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va·pour  (vpr)

n. & v. Chiefly British

Vapor.

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vapour US, vapor [ˈveɪpə]

n

1. (Physics / General Physics) particles of moisture or other substance suspended in air and visible as clouds, smoke, etc.

2. (Physics / General Physics) a gaseous substance at a temperature below its critical temperature Compare gas [3]

3. (Physics / General Physics) a substance that is in a gaseous state at a temperature below its boiling point

4. Rare something fanciful that lacks substance or permanence

the vapours Archaic a depressed mental condition believed originally to be the result of vaporous exhalations from the stomach

vb

1. (Physics / General Physics) to evaporate or cause to evaporate; vaporize

2. (intr) to make vain empty boasts; brag

[from Latin vapor]

vapourable  US, vaporable adj

vapourability  US, vaporability n

vapourer  US, vaporer n

vapourish  US, vaporish adj

vapourless  US, vaporless adj

vapour-like  US, vapor-like adj

vapoury  US, vapory adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	vapour - a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance vapor suspension - a mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy steam - water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere water vapor, water vapour - water in a vaporous form diffused in the atmosphere but below boiling temperature
	2.	vapour - the process of becoming a vapor       evaporation, vaporisation, vaporization, vapor boiling - the application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gas clouding, clouding up - the process whereby water particles become visible in the sky phase change, phase transition, physical change, state change - a change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition smoke, smoking - a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion; "the fire produced a tower of black smoke that could be seen for miles"

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vapour

noun mist, fog, haze, smoke, breath, steam, fumes, dampness, miasma, exhalation a cloud of poisonous vapour

Translations

vapour vapor (US) [ˈveɪpəʳ]

A. N (= steam) → vapor m; (on breath, window) → vaho m
the vapours (Med) (o.f.) → los vapores

B. CPD vapour trail N (Aer) → estela f (de humo)

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vapour [ˈveɪpə^r] (British) vapor (US) n → vapeur f
water vapour → vapeur f d'eau
vapour trail (British) vapor trail (US) n → traînée f de condensation

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vapour, (US) vapor

n → Dunst m; (Phys also) → Gas nt; (steamy) → Dampf m; the vapours (Med old) → Schwermut f; thick vapours around the planet → eine dichte Dunsthülle um den Planeten

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vapour vapor (Am) [ˈveɪpəʳ] n → vapore m

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vapour

n vapour [ˈveipə]

1 the gas-like form into which a substance can be changed by heating water vapour. damp بُخار изпарения pára damp; -damp der Dampf ατμός vapor aur بخار höyry vapeur אֵדִים वाष्प para pára uap gufa vapore 蒸気 증기 garas tvaiks; garaiņi wap damp damp para vapor vapori пар(ы) para para para ånga ละอองน้ำ buhar 蒸氣 пара بخار، بھاپ hơi nước 蒸气

2 mist, fumes or smoke in the air Near the marshes the air was filled with a strange-smelling vapour. gas بُخار او دُخان في الهَواء пара výpary em der Dunst αχνός, πάχνη vapor udu(vine) غبار؛ دود huuru vapeur אֵדִים कोहरा, धुआं isparavanje gőz kabut mistur vapore 煙霧 안개, 연무 rūkas, migla dūmaka; migla wap damp eim, dunst, røykos opary vapor aburi, vapori туман; испарения výpary meglica para dimma, dunst หมอกควัน sis 霧 туман بخارات، کہر hơi 雾

v vaporize, ˈvaporise

to (cause to) change into a gas-like state. verdamp يُبَخِّر، يُحَوِّل إلى بُخار изпарявам се vypařovat se fordampe verdampfen (lassen) εξατμίζω, εξατμίζομαι vaporizar(se), evaporar(se); esfumar(se) aurustama, aurustuma بخار کردن höyrystyä (se) vaporiser לְאֶדוֹת भाप बनाना isparavati (el)párolog menguap breyta(st) í gufu vaporizzare 気化する 기화하다 išgarinti, išgaruoti iztvaikot; izgarot mengewap (laten) verdampen fordampe odparować, wyparować vaporizar a (se) evapora испарять(ся) vyparovať sa spremeniti v paro ispariti förånga, avdunsta ระเหย buharlaşmak (使)汽化或蒸發 випаровуватися بھاپ بنانا làm bốc hơi 使汽化