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10 Language-to-English Dictionariestravailleur d'urgence
Pronunciation / Transliteration: travailleur d'urgence
"Les travailleurs d'urgence sont arrivés rapidement sur les lieux."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A person professionally employed in providing critical services during crises, such as firefighters, paramedics, and police officers.
"Emergency workers rushed to the scene of the accident within minutes." - 2
Any individual authorized and trained to handle urgent public safety, medical, or disaster relief operations.
"The local government provided specialized training for all volunteer emergency workers."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term is a compound formed from 'emergency' (derived from Medieval Latin 'emergentia', from 'emergere', meaning to rise out or bring to light) and 'worker' (from Old English 'wyrhta', denoting a maker or laborer). The phrase emerged in modern administrative and public safety lexicons during the mid-20th century to collectively designate professionals responding to urgent public crises.
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travailleur d'urgence
Transliteration: travailleur d'urgence
"Les travailleurs d'urgence sont arrivés rapidement sur les lieux."
Einsatzkraft
Transliteration: Einsatzkraft
"Die Einsatzkraft leistete sofort Erste Hilfe."
operatore d'emergenza
Transliteration: operatore d'emergenza
"L'operatore d'emergenza ha coordinato i soccorsi."
trabajador de emergencia
Transliteration: trabajador de emergencia
"Cada trabajador de emergencia recibió equipamiento nuevo."
trabalhador de emergência
Transliteration: trabalhador de emergência
"O trabalhador de emergência salvou várias vidas."
आपातकालीन কর্মী
Transliteration: apātakālīn karmī
Script: आपातकालीन कर्मी
"दुर्ghatna स्थल पर आपातकालीन कर्मी तुरंत पहुंच गए।"
应急人员
Transliteration: yìng jí rén yuán
"应急人员正在全力进行救援工作。"
긴급 구조원
Transliteration: gingeup gujowon
"긴급 구조원이 현장에 출동했습니다."
緊急救助員
Transliteration: kinkyū kyūjo-in
"緊急救助員が事故現場に向かった。"
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