vapor

English

Alternative forms

• vapour (Commonwealth English)

Etymology

From Latin vapor (“steam, heat”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /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.
   • 2013 July-August, Philip J. Bushnell, “Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance”: 

     Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident. Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.

Derived terms

• vaporescence
• vaporescent
• vapor pressure

• vapour trail
• water vapor

Translations

steam — see steam

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

• Asturian: vapor m
• Catalan: vapor (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蒸氣, 蒸气 (zh) (zhēngqì)

• Czech: pára (cs) f
• Dutch: damp (nl) m
• Estonian: aur
• Finnish: höyry (fi)
• French: vapeur (fr) f
• Galician: vapor m
• 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) m (par), газ (ru) m (gaz)
• Scottish Gaelic: deatach f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пара f

  Roman: para f

• Spanish: vapor (es) m

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Translations to be checked

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

• Portuguese: vapor (pt) m
• Romanian: abur (ro) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пара f

  Roman: para f

• Spanish: vapor (es) m

See also

• dew point
• get the vapors

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

• 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)

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: испаравати

  Roman: isparavati

transitive: to turn into vapor

• 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)

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: испарити

  Roman: ispariti

intransitive: to use insubstantial language; to boast or bluster

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

Anagrams

• parvo

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Albanian

Noun

vapor

1. steamboat

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin vapor.

Noun

vapor m (plural vapores)

1. vapor

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin vapor.

Noun

vapor m (plural vapors)

1. vapor

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin vapor.

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

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwa.por/

Noun

vapor m (genitive vapōris); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension.

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

• Asturian: vapor
• Catalan: vapor
• English: vapor
• French: vapeur
• Galician: vapor

• Italian: vapore
• Portuguese: vapor
• Romanian: vapor
• Spanish: vapor

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Old French

Noun

vapor f (oblique plural vapors, nominative singular vapor, nominative plural vapors)

1. Alternative form of vapeur.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin vapor.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐ.ˈpoɾ/
• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /va.ˈpoɹ/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /va.ˈpoɻ/
• (Carioca) IPA^(key): /va.ˈpox/
• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /va.ˈpo/
• Hyphenation: va‧por

Noun

vapor m (plural vapores)

1. vapor / vapour

Anagrams

• prova, pavor

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Romanian

Etymology

From Italian vapore, French vapeur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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

Etymology

From Latin vapor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [baˈpoɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ

Noun

vapor m (plural vapores)

1. steam, vapor (water vapor)