vampiress

English

Etymology

From vampire +‎ -ess.

Noun

vampiress (plural vampiresses)

1. A female vampire.
   • 1975, Angela Carter, “The Art of Horrorzines”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 551:

     Here, the vampiress personifies righteous indignation, a one-woman lynch mob.

Synonyms

• vampirette
• vampirina

Translations

female vampire

• Catalan: vampira (ca) f
• Dutch: vampirella f
• Esperanto: vampirino
• French: vampiresse (fr) f
• German: Vampirin (de) f
• Ido: vampirino
• Italian: vampira f (rare)
• Polish: wampirzyca (pl) f
• Portuguese: vampira f
• Romanian: vampiră f
• Russian: вампи́рша (ru) f (vampírša), вампире́сса (ru) f (vampirɛ́ssa)
• Spanish: vampiresa (es) f, vampira f
• Swedish: vampyrkvinna c, vampyrinna (sv) c
• Volapük: jivampir