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English

Alternative forms

• vampyre (archaic)

Etymology

From French vampire, from German Vampir, from a Slavic word, probably Serbo-Croatian vàmp?r (said to be an alteration of a term *upir), from Proto-Slavic *?pyr?. Compare Russian ?????? (upýr?), Polish upiór, etc. Doublet of oupire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?væm.pa?.?(?)/

Noun

vampire (plural vampires)

1. A mythological undead creature said to feed on the blood of the living. [from earlier 18th c.]

   Synonyms: nosferatu, lamia, cadaver sanguine

2. (colloquial) A person with the medical condition systemic lupus erythematosus, colloquially known as vampirism, with effects such as photosensitivity and brownish-red stained teeth.
3. A blood-sucking bat; vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) [from later 18th c.]

   Synonym: vampire bat

4. (figuratively, derogatory) A person who drains one's time, energy, money, etc.
5. (dated) A vamp: a seductive woman who exploits men.
   • 2004, David W. Menefee, The First Female Stars: Women of the Silent Era (page 4)

     "What followed this decision was exactly what we had expected: Mr. Fox, realizing that the public was tiring of Theda Bara in vampire roles, announced that he would star her in a production of Romeo and Juliet," she illustrated.

6. (US, slang) A medical technician who works with patients' blood.
   • 2000, Tracie Peterson, Colorado Wings (page 373)

     "I draw blood from patients, and then I take it back to the lab and analyze it. Sometimes, the vampires do all the sticks, that is to say the lab assistants do all the blood collections." He grinned. "We have our own language at the lab."

Synonyms

• (blood drinker): hemovore, hematophagous

Derived terms

Related terms

• vamp

Descendants

• ? Bengali: ???????????? (bhêmpayar)
• ? Irish: vaimpír
• ? Japanese: ?????? (vanpaia), ????? (banpaia)
• ? Marathi: ?????????? (vh?mp?yar)
• ? Thai: ??????? (w?m-paai)
• ? Scottish Gaelic: bhampair
• ? Swahili: vampiri
• ? Welsh: fampir

Translations

Verb

vampire (third-person singular simple present vampires, present participle vampiring, simple past and past participle vampired)

1. (transitive, figuratively) To drain of energy or resources.

See also

• werewolf
• bloodsucker
• hemovore
• Vampire (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Common vampire bat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Desmodus rotundus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Desmodus rotundus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Desmodus rotundus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• The meaning of the word "vampire"

References

Anagrams

• vampier

Esperanto

Etymology

vampiro (“vampire”) +? -e

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vam?pire/

Adverb

vampire

1. vampirically

Related terms

• vampira (“vampiric”)
• vampiro (“vampire”)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v??.pi?/

Noun

vampire m (plural vampires)

1. vampire

Derived terms

• vampirique
• vampiriser

Descendants

• ? Armenian: ?????? (vampir)
• ? Asturian: vampiru
• ? Belarusian: ?????? (vampir)
• ? Catalan: vampir
• ? Czech: vampýr
• ? English: vampire (see there for further descendants)
• ? Galician: vampiro
• ? Georgian: ??????? (vam?iri)
• ? Greek: ?????? (vampír)
• ? Italian: vampiro
• ? Malagasy: vampira
• ? Occitan: vampire
• ? Romanian: vampir
• ? Russian: ?????? (vampir) (see there for further descendants)
• ? Slovak: vampír
• ? Spanish: vampiro, vampira
  • ? Basque: banpiro
  • ? Cebuano: bampira
  • ? Tagalog: bampira
  • ? Waray-Waray: bampira
• ? Ottoman Turkish: ??????? (vampir)
  • Turkish: vampir
• ? Ukrainian: ?????? (vampir)

Further reading

• “vampire” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Verb

vampire

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of vampirar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of vampirar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of vampirar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of vampirar

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vam?pi.re]

Noun

vampire f pl

1. plural of vampir?

English

Etymology

From a Middle English rebracketing of noumpere, from Old French nonper (“odd number, not even (as a tie-breaking arbitrator)”), from non (“not”) + per (“equal”), from Latin par (“equal”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??m.pa?.?(?)/
• Rhymes: -a??(?)

Noun

umpire (plural umpires)

1. (tennis, badminton) The official who presides over a tennis game sat on a high chair.
2. (cricket) One of the two white-coated officials who preside over a cricket match.
3. (baseball) One of usually 4 officials who preside over a baseball game.

4. (American football) The official who stands behind the line on the defensive side.

5. (Australian rules football) A match official on the ground deciding and enforcing the rules during play. As of 2007 the Australian Football League uses 3, or in the past 2 or just 1. The other officials, the goal umpires and boundary umpires, are normally not called just umpires alone.
6. (law) A person who arbitrates between contending parties.
7. (curling) The official who presides over a curling game.

Coordinate terms

• referee

Usage notes

• In general, and as a usage guideline, a referee moves around with the game, while an umpire stays (approximately) in one place.

Translations

Verb

umpire (third-person singular simple present umpires, present participle umpiring, simple past and past participle umpired)

1. (sports, intransitive) To act as an umpire in a game.

   Coordinate term: referee

2. (transitive) To decide as an umpire.

   Synonyms: arbitrate, settle

   • Judges appointed to umpire the matter in contest between them, and to decide where the right lies.

Translations

See also

• Category:English rebracketings.

Further reading

• referee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• umpire (cricket) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• umpire (baseball) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• impure, rumpie

Spanish

Noun

umpire m (plural umpires)

1. umpire