vapor
English
/ˈveɪpə/, /ˈveɪpɚ/
noun
Definitions
- Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air.
- The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid.
- Something insubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting.
- (dated) Any medicinal agent designed for administration in the form of inhaled vapour.
- (archaic) Hypochondria; melancholy; the blues; hysteria, or other nervous disorder.
- (obsolete) Wind; flatulence.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English vapour derived from vapour derived from Old French vapor derived from Latin vapor (steam, heat, smoke, hot air).
Origin
Latin
vapor
Gloss
steam, heat, smoke, hot air
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
蒸
Emoji
☕️ ♨️ 🍜 🚂
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- trail English
- vape English
- vapor trail English
- vaporability English
- vaporable English
- vaporescent English
- vaporiferous English
- vaporific English
- vaporiform English
- vaporimeter English
- vaporisation English
- vaporise English
- vaporiser English
- vaporising English
- vaporium English
- vaporizable English
- vaporization English
- vaporize English
- vaporizer English
- vaporlike English
- vaporsome English
- vaporware English
- vaporwave English
- vapory English
- vapour English
- vapidus Latin
- vapor Latin
- vampo Italian
- vapore Italian
- vapor Spanish, Castilian
- *kwep-, *kʷep- Proto-Indo-European
- vapor Portuguese
- vapour Middle English
- vapoure Middle English
- vapouren Middle English
- vapor Old French
- vapor Catalan, Valencian
- vapor Galician
- boare Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- vaporo Ido
- vapor Asturian
- vapuri Sicilian
- vapour xno
- vapa roa-oit