vampire

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From French vampire or German Vampir, from Hungarian vámpír, from Serbo-Croatian vàmpīr, from Macedonian.[1] Cf. Russian упырь (upýr’), Polish upiór, etc. The word "vampire" has its roots in the Mediterranean languages. The earliest reference to the word arises in the Slavonic Magyar; from "vam", meaning "blood", and "pir", meaning "monster/creature/thing".

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vampire (plural vampires)

  1. A mythological undead creature said to feed on the blood of the living. [from earlier 18th c.]
  2. (colloquial) A person with the medical condition Systemic lupus erythematosus, colloquially known as vampirism, with effects such as photosensitivity, brownish-red stained teeth, and increased night vision.
  3. A blood-sucking bat; vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) [from later 18th c.]

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  1. ^ Leposava Spirovska, Tanas Vražinovski. Les vampires dans les croyances et legendes Macedoniennes (Skopje, 1988), p. 8

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vampire

  1. vampirically

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vampire m (plural vampires)

  1. vampire

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  • IPA: [vamˈpi.re]

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vampire f pl

  1. Plural form of vampiră