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vacuum
English
Alternative forms
- vacuüm (rare)
Etymology
From Latin vacuum (“an empty space, void”), noun use of neuter of vacuus (“empty”), related to vacare (“be empty”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?væ.kju?m/, /?væ.kju?.?m/
Noun
vacuum (plural vacuums or (rare) vacua) (see usage notes)
- A region of space that contains no matter.
- (plural only "vacuums") A vacuum cleaner.
- The condition of rarefaction, or reduction of pressure below that of the atmosphere, in a vessel, such as the condenser of a steam engine, which is nearly exhausted of air or steam, etc.
- a vacuum of 26 inches of mercury, or 13 pounds per square inch
- (physics) A spacetime having tensors of zero magnitude
Usage notes
- The Latin in vacuo is sometimes used instead of in a vacuum (in free space).
Synonyms
- (a region of space that contains no matter): vacancy, void
- (vacuum cleaner): hoover (British)
Antonyms
- (region of space that contains no matter): plenum
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
vacuum (third-person singular simple present vacuums, present participle vacuuming, simple past and past participle vacuumed)
- (transitive) To clean (something) with a vacuum cleaner.
- (intransitive) To use a vacuum cleaner.
- (transitive, databases) To optimise a database or database table by physically removing deleted tuples.
Synonyms
- (transitive sense): to hoover (British)
- (intransitive sense): to do the hoovering, to hoover (British)
Translations
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /va.k??m/
Noun
vacuum m (plural vacuums)
- vacuum (space containing no matter)
Synonyms
- vide
Descendants
- Turkish: vakum
Further reading
- “vacuum” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Adjective
vacuum
- accusative neuter singular of vacuus
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin vacuum
Noun
vacuum n (plural vacuumuri)
- vacuum
Declension
Spanish
Alternative forms
- vácuum (recommended)
Noun
vacuum m (plural vacuums)
- vacuum
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cave
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French cave, from Latin cava (“cavity”), from cavus (“hollow”). Cognate with Tocharian B throat (kor), Albanian cup (“odd, uneven”), Ancient Greek ???? (kúar, “eye of needle, earhole”), Old Armenian ??? (sor, “hole”), Sanskrit ????? (??nya, “empty, barren, zero”). Displaced native Old English s?ræf.
Pronunciation
- enPR: k?v, IPA(key): /ke?v/
- Rhymes: -e?v
Noun
cave (plural caves)
- A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.
- A hole, depression, or gap in earth or rock, whether natural or man-made.
- A storage cellar, especially for wine or cheese.
- A place of retreat, such as a man cave.
- (caving) A naturally-occurring cavity in bedrock which is large enough to be entered by an adult.
- (nuclear physics) A shielded area where nuclear experiments can be carried out.
- (drilling, uncountable) Debris, particularly broken rock, which falls into a drill hole and interferes with drilling.
- (mining) A collapse or cave-in.
- (figuratively, also slang) The vagina.
- (slang, politics, often "Cave") A group that breaks from a larger political party or faction on a particular issue.
- (obsolete) Any hollow place, or part; a cavity.
- (programming) A code cave.
Synonyms
- earthhole
Derived terms
- cave dweller
- caveman
- cave painting
- cavewoman
- seacave
Translations
Verb
cave (third-person singular simple present caves, present participle caving, simple past and past participle caved)
- To surrender.
- To collapse.
- To hollow out or undermine.
- To engage in the recreational exploration of caves.
- Synonym: spelunk
- (mining) In room-and-pillar mining, to extract a deposit of rock by breaking down a pillar which had been holding it in place.
- (mining, obsolete) To work over tailings to dress small pieces of marketable ore.
- (obsolete) To dwell in a cave.
Derived terms
- block caving
- cave in
- caver
- caving hammer
Translations
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin cav?, second-person singular present active imperative of cave? (“to beware”). Used at Eton College, Berkshire.
Pronunciation
- enPR: k??v?, IPA(key): /?ke?vi/
- Rhymes: -e?vi
- Homophone: cavy
Interjection
cave
- (Britain, school slang) look out!; beware!
Synonyms
- heads up, look out, watch it, see also Thesaurus:heads up
Derived terms
- keep cave
Translations
Anagrams
- evac
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kav/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin cavus (“concave; cavity”).
Adjective
cave (plural caves)
- pitted
- concave
- cavernous
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Late Latin cava, substantivized form of Latin cava, feminine of the adjective cavus.
Noun
cave f (plural caves)
- A cellar or basement.
- (specifically) A wine cellar; or, a piece of furniture that serves the purpose of a wine cellar.
- (by extension) A wine selection.
- caves: An estate where wine grapes are grown or (especially) where wine is produced.
- cave à liqueurs: A chest for the storage of liquors.
Derived terms
- cave à vin
Etymology 3
Probably from cavé, from the past participle of caver, a term used in games.
Noun
cave m (plural caves)
- (Quebec, slang) An imbecile, a stupid person.
Anagrams
- avec
Further reading
- “cave” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Adjective
cave
- feminine plural of cavo
Noun
cave f
- plural of cava
Latin
Verb
cav?
- second-person singular present imperative of cave?
- 1st century AD, Petronius, Satyricon
- Cave canem.
- Beware of the dog.
- Cave canem.
- 1st century AD, Petronius, Satyricon
Norman
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
cave f (plural caves)
- (Jersey) cave, cellar
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -avi
Noun
cave m (plural caves)
- cellar
Verb
cave
- first-person singular present subjunctive of cavar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of cavar
- third-person singular imperative of cavar
Spanish
Verb
cave
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of cavar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of cavar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of cavar.
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