vampire — [ vɑ̃pir ] n. m. • 1738; all. Vampir, du serbe 1 ♦ Fantôme sortant la nuit de son tombeau pour aller sucer le sang des vivants. ⇒ goule, strige . 2 ♦ Fig. (1756) Vieilli Suceur de sang, homme avide d argent. « Hors du trône, tyrans ! à la tombe,… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Vampire — Vam pire, n. [F. vampire (cf. It. vampiro, G. & D. vampir), fr. Servian vampir.] [Written also {vampyre}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A blood sucking ghost; a soul of a dead person superstitiously believed to come from the grave and wander about by night… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
vampire — ► NOUN 1) (in folklore) a corpse supposed to leave its grave at night to drink the blood of the living. 2) (also vampire bat) a small bat that feeds on blood by piercing the skin with its incisor teeth, found mainly in tropical America.… … English terms dictionary
vampire — [vam′pīr΄] n. [Fr < Ger vampir, of Slav orig., as in Serb vàmpīr] 1. Folklore a corpse that becomes reanimated and leaves its grave at night to suck the blood of sleeping persons 2. an unscrupulous person who preys ruthlessly on others, as a… … English World dictionary
Vampire — For other uses, see Vampire (disambiguation). The Vampire, by Philip Burne Jones, 1897 Vampires … Wikipedia
Vampire — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Vampire (homonymie) … Wikipédia en Français
Vampire — Vampir kann bedeuten: eine Sagengestalt, siehe Vampir eine Gruppe sich von Blut ernährender Fledermäuse, siehe Vampirfledermäuse, am bekanntesten davon ist der Gemeine Vampir mehrere andere Fledermäuse, die den Vampirfledermäusen ähnlich sehen,… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Vampire$ — infobox Book | name = Vampire$ title orig = translator = image caption = Roc Books 1992 edition author = John Steakley illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Fantasy publisher = Roc Books pub date … Wikipedia
Vampire — One of the undead. A corpse that lives in a grave during the day, and at night seeks nourishment by sucking the blood of humans. A vampire can take the form of a bat or wolf, and has no reflection in a mirror. The only way to kill a vampire is … The writer's dictionary of science fiction, fantasy, horror and mythology
vampire — vampiric /vam pir ik/, vampirish /vam puyeur ish/, adj. /vam puyeur/, n. 1. a preternatural being, commonly believed to be a reanimated corpse, that is said to suck the blood of sleeping persons at night. 2. (in Eastern European folklore) a… … Universalium
