French Fire Vocabulary πŸš’

Author: Suzanne

How do you say fire in French? It’s “le feu”. Learn the French fire terms with this vocabulary list with English translation.

French Fire Vocabulary πŸ”₯

  1. Le feu – fire (generic term)
  2. des feux – fires
  3. un incendie – fire (as accidental or criminal fire…)
  4. un feu de forΓͺt : forest fire
  5. les flammes (f.pl.) flames
  6. la fumΓ©e : smoke
  7. brΓ»ler : to burn
  8. un pyromane : pyromaniac
  9. un incendie criminel : arson attack
  10. un incendie accidentel : accidental fire
  11. un incendie d’origine Γ©lectrique : a fire of electrical origin

11 Fire Prevention French Terms πŸš’

  1. un (sapeur-) pompier, une femme pompier : firefighter (m,f)
  2. la caserne de pompiers : fire station
  3. la prΓ©vention incendie : fire prevention
  4. un dΓ©tecteur de fumΓ©e : smoke detector / smoke alarm
  5. une sirΓ¨ne d’incendie : fire alarm
  6. un extincteur: fire extinguisher
  7. l’eau (f) : water
  8. une lance Γ  eau : hose (used by firefighters)
  9. la mousse : foam
  10. une batte Γ  feu : fire bat (for brushwood & dry grass fires)
  11. les secours mΓ©dicaux : medical help

26 Fire Related French Words

  1. une sortie de secours : fire escape
  2. le toit : roof
  3. le balcon : balcony
  4. la cage d’escalier : stairwell
  5. la cheminΓ©e : chimney (on roof) ; fireplace (indoors)
  6. l’accΓ¨s des secours : access for firefighters
  7. l’évacuation du lieu : act of moving people away from the area
  8. l’oxygΓ¨ne (m) : oxygen
  9. un appareil respiratoire isolant: insulated breathing apparatus
  10. une urgence : emergency
  11. un dΓ©part de feu : start of the fire
  12. une explosion : explosion
  13. la chaleur intense : intense heat
  14. asphyxier : to suffocate
  15. des gaz toxiques : toxic gases
  16. le risque d’effondrement du bΓ’timent : the risk of the building collapsing
  17. Γ©teindre le feu : to extinguish the fire
  18. le feu est circonscrit/en regression/stabilisΓ©/Γ©teint : the fire is contained/retreating/stabilised/extinguished
  19. le point de rassemblement des victimes : assembly point for victims
  20. une victime : victim (male or female)
  21. un badaud : onlooker
  22. les dΓ©gΓ’ts : damage
  23. un enquΓͺteur / une enquΓͺtrice : investigator
  24. une faille Γ©lectrique : an electrical fault
  25. l’imprudence : carelessness
  26. le non-respect de l’interdiction de fumer : non-compliance with the smoking ban

And now to practice this vocabulary within the context of a story, I invite you to read my free French story with hide/reveal English translations.

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Author: Suzanne

Suzanne

Bonjour ! My name is Suzanne. I am British-born, and have dual British and French nationality. I have been teaching French for the past 40 years, internationally. My husband Peter & I moved to Jugon-Les-Lacs, a charming village in Northern Brittany over 20 years ago, where I offered immersion courses with French Today for 10 years. I now teach locally and via zoom.

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