B1noun · uncountable · common

steam

пара, пар

пар, сила, энергия, гнев

Dampf, Wasserdampf, Kraft, Energie

The hot gaseous form of water, formed when water changes from the liquid phase to the…The hot gaseous form of water, formed when water changes from the liquid phase to the gas phase (at or above its boiling point temperature).

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/stiːm/

» I must let off steam.

Ich muss mal etwas Dampf ablassen. — Vortarulo

Мне надо выпустить пар. — marafon

Мені потрібно випустити пару. — deniko

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Meaning

11 senses

(uncountable, usually)The hot gaseous form of water, formed when water changes from the liquid phase to the gas phase (at or above its boiling point temperature).
Wasserdampf, Dampf, Dampf
парpar, парpar
па́раpára, парpar
water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere
The suspended condensate (cloud) formed by water vapour when it encounters colder air.
(uncountable, usually)Mist, fog.
(uncountable, usually)Exhaled breath into cold air below the dew point of the exhalation.
(uncountable, usually)Pressurized water vapour used for heating, cooking, or to provide mechanical energy.
(uncountable, usually)The act of cooking by steaming.
Give the carrots a ten-minute steam.
(figuratively, uncountable, usually)Internal energy for progress or motive power.
After three weeks in bed he was finally able to sit up under his own steam.
run out of steam
Kraft, Energie
эне́ргияenɛ́rgija, си́лаsíla
(figuratively, uncountable, usually)Pent-up anger.
Dad had to go outside to blow off some steam.
гневgnev
(uncountable, usually)A steam-powered vehicle, referring to their use.
(uncountable, usually)Travel by means of a steam-powered vehicle.
(uncountable, usually)Fencing without the use of any electric equipment.
(obsolete, uncountable, usually)Any exhalation.
испаре́ниеisparénije

Examples

189 sentences

I must let off steam.
Мені потрібно випустити пару. — deniko
ruМне надо выпустить пар. — marafon
deIch muss mal etwas Dampf ablassen. — Vortarulo
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The engine is driven by steam.
deDie Lokomotive wird von Dampf angetrieben. — al_ex_an_der
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Tom needs to let off some steam.
deTom muss etwas Dampf ablassen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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I needed to blow off some steam.
ruМне нужно было выпустить пар. — Wezel
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I need to blow off some steam.
ruМне нужно выпустить пар. — shanghainese
deIch muss etwas Dampf ablassen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

water vapor:

Русский

By meaning 4

water vapor:

internal energy:

pent-up anger:

any exhalation:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

water vapor:

internal energy:

Origin

From Middle English steem, stem, from Old English stēam (“steam, hot exhalation, hot breat

From Middle English steem, stem, from Old English stēam (“steam, hot exhalation, hot breath; that which emits vapour; blood”), from Proto-Germanic *staumaz (“steam, vapour, breath”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to whirl, waft, stink, shake; steam, haze, smoke”). Cognate with Scots stem, steam (“steam”), West Frisian steam (“steam, vapour”), Dutch stoom (“steam, vapour”), Low German stom (“steam”), Swedish dialectal stimma (“steam, fog”), Latin fūmus (“smoke, steam”).

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