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vampire
English
Alternative forms
- vampyre (archaic)
Etymology
From French vampire, from German Vampir, from a Slavic word, probably Serbo-Croatian vàmp?r (said to be an alteration of a term *upir), from Proto-Slavic *?pyr?. Compare Russian ?????? (upýr?), Polish upiór, etc. Doublet of oupire.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?væm.pa?.?(?)/
Noun
vampire (plural vampires)
- A mythological undead creature said to feed on the blood of the living. [from earlier 18th c.]
- Synonyms: nosferatu, lamia, cadaver sanguine
- (colloquial) A person with the medical condition systemic lupus erythematosus, colloquially known as vampirism, with effects such as photosensitivity and brownish-red stained teeth.
- A blood-sucking bat; vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) [from later 18th c.]
- Synonym: vampire bat
- (figuratively, derogatory) A person who drains one's time, energy, money, etc.
- (dated) A vamp: a seductive woman who exploits men.
- 2004, David W. Menefee, The First Female Stars: Women of the Silent Era (page 4)
- "What followed this decision was exactly what we had expected: Mr. Fox, realizing that the public was tiring of Theda Bara in vampire roles, announced that he would star her in a production of Romeo and Juliet," she illustrated.
- 2004, David W. Menefee, The First Female Stars: Women of the Silent Era (page 4)
- (US, slang) A medical technician who works with patients' blood.
- 2000, Tracie Peterson, Colorado Wings (page 373)
- "I draw blood from patients, and then I take it back to the lab and analyze it. Sometimes, the vampires do all the sticks, that is to say the lab assistants do all the blood collections." He grinned. "We have our own language at the lab."
- 2000, Tracie Peterson, Colorado Wings (page 373)
Synonyms
- (blood drinker): hemovore, hematophagous
Derived terms
Related terms
- vamp
Descendants
- ? Bengali: ???????????? (bhêmpayar)
- ? Irish: vaimpír
- ? Japanese: ?????? (vanpaia), ????? (banpaia)
- ? Marathi: ?????????? (vh?mp?yar)
- ? Thai: ??????? (w?m-paai)
- ? Scottish Gaelic: bhampair
- ? Swahili: vampiri
- ? Welsh: fampir
Translations
Verb
vampire (third-person singular simple present vampires, present participle vampiring, simple past and past participle vampired)
- (transitive, figuratively) To drain of energy or resources.
See also
- werewolf
- bloodsucker
- hemovore
- Vampire (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Common vampire bat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Desmodus rotundus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Desmodus rotundus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Desmodus rotundus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- The meaning of the word "vampire"
References
Anagrams
- vampier
Esperanto
Etymology
vampiro (“vampire”) +? -e
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /vam?pire/
Adverb
vampire
- vampirically
Related terms
- vampira (“vampiric”)
- vampiro (“vampire”)
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v??.pi?/
Noun
vampire m (plural vampires)
- vampire
Derived terms
- vampirique
- vampiriser
Descendants
- ? Armenian: ?????? (vampir)
- ? Asturian: vampiru
- ? Belarusian: ?????? (vampir)
- ? Catalan: vampir
- ? Czech: vampýr
- ? English: vampire (see there for further descendants)
- ? Galician: vampiro
- ? Georgian: ??????? (vam?iri)
- ? Greek: ?????? (vampír)
- ? Italian: vampiro
- ? Malagasy: vampira
- ? Occitan: vampire
- ? Romanian: vampir
- ? Russian: ?????? (vampir) (see there for further descendants)
- ? Slovak: vampír
- ? Spanish: vampiro, vampira
- ? Basque: banpiro
- ? Cebuano: bampira
- ? Tagalog: bampira
- ? Waray-Waray: bampira
- ? Ottoman Turkish: ??????? (vampir)
- Turkish: vampir
- ? Ukrainian: ?????? (vampir)
Further reading
- “vampire” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Portuguese
Verb
vampire
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of vampirar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of vampirar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of vampirar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of vampirar
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [vam?pi.re]
Noun
vampire f pl
- plural of vampir?
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vampiresque
English
Etymology
vampire +? -esque
Adjective
vampiresque (comparative more vampiresque, superlative most vampiresque)
- Resembling or characteristic of a vampire.
Synonyms
- vampirelike
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