Meaning

1 senses

  1. (figuratively)To drain of energy or resources.

Origin

From French vampire, from German Vampir, via Hungarian from a Slavic word, probably Serbo-

From French vampire, from German Vampir, via Hungarian from a Slavic word, probably Serbo-Croatian vàmpīr /ва̀мпӣр, from Proto-Slavic *ǫpyrь, further possibly from Proto-Turkic *ōpur (“glutton, witch, evil spirit”), or from native construction. Doublet of dhampir and oupire.

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Forms

vampires, vampiring, vampired, vampired

regular · Lesson

Base formvampire · to vampire
3rd person singularvampires
Present participlevampiring
Past simplevampired
Past participlevampired

Tenses

vampire · vampired · will vampire · have vampired

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyvampire
he, she, itvampires

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave vampired
he, she, ithas vampired

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill vampire

Past simpleLesson

all personsvampired

Word family

3 related words
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Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
valueA2valuelessvalvevanB1vandalC2vandalise

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