vapore

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vapōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaˈpo.re/
• Rhymes: -ore
• Hyphenation: va‧pó‧re

Noun

vapore m (plural vapori)

1. steam
2. vapour, especially water vapour
3. Ellipsis of nave a vapore (“steamship”)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• evaporare
• vaporare
• vaporazione
• vaporetto
• vaporizzare
• vaporoso

Descendants

• → Albanian: vapor
• → Greek: βαπόρι (vapóri)
• → Ottoman Turkish: واپور (vapor, vapur)
  • Turkish: vapur, bapur, bafur, bapır, babır, papur, papor (dialectal)
  • → Armenian: վափոր (vapʻor), վափուր (vapʻur), պաֆոռ (pafoṙ), փաֆոռ (pʻafoṙ)
  • → Georgian: ვაფორი (vapori) — Chveneburi
  • → Laz: ვაფური (vapuri), ვაფოჲი (vapoyi) — Lome
  • → Northern Kurdish: vapûr, wapor, papor
  • → South Levantine Arabic: بابور (bābōr, “ship”)

Anagrams

• parevo, pavore, povera

Latin

Noun

vapōre

1. ablative singular of vapor

Middle English

Verb

vapore

1. Alternative form of vapouren