vampire

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English

Alternative forms

• vampyre (archaic), wampyr

Etymology

From French vampire, from German Vampir, via Hungarian from a Slavic word, probably Serbo-Croatian вампир (vàmpīr), proposed to be a variant of unattested *upir, from Proto-Slavic *ǫpyrь, q.v. Compare Russian упы́рь (upýrʹ), Polish upiór, Polish wąpierz, etc. Doublet of oupire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvæm.paɪ.ə(ɹ)/

Noun

vampire (plural vampires)

1. A mythological creature (usually humanoid and undead) said to feed on the blood of the living. [from 1732]

   Synonyms: nosferatu, lamia
2. (colloquial) A person with the medical condition Porphyria cutanea tarda, colloquially known as vampirism, with effects such as photosensitivity and brownish-red stained teeth.
3. A blood-sucking bat; vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) [from later 18th c.]

   Synonym: vampire bat

4. (figurative, derogatory) A person who drains one's time, energy, money, etc.
5. (dated) A vamp: a seductive woman who exploits men.
6. (US, slang) A medical technician who works with patients' blood.
7. (US naval jargon) Synonym of anti-ship missile (ASM), particularly an incoming hostile one.

Synonyms

• (blood drinker): hemovore, hematophagous

Derived terms

Related terms

• vamp

Descendants

• → Bengali: ভ্যাম্পায়ার (bhêmpaẏar)
• → Irish: vaimpír
• → Japanese: ヴァンパイア (vanpaia), バンパイア (banpaia)
• → Marathi: व्हॅम्पायर (vhĕmpāyar)
• → Thai: แวมไพร์ (wɛm-paai)
• → Scottish Gaelic: bhampair
• → Swahili: vampiri
• → Turkish: vampir
• → Welsh: fampir

Translations

Verb

vampire (third-person singular simple present vampires, present participle vampiring, simple past and past participle vampired)

1. (transitive, figurative) 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

• US Marine Corps, "Appendix E: Multiservice Tactical Brevity Codes", Operational Terms and Graphics, FM 101-5-1, MCRP 5-2A, 1997.

Anagrams

• vampier

Esperanto

Etymology

vampiro (“vampire”) +‎ -e

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vamˈpire]
• Rhymes: -ire
• Hyphenation: vam‧pi‧re

Adverb

vampire

1. vampirically

Related terms

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑ̃.piʁ/
• Hyphenation: vam‧pire

Noun

vampire m (plural vampires)

1. vampire

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Armenian: վամպիր (vampir)
• → Asturian: vampiru
• → Belarusian: вампір (vampir)
• → Catalan: vampir
• → Czech: vampýr
• → English: vampire (see there for further descendants)
• → Galician: vampiro
• → Georgian: ვამპირი (vamṗiri)
• → Greek: βαμπίρ (vampír)
• → Italian: vampiro
• → Malagasy: vampira
• → Occitan: vampire
• → Romanian: vampir
• → Russian: вампир (vampir) (see there for further descendants)
• → Slovak: vampír
• → Spanish: vampiro, vampira
  • → Basque: banpiro
  • → Cebuano: bampira
  • → Tagalog: bampira
  • → Waray-Waray: bampira
• → Ottoman Turkish: وامپیر (vampir)
  • Turkish: vampir
• → Ukrainian: вампір (vampir)
• → Hebrew: ערפד (arpad)

Further reading

• “vampire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Verb

vampire

1. inflection of vampirar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vamˈpi.re]

Noun

vampire f pl

1. plural of vampiră

Turkish

Noun

vampire

1. dative singular of vampir