disappear

English

Etymology

dis- +‎ appear

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪə(r)

Verb

disappear (third-person singular simple present disappears, present participle disappearing, simple past and past participle disappeared)

1. (intransitive) To vanish.
2. (transitive) To make vanish.

   • 1973, Joseph Heller, “38 Kid Sister”, in Catch 22: A Dramatization^[1], Fiction, Delacorte Press:

     "Did they disappear him?" / "I don’t know." / "What will you do if they decide to disappear you?"

Synonyms

• (to vanish): dematerialize, vanish

Antonyms

• (to vanish): appear

Related terms

• disappearance

Translations

To vanish

Arabic: اختفى (ar) (ikhtafaa) Armenian: անհետանալ (hy) (anhetanal), կորչել (hy) (korčel), չքանալ (hy) (čk’anal) Bulgarian: изчезвам (bg) (izčezvam) impf., изчезна (bg) (izčezna) pf. Chinese: 消失 (cmn) (xiāoshī) Croatian: nestati (hr) Czech: zmizet (cs) Danish: forsvinde (da) Dutch: verdwijnen (nl) Finnish: hävitä (fi), kadota (fi) French: disparaître (fr) German: verschwinden (de), entschwinden (de) Greek: εξαφανίζομαι (el) (exafanízomai) Hawaiian: nalowale Hebrew: נעלם (he) (ne'elám) Icelandic: hverfa (is)

Ido: desaparar (io) Italian: sparire (it) Japanese: 消える (ja) (kieru) Latin: evanesco (la), vanesco (la), aborior (la), excido (la) Norwegian: forsvinne (no) Polish: znikać (pl) impf., zniknąć (pl) pf. Portuguese: desaparecer (pt) Romanian: dispărea (ro) Russian: исчезать (ru) (isčezát') impf., исчезнуть (ru) (isčéznut') pf., пропадать (ru) (propadat') Serbian: нестајати (sr) (nestajati) impf., нестати (sr) (nestati) pf. Spanish: desaparecer (es) Swahili: kutoweka (sw) Swedish: försvinna (sv) Turkish: gözden kaybolmak (literally to get lost from the eye)

To make vanish

Armenian: անհետացնել (hy) (anhetac’nel) Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 滅絕, simpl. 灭绝 (mièjué) Danish: få til at forsvinde (da) Dutch: laten verdwijnen (nl) Finnish: hävittää (fi), kadottaa (fi)

German: zum Verschwinden bringen Greek: εξαφανίζω (el) (exafanízo) Hawaiian: hoʻonalowale Hebrew: העלים (he) (he'elím) Latin: aborior (la), vanesco (la), extiguor (la) Norwegian: fjerne (no) Spanish: desaparecer (es)

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Italian: sparire Kurdish: بزربوون, ون بوون, له‌ چاو بزربوون Lithuanian: pradingti Slovak: zmiznúť

Slovene: izginiti Telugu: అదృశ్యమవు (adrusyamavu), మాయమవు (maayamavu) Turkish: yoğalmak

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