English Online Dictionary. What means vampire? What does vampire mean?
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)
- A mythological undead creature said to feed on the blood of the living. [from 1732]
- 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.
- (US, slang) A medical technician who works with patients' blood.
- (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)
- (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
- 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
- vampirically
Related terms
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɑ̃.piʁ/
- Hyphenation: vam‧pire
Noun
vampire m (plural vampires)
- 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)
Further reading
- “vampire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
Verb
vampire
- inflection of vampirar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [vamˈpi.re]
Noun
vampire f pl
- plural of vampiră
Turkish
Noun
vampire
- dative singular of vampir