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arsonist

arsonist

English

Noun

arsonist ‎(plural arsonists)

One who has committed the act of arson, or illegally setting fire to property.

Translations

one who has committed the act of arson, or illegally setting fire to property

Chinese:
Mandarin: 縱火犯 (zh), 纵火犯 (zh) ‎(zònghuǒfàn)
Czech: žhář (cs) m
Dutch: brandstichter (nl) m
Finnish: tuhopolttaja (fi)
French: incendiaire (fr) m, f
German: Brandstifter (de) m, Brandstifterin (de) f
Greek: εμπρηστής (el) m ‎(empristís)
Hungarian: gyújtogató (hu)
Italian: piromane, incendiario (it)

Japanese: 放火犯 ‎(ほうかはん, hōkahan), 放火魔 ‎(ほうかま, hōkama) (pyromaniac)
Polish: podpalacz m
Portuguese: incendiário (pt)
Romanian: incendiator (ro) m, incendiatoare (ro) f
Russian: поджига́тель (ru) m ‎(podžigátelʹ), поджига́тельница (ru) f ‎(podžigátelʹnica)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: потпаљивач m, паликућа m

Roman: potpaljivač (sh) m, palikuća (sh) m
Spanish: incendiario (es) m, pirómano (es) m
Swedish: mordbrännare c