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Vampire

VAMP'IRE

, n.

In mythology, an imaginary demon, which was fabled to suck the blood of persons during the night.

In zoology, a species of large bat, the Vespertilio vampyrus of Linne, called also the ternate bat. It inhabits Guinea, Madagascar, the East India Isles, New Holland and New Caledonia. These animals fly in flocks, darkening the air by their numbers. It is said that this bat will insinuate his tongue into the vein of an animal imperceptibly, and suck his blood while asleep. This name is also given by Buffon to a species of large bat in South America, the V. spectrum of Linne.

Definition 2024

Vampire

See also: vampire

German

Noun

Vampire pl

plural of Vampir "vampires"

vampire

See also: Vampire

English

Alternative forms

(archaic) vampyre

Noun

vampire ‎(plural vampires)

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

Synonyms

(mythological creature): nosferatu, lamia, cadaver sanguine
(bat): vampire bat
(blood drinker): hemovore, hematophagous

Derived terms

Translations

mythological creature

Afrikaans: vampier
Albanian: dhampir m
Arabic: مَصَّاص m ‎(maṣṣāṣ), مَصَّاصَة f ‎(maṣṣāṣa)
Armenian: վամպիր (hy) ‎(vampir)
Asturian: vampiru
Azeri: vampir (az)
Basque: banpiro
Belarusian: вампі́р m ‎(vampír), ўпір m ‎(ŭpir), упі́р m ‎(upír)
Bengali: ভ্যাম্পায়ার ‎(bhæmpayar)
Bulgarian: вампи́р (bg) m ‎(vampír)
Burmese: သွေးစုပ်ဖုတ်ကောင် ‎(swe:cuphputkaung), သွေးစုပ်လင်းဆွဲ ‎(swe:cuplang:hcwai:)
Catalan: vampir (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 吸血鬼 (zh) ‎(xīxuěguǐ), 殭屍, 僵尸 ‎(jiāngshī)
Czech: upír m, vampýr m
Danish: vampyr (da)
Dutch: vampier (nl) m
Esperanto: vampiro (eo)
Estonian: vampiir
Finnish: vampyyri (fi)
French: vampire (fr) m
Galician: vampiro
Georgian: ვამპირი ‎(vamṗiri)
German: Blutsauger (de) m, Vampir (de) m, Vampyr (de) m; (female) Vampirin (de) f
Greek: βαμπίρ (el) n ‎(vampír), βρικόλακας (el) m ‎(vrikólakas), δράκουλας (el) m ‎(drákoulas)
Hebrew: עַרְפָּד (he) m ‎(arpad)
Hindi: पिशाच (hi) ‎(piśāc)
Hungarian: vámpír (hu)
Icelandic: vampíra f
Ido: vampiro (io)
Indonesian: vampir (id)
Irish: vaimpír f, deamhan fola m, súmaire m, súmaire fola m
Italian: vampiro (it)
Japanese: 吸血鬼 (ja) ‎(きゅうけつき, kyūketsuki), ヴァンパイア ‎(vanpaia)
Kazakh: вампир ‎(vampïr)
Khmer: ខ្មោចអាប ‎(kmaoc ’aap)
Korean: 흡혈귀 (ko) ‎(heuphyeolgwi)

Kyrgyz: вампир (ky) ‎(vampir)
Lao: ຜີດິບ ‎(phī dip), ຜີປອບ ‎(phī pǭp)
Latin: vampyrus m
Latvian: vampīrs m
Lithuanian: vampyras m, vampyrė f
Luxembourgish: Vampir m
Macedonian: ва́мпир m ‎(vámpir)
Malagasy: vampira
Marathi: व्हॅम्पायर ‎(vhĕmpāyar)
Mongolian: вампир (mn) ‎(vampir), цус сорогч ‎(tsus sorogč)
Norwegian: vampyr m
Persian: خون‌آشام
Polish: wampir (pl) m, upiór (pl) m
Portuguese: vampiro (pt) m
Romanian: vampir (ro) m, vampiră f, strigoi (ro), vârcolac (ro), vampiri m pl, strigoaie (ro) f
Russian: вампи́р (ru) m ‎(vampír), вампи́рша (ru) f ‎(vampírša), упы́рь (ru) m ‎(upýrʹ), вурдала́к (ru) m ‎(vurdalák)
Scottish Gaelic: bhampair
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: вампир m, вампирка f, вампирица f

Roman: vampir (sh) m, vampirka f, vampirica f
Sinhalese: පිසාචයින් ‎(pisācayin)
Slovak: upír m, vampír m
Slovene: vampír (sl) m
Spanish: vampiro (es)
Sumerian: 𒄴𒄩𒊒 ‎(aḫḫaru)
Swahili: mumiani, vampiri, mnyonya-damu
Swedish: vampyr (sv) c
Tagalog: bampira
Telugu: రక్త పిశాచి ‎(rakta piśāci)
Thai: แวมไพร์ ‎(waem-pai), ผีดูดเลือด ‎(pĕe-dòot-lêuat)
Turkish: vampir (tr), vupkan, ubır (tr), obur (tr)
Turkmen: wampir
Ukrainian: упи́р m ‎(upýr), вампі́р (uk) m ‎(vampír)
Urdu: پشاچ ‎(piśāc)
Uzbek: vampir (uz)
Vietnamese: ma cà rồng (vi)
Volapük: (♂♀) vampir, (♂) hivampir, (♀) jivampir
Welsh: fampir (cy)
Yiddish: וואַמפּיר m ‎(vampir)

person suffering of vampirism

bat

Czech: vampýr
Esperanto: desmodo
Estonian: vereimeja
Finnish: vampyyrilepakko, vampyyri (fi)
French: chauve-souris vampire (fr) f
German: Vampir (de) m, Vampirfledermaus m
Greek: νυχτερίδα (el) f ‎(nychterída), βαμπίρ (el) n ‎(vampír)
Hungarian: denevér (hu)

Irish: vaimpír f
Portuguese: vampiro (pt) m, morcego-vampiro m
Russian: вампи́р (ru) m ‎(vampír)
Spanish: vampiro (es) m
Swedish: vampyr (sv) c
Turkish: vampir yarasa
Ukrainian: вампі́р (uk) m ‎(vampír)
Vietnamese: dơi hút máu

Related terms

vamp

Verb

vampire ‎(third-person singular simple present vampires, present participle vampiring, simple past and past participle vampired)

(transitive, figuratively) To drain of energy or resources.

References

↑ “vampire” in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Online.
↑ “vampire” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
↑ Leposava Spirovska, Tanas Vražinovski. Les vampires dans les croyances et legendes Macedoniennes (Skopje, 1988), page 8

Anagrams

vampier

Esperanto

Adverb

vampire

vampirically

Related terms

vampira ‎(“vampiric”)
vampiro ‎(“vampire”)

French

Noun

vampire m ‎(plural vampires)

vampire

Derived terms

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [vamˈpi.re]

Noun

vampire f pl

plural of vampiră

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Webster 1828 Edition

Vampire

VAMP'IRE

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Vampire

Vampire

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Noun

vampire

vampire

English

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Verb

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