disappear

English

Etymology

dis- +‎ appear

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /dɪsəˈpɪə(ɹ)/

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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) (ixtafā)
• 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)
• Czech: zmizet (cs)
• Danish: forsvinde (da)
• Dutch: verdwijnen (nl)
• Finnish: hävitä (fi), kadota (fi)
• French: disparaître (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• 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) (きえる, kieru)
• Jèrriais: dispathaître
• Latin: evanesco (la), vanesco (la), aborior (la), excido (la)
• Norwegian: forsvinne (no)
• Polish: znikać (pl) impf., zniknąć (pl) pf.
• Portuguese: desaparecer (pt)
• Quechua: chinkarpariy (qu)
• Romanian: dispărea (ro)
• Russian: исчезать (ru) (isčezátʹ) impf., исчезнуть (ru) (isčéznutʹ) pf., пропадать (ru) (propadátʹ) impf., пропасть (ru) (propástʹ) pf.
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: нестајати (sh) (nestajati) impf., нестати (sh) (nestati) pf.

  Roman: nestajati (sh) impf., nestati (sh) pf.

• Slovak: zmiznúť (sk)
• Spanish: desaparecer (es)
• Swahili: kutoweka (sw)
• Swedish: försvinna (sv)
• Turkish: gözden kaybolmak (tr) (literally to get lost from the eye)

to make vanish

• Arabic: أخفى (ar) (ʾaxfā)
• 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 (de), verschwinden lassen (de)
• Greek: εξαφανίζω (el) (exafanízo) (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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Translations to be checked

• Italian: sparire (it)
• Kurdish: بزربوون (ku), ون بوون (ku), له‌ چاو بزربوون (ku)
• Lithuanian: pradingti (lt)

• Slovene: izginiti (sl)
• Telugu: అదృశ్యమవు (te) (adrusyamavu), మాయమవు (te) (maayamavu)
• Turkish: yoğalmak (tr)

Anagrams

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