The fire brigade was on the scene within five minutes of receiving the call.
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Brigade
//bɹɪˈɡeɪd//
Synonyms for "brigade" (77 found)
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Closest matches (16)
Strong matches (23)
Related words (38)
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2 entriesderived
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
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3 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
2 entriesTranslations
63 translations across 37 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- brigade noun (organized group of people)
- brigade noun (military unit)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- τάγμα noun (military unit)
Arabic
1 entries- لِوَاء noun (military unit)
Armenian
2 entries- բրիգադ noun (organized group of people)
- բրիգադ noun (military unit)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- briqada noun (military unit)
Belarusian
2 entries- брыга́да noun (organized group of people)
- брыга́да noun (military unit)
Bulgarian
3 entries- брига́да noun (military unit)
- кома́нда noun (organized group of people)
- отря́д noun (organized group of people)
Catalan
2 entries- brigada noun (organized group of people)
- brigada noun (military unit)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 旅 noun (military unit)
- 旅團 /旅团 noun (military unit)
- 班 noun (organized group of people)
- 隊 /队 noun (organized group of people)
Czech
2 entries- brigáda noun (organized group of people)
- brigáda noun (military unit)
Esperanto
1 entries- brigado noun (military unit)
Estonian
1 entries- brigaad noun (military unit)
Finnish
4 entries- kunta (e.g. palokunta) noun (organized group of people)
- osasto noun (organized group of people)
- prikaati noun (organized group of people)
- prikaati noun (military unit)
Galician
2 entries- brigada noun (organized group of people)
- brigada noun (military unit)
German
2 entries- Brigade noun (organized group of people)
- Brigade noun (military unit)
Greek
1 entries- ταξιαρχία noun (military unit)
Hebrew
1 entries- חטיבה noun (military unit)
Hungarian
2 entries- brigád noun (organized group of people)
- dandár noun (military unit)
Ingrian
1 entries- brigada noun (military unit)
Italian
1 entries- brigata noun (military unit)
Japanese
1 entries- 旅団 noun (military unit)
Javanese
2 entries- ꦧꦽꦒꦢ noun (organized group of people)
- ꦧꦽꦒꦢ noun (military unit)
Korean
2 entries- 려단 noun (military unit)
- 여단 noun (military unit)
Manx
1 entries- brigaid noun (military unit)
Māori
1 entries- pirikēti noun (military unit)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- لوا noun (military unit)
Polish
2 entries- brygada noun (organized group of people)
- brygada noun (military unit)
Portuguese
1 entries- brigada noun (military unit)
Romanian
1 entries- brigadă noun (military unit)
Russian
4 entries- брига́да noun (organized group of people)
- брига́да noun (military unit)
- кома́нда noun (organized group of people)
- отря́д noun (organized group of people)
Spanish
2 entries- brigada noun (organized group of people)
- brigada noun (military unit)
Swahili
1 entries- brigedi noun (military unit)
Swedish
1 entries- brigad noun (military unit)
Turkish
1 entries- tugay noun (military unit)
Ukrainian
2 entries- брига́да noun (organized group of people)
- брига́да noun (military unit)
Vietnamese
1 entries- lữ đoàn noun (military unit)
Zazaki
1 entries- cems noun (military unit)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
We tried to put out the fire but we were unsuccessful. We had to call the fire brigade.
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The fire brigade arrived to find the house well alight.
Source: tatoeba (3263651)
The fire brigade prevented a fire.
Source: tatoeba (3399406)
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