompiers de Marseille appellent à la plus grande vigilance et rappellent les précautions essentielles en cette période.

2024 July 10, “En période estivale, le rappel essentiel des bonnes pratiques”, in La Provence, page 10:

(France, military) a member of a French marine corps principally concerned with firefighting and search and rescue missions