vapor

English

Alternative forms

• vapour (Commonwealth English)

Etymology

From Latin vapor (“steam, heat”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈveɪpə/

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• Rhymes: -eɪpə(r)

Noun

Wikipedia vapor (plural vapors)

1. Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air.
2. The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid.

Derived terms

• water vapor
• vapor pressure
• vapour trail

Translations

cloudy diffused matter

Bosnian: para (bs) f. Czech: pára (cs) f. Finnish: höyry (fi) Galician: vapor (gl) m. German: Dampf (de) m. Italian: vapore (it) m.

Japanese: 蒸気 (ja) (じょうき, jōki), 湯気 (ja) (ゆげ, yuge) Navajo: siil Polish: mgła (pl) f., opary (pl) m. pl. Russian: пар (ru) (par) m. Scottish Gaelic: smùid (gd) f.

the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid

Bosnian: para (bs) f. Chinese: 蒸气 Czech: pára (cs) f. Dutch: damp (nl) m. Estonian: aur (et) Finnish: höyry (fi) French: vapeur (fr) f. German: Dampf (de) m. Interlingua: vapor

Italian: gas (it) m., vapore (it) m. Japanese: 気体 (ja) (きたい, kitai) Navajo: siil Polish: para (pl) f. Portuguese: vapor (pt) m. Russian: пар (ru) (par) m. Scottish Gaelic: deatach (gd) f. Spanish: vapor (es) m.

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Dutch: damp (nl) m. French: vapeur (fr) f. Interlingua: vapor Latvian: tvaiks (lv) m.

Portuguese: vapor (pt) m. Romanian: abur (ro) m. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: пара f. Latin: para f. Spanish: vapor (es) m.

See also

• dew point

Verb

vapor (third-person singular simple present vapors, present participle vaporing, simple past and past participle vapored)

1. (intransitive) To become vapor; to be emitted or circulated as vapor.
2. (transitive) To turn into vapor.
3. (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.

Translations

intransitive: to become vapor; to be emitted or circulated as vapor

Bosnian: isparavati (bs) German: verdampfen (de), dampfen (de) Japanese: 蒸発する (ja) (じょうはつする, jōhatsu suru), 揮発する (ja) (きはつする, kihatsu suru), 気化する (ja) (きかする, kika suru)

transitive: to turn into vapor

Bosnian: ispariti (bs) German: verdampfen (de) Japanese: 蒸発させる (ja) (じょうはつさせる, jōhatsu saseru), 揮発させる (ja) (きはつさせる, kihatsu saseru), 気化させる (ja) (きかさせる, kika saseru)

intransitive: to use insubstantial language; to boast or bluster

German: prahlen (de) Japanese: 管を巻く (ja) (くだをまく, kuda o maku), 粋がる (ja) (いきがる, ikigaru), 威張り散らす (ja) (いばりちらす, ibarichirasu)

Anagrams

• parvo

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Albanian

Noun

vapor

1. steamboat

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Galician

Noun

vapor m. (plural vapores)

1. vapor

Synonyms

• (vapor): gas

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Ladino

Noun

vapor m. (Latin spelling)

1. ship, steamer

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Latin

Noun

vapor (genitive vapōris); m, third declension

1. steam, exhalation, vapour; smoke
2. warm exhalation, warmth, heat
3. ardour of love, warmth

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	vapor	vapōrēs
genitive	vapōris	vapōrum
dative	vapōrī	vapōribus
accusative	vapōrem	vapōrēs
ablative	vapōre	vapōribus
vocative	vapor	vapōrēs

Synonyms

• (warmth): calor

Derived terms

vapidus vapōrālis vapōrārium vapōrifer

vapōrō vapōrōsus vapōrus

Related terms

vapidē vapōrātē

vapōrātiō vappa

Descendants

English: vapor French: vapeur Italian: vapore

Portuguese: vapor Romanian: vapor Spanish: vapor

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin vapor.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA: /va'poɾ/
• (Paulista) IPA: /va'poɹ/
• (South Brazil) IPA: /va'poɻ/
• (Carioca) IPA: /va'pox/

Noun

vapor m. (plural vapores)

1. vapor / vapour

Anagrams

• prova
• pavor

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Romanian

Etymology

From Italian vapore, French vapeur.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vaˈpor/

Noun

vapor n. (plural vapoare)

1. boat, ship

Declension

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

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [baˈpoɾ]

Noun

vapor m. (plural vapores)

1. steam, vapor (water vapor)