/ˈvæm.paɪə/
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Translation
In stories, a dead person who comes out at night and drinks the blood of living people.
Word origin
From French vampire and German Vampir, taken from Serbian vampir, the blood-drinking creature of Balkan folk stories.
- Origin
- Serbian
- Root
- vampir
Grammar
Gender
Pluralvampires
Examples
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A "vampire" is a creature from stories, not a real animal.
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Here "vampire" is the subject of the sentence.
dressed .
The plural is "vampires".
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