disappear
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disappear
- /dɪsəˈpɪə/ UK
- /dɪsəˈpɪɹ/ US
- /dɪsəˈpiːɹ/ Scotland
Rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English disapeeren, equivalent to dis- + appear. Displaced native Old English fordwīnan.
Displaced native Old English cwincan, whose causative persists as quench (“put out (fire)”).
verb disappears · disappearing · disappeared
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To vanish.
Similar: dematerialize, vanish, perish, dissolve, walk · Opposite: appear
- To go missing; to become a missing person. Eighteen years after Jaycee Dugard disappeared in 1991, she was found alive in the summer of 2009.
- To go away; to become lost. I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields[…]. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair,[…]. My client welcomed the judge […] and they disappeared together into the Ethiopian card-room, which was filled with the assegais and exclamation point shields Mr. Cooke had had made a
- To make vanish; especially, to abduct or murder for political reasons. The Chinese government is well-known for disappearing particularly vocal political dissidents.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: vanish, go away, disappearance, vanishing, evanish, leave, elimination, abolish, dispel, stop, remove, cease, displace, eliminate, dissipate, rid
Translations
Every language
verb to vanish
| Español | desaparecer, desparecer |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 사라지다 sarajida |
| 日本語 | 消える kieru |
| 中文 | 消失 xiāoshī |
| हिन्दी | मिटना miṭnā, ग़ायब होना ġāyab honā |
| Kiswahili | kutoweka |
| Português | desaparecer, sumir |
| Français | disparaître |
| Deutsch | verschwinden, entschwinden |
| Italiano | sparire, scomparire, svanire |
| Ελληνικά | εξαφανίζομαι exafanízomai |
| Română | dispărea |
| Русский | исчеза́ть isčezátʹ, исче́знуть isčéznutʹ, пропада́ть propadátʹ, пропа́сть propástʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | biến mất |
| العربية | اِخْتَفَى iḵtafā |
| עברית | נֶעֱלַם ne'elám |
verb to make vanish
| Español | desaparecer, desparecer |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 滅絕 /灭绝 mièjué, 被失蹤 /被失踪, 被消失 |
| Português | fazer sumir, fazer desaparecer, sumir com, desaparecer com |
| Français | faire disparaître |
| Deutsch | zum Verschwinden bringen, verschwinden lassen |
| Ελληνικά | εξαφανίζω exafanízo |
| Русский | убира́ть ubirátʹ, убра́ть ubrátʹ |
| العربية | أَخْفَى ʔaḵfā |
| עברית | הֶעֱלִים he'elím |
Talk about this word "disappear." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/disappear. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. disappear. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/disappear "disappear." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/disappear.Cite this
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title = {disappear},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/disappear},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
