vampir

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vampir

[vamˈpir]

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French vampire, borrowed from German Vampir, borrowed from Serbo-Croatian vampir, from Proto-Slavic *ǫpyrь, possibly from Proto-Turkic *ōpur, or possibly from *u + *pyřь. Despite the term's common association with Romanian culture abroad, this word is not native to the language; see strigoi for an equivalent concept.

noun vampiri · equivalent vampiră · vampir · vampirul · vampirii

masculine vampire

In English

ghoul a spirit said to feed on corpses
vampire mythological creature
vampire bat bat of the subfamily Desmodontinae

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@misc{vampir_2026,
  title = {vampir},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/vampir},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}