Kilo Lingo

/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

.

A "vampire" is a creature from stories, not a real animal.

, .

Here "vampire" is the subject of the sentence.

dressed .

The plural is "vampires".

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This word is part of lesson 38.