vapor
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin vapor (“steam, heat”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
Wikipedia vapor (plural vapors)
- Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air.
- The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid.
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Translations [edit]
steam — see steam
the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
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Verb [edit]
vapor (third-person singular simple present vapors, present participle vaporing, simple past and past participle vapored)
- (intransitive) To become vapor; to be emitted or circulated as vapor.
- (transitive) To turn into vapor.
- (intransitive) To use insubstantial language; to boast or bluster.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Bisara of Pooree’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio Society 2005, p. 172:
- He vapoured, and fretted, and fumed, and trotted up and down, and tried to make himself pleasing in Miss Hollis's big, quiet, grey eyes, and failed.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Bisara of Pooree’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio Society 2005, p. 172:
Translations [edit]
intransitive: to become vapor; to be emitted or circulated as vapor
transitive: to turn into vapor
intransitive: to use insubstantial language; to boast or bluster
Anagrams [edit]
Albanian [edit]
Noun [edit]
vapor
Asturian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin vapor.
Noun [edit]
vapor m (plural vapores)
Catalan [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin vapor.
Noun [edit]
vapor m (plural vapors)
Galician [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin vapor.
Noun [edit]
vapor m (plural vapores)
Synonyms [edit]
- (vapor): gas
Ladino [edit]
Noun [edit]
vapor m (Latin spelling)
Latin [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Unknown
Noun [edit]
vapor (genitive vapōris); m, third declension
Inflection [edit]
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vapor | vapōrēs |
| genitive | vapōris | vapōrum |
| dative | vapōrī | vapōribus |
| accusative | vapōrem | vapōrēs |
| ablative | vapōre | vapōribus |
| vocative | vapor | vapōrēs |
Synonyms [edit]
- (warmth): calor
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Old French [edit]
Noun [edit]
vapor f (oblique plural vapors, nominative singular vapor, nominative plural vapors)
- Alternative form of vapeur.
Portuguese [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin vapor.
Pronunciation [edit]
- (Portugal) IPA: /va'poɾ/
- (Paulista) IPA: /va'poɹ/
- (South Brazil) IPA: /va'poɻ/
- (Carioca) IPA: /va'pox/
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA: /va'po/
Noun [edit]
vapor m (plural vapores)
Anagrams [edit]
Romanian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Italian vapore, French vapeur.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /vaˈpor/
Noun [edit]
Declension [edit]
declension of vapor
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gender n | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | un vapor | vaporul | niște vapoare | vapoarele |
| genitive/dative | unui vapor | vaporului | unor vapoare | vapoarelor |
Spanish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin vapor.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
vapor m (plural vapores)
- steam, vapor (water vapor)
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