vampire
English
/ˈvæm.paɪ.ə(ɹ)/
noun
Definitions
- A mythological undead creature said to feed on the blood of the living.
- (colloquial) A person with the medical condition lupus 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)
- (figurative) A person who drains one's time, energy, money, etc.
- (dated) A vamp: a seductive woman who exploits men.
- (US) A medical technician who works with patients' blood.
Etymology
Derived from French vampire derived from German Vampir derived from Serbo-Croatian vàmpīr (vampire) derived from Proto-Slavic *ǫpyrь (vampire).
Origin
Proto-Slavic
*ǫpyrь
Gloss
vampire
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antivampire English
- autovampirism English
- nonvampire English
- oupire English
- unvampiric English
- vampiredom English
- vampirehood English
- vampirekind English
- vampireless English
- vampirelike English
- vampiresque English
- vampiress English
- vampirette English
- vampirey English
- vampireyness English
- vampiric English
- vampirical English
- vampirically English
- vampirine English
- vampirise English
- vampirish English
- vampirism English
- vampirist English
- vampiristic English
- vampiristically English
- vampirization English
- vampirize English
- vampiroid English
- vampirological English
- vampirology English
- Vampir German
- vámpír Hungarian
- vampiro Italian
- vampier Dutch, Flemish
- vampire French
- vampirique French
- vampirisme French
- вампир Russian
- упырь Russian
- vampiro Spanish, Castilian
- vampyr Norwegian Bokmål
- vampiro Portuguese
- vampyr Swedish
- バンパイア Japanese
- ヴァンパイア Japanese
- upiorny Polish
- upiór Polish
- vampyr Norwegian Nynorsk
- vaimpír Irish
- vampyr Danish
- *ǫpyrь Proto-Slavic
- upír Czech
- vampir Serbo-Croatian
- vàmpīr Serbo-Croatian
- вампир Serbo-Croatian
- vampir Catalan, Valencian
- vampir Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- vampiră Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- แวมไพร์ Thai
- βαμπίρ Greek (modern)
- bampira Cebuano
- fampir Welsh
- vampir Turkish
- вампи́р Bulgarian
- dhampir Albanian
- вампир Macedonian
- вопер Macedonian
- upír Slovak
- oupire
- vampirey
- vampiric
- vampirist
- vampiroid
- vampirism
- vampirise
- vampiress
- vampirine
- vampirish
- vampirize
- unvampiric
- vampirical
- nonvampire
- vampiredom
- vampirette
- antivampire
- vampirekind
- vampiresque
- vampirology
- vampireless
- vampirehood
- vampiristic
- vampirelike
- vampireyness
- vampirically
- vampirization
- autovampirism
- vampirological
- vampiristically