vapour

va·pour

 (vā′pər)

n. & v. Chiefly British

Variant of vapor.

vapour

(ˈveɪpə) or

vapor

n

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

2. (General Physics) a gaseous substance at a temperature below its critical temperature. Compare gas³

3. (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

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

vb

6. (General Physics) to evaporate or cause to evaporate; vaporize

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

[C14: from Latin vapor]

ˈvapourable, ˈvaporable adj

ˌvapouraˈbility, ˌvaporaˈbility n

ˈvapourer, ˈvaporer n

ˈvapourish, ˈvaporish adj

ˈvapourless, ˈvaporless adj

ˈvapour-ˌlike, ˈvapor-ˌlike adj

ˈvapoury, ˈvapory adj

va•por

(ˈveɪ pər)
n.

1. a visible exhalation, as fog or smoke, suspended in the air.

2. a substance in gaseous form that is below its critical temperature.

3. a substance converted into vapor for technical or medicinal uses.

4. a combination of a vaporized substance and air.

5. gaseous particles of drugs that can be inhaled as a therapeutic agent.

6. Archaic.

a. a strange, senseless, or fantastic notion.

b. something insubstantial.

7. vapors, Archaic.

a. mental depression or hypochondria.

b. injurious exhalations supposed to be produced within the body, esp. in the stomach.

v.i.

8. to rise in the form of vapor.

9. to emit vapor.

10. to talk pompously.

Also, esp. Brit., vapour.

[1325–75; < Latin vapor steam]

va′por•a•ble, adj.

va`por•a•bil′i•ty, n.

va′por•er, n.

va′por•less, adj.

va′por•y, adj.

vapour

Past participle: vapoured
Gerund: vapouring

Imperative

vapour

vapour

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"

vapour

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

Translations

بُخاربُخار او دُخان في الهَواء

páravýpary

=-dampdampem

DampfDunst

vapor

aur

höyry

vapeur

gufamistur

vapore

dūmakagaraiņimiglatvaiks

damp

eimrøykos

vapor

испарениепар

buharsis

蒸气雾

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)

vapour

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

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

vapour

vapor (Am) [ˈveɪpəʳ] n → vapore m

vapour

(American) vapor (ˈveipə) noun

1. the gas-like form into which a substance can be changed by heating. water vapour. damp بُخار изпарения vapor pára der Dampf damp; -damp ατμόςvapor aur بخار höyry vapeur אֵדִים वाष्प para pára uap gufa vapore 蒸気 증기 garas tvaiks; garaiņi wap dampdampparavapor vapori пар 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 vapor výpary der Dunst em αχνός, πάχνηvapor udu(vine) غبار؛ دود huuru vapeur אֵדִים कोहरा, धुआं isparavanje gőz kabut mistur vapore 煙霧 안개, 연무 rūkas, migla dūmaka; migla wap dampeim, dunst, røykosoparyvapor aburi, vapori туман; испарения výpary meglica para dimma, dunst หมอกควัน sis 霧 туман بخارات، کہر hơi 雾

ˈvaporize, ˈvaporise verb

to (cause to) change into a gas-like state. verdamp يُبَخِّر، يُحَوِّل إلى بُخار изпарявам се vaporizar vypařovat se verdampfen fordampe εξατμίζω, εξατμίζομαι vaporizar, evaporar; esfumar aurustama, aurustuma بخار کردن höyrystyä vaporiser לְאֶדוֹת भाप बनाना isparavati (el)párolog menguap breyta(st) í gufu vaporizzare 気化する 기화하다 išgarinti, išgaruoti iztvaikot; izgarot mengewap verdampenfordampe odparować, wyparować vaporizar a (se) evapora испарять 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