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- [vam-pahyuh r]
- /ˈvæm paɪər/
- /ˈvæm.paɪər/
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- [vam-pahyuh r]
- /ˈvæm paɪər/
Definitions of vampires word
- noun vampires a preternatural being, commonly believed to be a reanimated corpse, that is said to suck the blood of sleeping persons at night. 1
- noun vampires (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 vampires a person who preys ruthlessly upon others; extortionist. 1
- noun vampires a woman who unscrupulously exploits, ruins, or degrades the men she seduces. 1
- noun vampires an actress noted for her roles as an unscrupulous seductress: the vampires of the silent movies. 1
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Origin of vampires
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 Vampires
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vampires 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 vampires
noun vampires
- banshees — Plural form of banshee.
- daemons — Plural form of daemon.
- demons — sources of worry or conflict which trouble a person or a group of people
- eidolons — Plural form of eidolon.
- ghosts — 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 vampires
noun vampires
- gods — Plural form of god.
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