vaporous

Betekenis (Engels)

1. Of or relating to vapour; also, having the characteristics or consistency of vapour.
2. Breathing out or giving off vapour.
3. Of a place: filled with vapour; foggy, misty.
4. Of a thing: covered or hidden by vapour, fog, or mist.
5. (figuratively) Lacking depth or substance; insubstantial, thoughtless, vague.
6. (figuratively) Of clothes or fabric: thin and translucent; filmy, gauzy.
7. Feeling melancholy; experiencing the vapors.

Teenoorgestelde van

nonvaporous

Sinonieme

vapourous

vaporish

steamy

vaporific

sheer

transparent

filmy

gaseous

gauzy

see-through

gossamer

cobwebby

vapourific

diaphanous

gauze-like

vapory

aeriform

translucent

vapourish

miasmic

miasmal

fumose

clear

cloudy

☁️

fancied

fancy

fantastic

fantastical

fictitious

gassy

hazy

imaginary

lucid

misty

notional

semiopaque

semitransparent

unreal

visionary

volatile

smoggy

airlike

Vertalings

vaporoso

translucide

vaporoso

dampfig

transparent

vaporeux

dunstig

transluzid

diaphane

vaporós

φανταστικός

léger

γεμάτος ατμούς

ατμώδης

ασαφής

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈveɪpəɹəs/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: vaporous

Verwante met Frans: vaporeux

Verwante met Italiaans: vaporoso

Verwante met Portugees: vaporoso

Verwante met Spaans: vaporoso

In summary

From Middle English vaporous, from Late Latin vapōrōsus (“full of steam”), from Latin vapor (“exhalation; smoke; steam, vapour”) (possibly related to Proto-Indo-European *kwep- (“to boil; to smoke, steam; aroma; strong odour”)) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of, overly, prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns). The English word is analysable as vapour + -ous. Possibly a doublet of hope.
Cognates
* French vaporeux (“misty, vaporous; filmy, transparent”)
* Italian vaporoso (“flimsy, gauzy; fluffy; vaporous”)
* Portuguese vaporoso
* Spanish vaporoso (“airy; vaporous”)