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English
Etymology
fire + -proof
Adjective
fireproof (comparative more fireproof, superlative most fireproof)
- Resistant to damage from fire.
- Synonyms: fire-resistant, flame-retardant, refractory
The fireproof safe will protect documents inside for up to four hours in a standard house fire.
Alternative forms
Translations
- Bulgarian: огнеупорен (bg) (ogneuporen)
- Catalan: ignífug
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 耐火的 (nàihuǒ de), 防火的 (fánghuǒ de)
- Czech: ohnivzdorný
- Danish: brandsikker
- Esperanto: nebrula
- Finnish: tulenkestävä
- French: ignifuge (fr)
- German: feuerfest (de)
- Greek: πυρίμαχος (el) m (pyrímachos) αλεξίπυρος (el) m (alexípyros)
- Hungarian: tűzálló (hu)
- Irish: dódhíonach, lasairdhíonach, tinedhíonach
- Japanese: 耐火性の (たいかせいの, taikasei no)
- Macedonian: огноо́тпорен (ognoótporen)
- Malay: kalis api
- Maori: ārai ahi
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: brannsikker, ildfast (no)
- Nynorsk: brannsikker
- Persian: نسوز (fa)
- Polish: niepalny, ognioodporny (pl), ogniotrwały (pl), przeciwogniowy, żaroodporny (pl)
- Portuguese: à prova de fogo
- Romanian: rezistent la daune de la foc, ignifug (ro)
- Russian: огнеупо́рный (ru) (ogneupórnyj), несгора́емый (ru) (nesgorájemyj)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Roman: vatrootporan, nezapaljiv (sh), vatrostalan (sh)
- Spanish: ignífugo (es)
- Uyghur: يانماس (yanmas), ئوت ئالماس (ot almas)
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Verb
fireproof (third-person singular simple present fireproofs, present participle fireproofing, simple past and past participle fireproofed)
- To make resistant to damage from fire.
- I hastily fireproofed my clothing somewhat by pouring a bucket of water over myself before dashing into the flames.