fireproof

See also: fire-proof

English

Etymology

From fire +‎ -proof.

Adjective

fireproof (comparative more fireproof, superlative most fireproof)

1. 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

• fire-proof

Translations

resistant to damage from fire — see also fire-resistant

• 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)

Verb

fireproof (third-person singular simple present fireproofs, present participle fireproofing, simple past and past participle fireproofed)

1. 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.