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- [vam-pahyuh r]
- /ˈvæm paɪər/
- /ˈvæm.paɪər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [vam-pahyuh r]
- /ˈvæm paɪər/
Definitions of vampire word
- noun vampire a preternatural being, commonly believed to be a reanimated corpse, that is said to suck the blood of sleeping persons at night. 1
- noun vampire (in Eastern European folklore) a corpse, animated by an undeparted soul or demon, that periodically leaves the grave and disturbs the living, until it is exhumed and impaled or burned. 1
- noun vampire a person who preys ruthlessly upon others; extortionist. 1
- noun vampire a woman who unscrupulously exploits, ruins, or degrades the men she seduces. 1
- noun vampire an actress noted for her roles as an unscrupulous seductress: the vampires of the silent movies. 1
- noun vampire folklore: undead creature 1
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Origin of vampire
First appearance:
before 1725 One of the 49% newest English words
1725-35; (< F) < German Vampir < Serbo-Croatian vàmpīr, alteration of earlier upir (by confusion with doublets such as vȁzdūh, ȕzdūh air (< Slavic vŭ-), and with intrusive nasal, as in dùbrava, dumbrȁva grove); akin to Czech upír, Polish upiór, Old Russian upyrĭ, upirĭ, (Russian upýrʾ) < Slavic *u-pirĭ or *ǫ-pirĭ, probably a deverbal compound with *per- fly, rush (literal meaning variously interpreted)
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Parts of speech for Vampire
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vampire popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for vampire
noun vampire
- banshee — In Irish folk stories, a banshee is a female spirit who warns you by her long, sad cry that someone in your family is going to die.
- bloodsucker — A bloodsucker is any creature that sucks blood from a wound that it has made in an animal or person.
- daemon — a demigod
- demon — A demon is an evil spirit.
- ghost — the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons.
Antonyms for vampire
noun vampire
- god — the one Supreme Being, the creator and ruler of the universe.
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