vacuum

English

Alternative forms

• vacuüm (rare)

Etymology

From Latin vacuum (“an empty space, void”), noun use of neuter of vacuus (“empty”), related to vacare (“be empty”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈvækjuəm/, X-SAMPA: /"v{kju@m/ or IPA: /ˈvækjuːm/, X-SAMPA: /"v{kju:m/

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Noun

Wikipedia vacuum (plural vacuums or vacua) (see usage notes)

1. A region of space that contains no matter.
2. A vacuum cleaner.

Usage notes

• In the sense of "a region of space that contains no matter", the plural of vacuum is either vacua or vacuums. In the sense of a "vacuum cleaner" vacuums is the only plural.
• The Latin in vacuo is sometimes used instead of in a vacuum (in free space).

Synonyms

• (vacuum cleaner): hoover (British)

Antonyms

• (region of space that contains no matter): plenum

Derived terms

• power vacuum
• vacuum cleaner

Translations

region of space that contains no matter

• Arabic: خلاء (ar) (khalaa') m, فراغ (ar) (faraagh) m, فضاء (ar) (faDaa') m
• Armenian: վակուում (hy) (vakuum)
• Bulgarian: вакуум (bg) (vakuum) m
• Catalan: buit (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 真空 (cmn) (zhēnkōng)

• Czech: vakuum (cs) n
• Danish: vakuum (da) n
• Dutch: vacuüm (nl) n
• Esperanto: vakuo (eo)
• Finnish: tyhjiö (fi), vakuumi (fi), tyhjö (fi)
• French: vide (fr) m, vacuum (fr) m
• Galician: baleiro (gl) m
• German: Vakuum (de) n
• Greek: κενό (el) (kenó) n
• Hebrew: ואקום (he) m, ריק (he) m
• Hungarian: vákuum (hu)

• Icelandic: lofttæmi (is) n, lofttóm (is) n
• Ido: vakuo (io)
• Interlingua: vacuo (ia)
• Irish: folús (ga) m
• Italian: vuoto (it) m
• Japanese: 真空 (ja) (しんくう, shinkū)
• Korean: 진공 (ko) (jingong) (眞空 (ko))
• Norwegian: vakuum (no) n
• Polish: próżnia (pl) f
• Portuguese: vácuo (pt) m
• Romanian: vid (ro) n
• Russian: вакуум (ru) (vákuum) m
• Serbo-Croatian: vakum (sh) m / vakuum (sh) m, zrakoprazan prostor (sh)
• Slovak: vákuum (sk)
• Spanish: vacío (es) m
• Swedish: vakuum (sv) n
• Telugu: శూన్యం (te) (SoonyaM)

vacuum cleaner — see vacuum cleaner

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• Lithuanian: vakuumas m

Verb

vacuum (third-person singular simple present vacuums, present participle vacuuming, simple past and past participle vacuumed)

1. (transitive) To clean (something) with a vacuum cleaner.
2. (intransitive) To use a vacuum cleaner.

Synonyms

• (transitive sense): to hoover (British)
• (intransitive sense): to do the hoovering, to hoover (British)

Translations

transitive: to clean with a vacuum cleaner

• Armenian: պիլասոս անել (hy) (pilasos anel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吸塵 (cmn), 吸尘 (cmn) (xīchén)

• Czech: vysát (cs), vyluxovat (cs)
• Danish: støvsuge (da)
• Dutch: stofzuigen (nl)
• Faroese: dustsúgva (fo)
• Finnish: imuroida (fi)
• French: passer l'aspirateur (fr)

• German: staubsaugen (de)
• Hungarian: porszívózik (hu)
• Icelandic: ryksuga (is)
• Norwegian: støvsuge (no)
• Polish: odkurzać (pl)
• Russian: пылесосить (ru) (pylesósitʹ) impf., пропылесосить (ru) (pylesósitʹ) pf.
• Spanish: aspirar (es)
• Swedish: dammsuga (sv)

intransitive: to use a vacuum cleaner

• Armenian: պիլասոս անել (hy) (pilasos anel)
• Czech: vysát (cs), vyluxovat (cs)
• Danish: støvsuge (da)
• Dutch: stofzuigen (nl)
• Faroese: dustsúgva (fo)
• Finnish: imuroida (fi)
• French: passer l'aspirateur (fr)
• German: staubsaugen (de)

• Hungarian: porszívózik (hu)
• Icelandic: ryksuga (is)
• Norwegian: støvsuge (no)
• Polish: odkurzać (pl)
• Russian: пылесосить (ru) (pylesósitʹ) impf., пропылесосить (ru) (pylesósitʹ) pf.
• Spanish: aspirar (es)
• Swedish: dammsuga (sv)

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• Catalan: passar l'aspiradora
• Esperanto: polvosuĉi
• Interlingua: mundar con le aspirator
• Norwegian: lage vakuum
• Portuguese: aspirar
• Portuguese: a vácuo
• Slovak: vysávať

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /va.kɥɔm/, X-SAMPA: /va.kHOm/

Noun

vacuum m (plural vacuums)

1. vacuum (space containing no matter)

Synonyms

• vide

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Adjective

vacuum

1. nominative neuter singular of vacuus