vampa

French

Verb

vampa

1. third-person singular past historic of vamper

Italian

FWOTD – 20 August 2023

Etymology

Gender change from vampo (“intense heat or brightness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvam.pa/
• Rhymes: -ampa
• Hyphenation: vàm‧pa

Noun

vampa f (plural vampe)

1. heat, flame
   • 1316–c. 1321, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XVII”, in Paradiso [Heaven]‎^[1], lines 7–9; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[2], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     Per che mia donna «Manda fuor la vampa
     del tuo disio», mi disse, «sì ch’ella esca
     segnata bene de la interna stampa

     Therefore my Lady said to me: "Send forth the flame of thy desire, so that it issue imprinted well with the internal stamp"

2. (figurative) hot flush (skin sensation)
3. (figurative) burning sentiment

Derived terms

• avvampare
• divampare
• svampare
• svampire
• vampante
• vampata
• vampata
• vampeggiare

 

Further reading

• vampa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian vampa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvam.pa/

Noun

vampa f (plural vampi)

1. flame

Derived terms

• vvampja