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Meaning of vapour | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. British standard spelling of vapor
  2. British standard spelling of vapor.
    countable, uncountable
  3. 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 förång...
  4. (General Physics) particles of moisture or other substance suspended in air and visible as clouds, smoke, etc
  5. (General Physics) a gaseous substance at a temperature below its critical temperature. Compare gas3
  6. (General Physics) a substance that is in a gaseous state at a temperature below its boiling point
  7. rare something fanciful that lacks substance or permanence
    rare
  8. the vapours archaic a depressed mental condition believed originally to be the result of vaporous exhalations from the stomach
    archaic
  9. (General Physics) to evaporate or cause to evaporate; vaporize
  10. (intr) to make vain empty boasts; brag
    intr
  11. a visible exhalation, as fog or smoke, suspended in the air.
  12. a substance in gaseous form that is below its critical temperature.

Equivalents

العربية البخار
Čeština výpar
Deutsch Schwalch
Ελληνικά άχνη αχνός
Español vapor
עברית קיטור
हिन्दी भाप वाष्प
日本語 蒸気
Kurdî vapor
Svenska imma
ไทย ไอน้ำ

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
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