French edit

Verb edit

vampa

  1. third-person singular past historic of vamper

Italian edit

Etymology edit

Gender change from vampo (intense heat or brightness).

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

vampa f (plural vampe)

  1. heat, flame
    • c. 13161321, 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], 2nd 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 edit

Further reading edit

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

Maltese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Italian vampa.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

vampa f (plural vampi)

  1. flame

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