vapour

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Alternative spellings 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Latin vapor, vaporis, steam, heat

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈveɪpə/
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[edit] Noun

vapour (uncountable)

1. The gas phase component of a liquid or solid.

[edit] Alternative spellings

• vapor (US)

[edit] Derived terms

• vapour trail
• water vapour

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[edit] Verb

to vapour (third-person singular simple present vapours, present participle vapouring, simple past and past participle vapoured)

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