damp

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. In a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist.
2. (figuratively) Despondent; dispirited, downcast.
3. Permitting the possession of alcoholic beverages, but not their sale.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Moisture; humidity; dampness.
2. (archaic, countable, uncountable) Fog; fogginess; vapor.
3. (archaic, countable, uncountable) Dejection or depression; something that spoils a positive emotion (such as enjoyment, satisfaction, expectation or courage) or a desired activity.
4. (archaic, countable, historical, uncountable) A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pits, etc.

Verb

1. (transitive) To suppress vibrations (mechanical) or oscillations (electrical) by converting energy to heat (or some other form of energy).
2. (archaic, transitive) To dampen; to make moderately wet.
3. (archaic, transitive) To put out, as fire; to weaken, restrain, or make dull.

Concepts

humide

moite

amortir

mouillé

humidité

mouiller

humidifier

moiteur

assourdir

mouillée

triste

☹️

atténuer

humecter

affaiblir

son

🔉

vapeur

buée

débiliter

émanations

exhalaisons

abattre

vapeurs

brume

casser

déprimer

dissiper

étouffer

frais

froid

🥶

glacé

mollir

muet

ralentir

refroidir

sombre

Synonymes

moist

wet

humid

dampen

moisture

dampness

moisten

humidity

wetness

soaked

dank

deaden

soften

weaken

mute

🔇

dull

moistness

muffle

dampish

dankness

tone down

clammy

watery

bate

check

become wet

wilted

get wet

allay

discouragement

make damp

stifle

soak

snow

❄️

muggy

depress

reduce

undried

moderate

break

impair

humidify

enervate

green

debilitate

discourage

abate

chill

damping

dampened

Traductions

umido

feucht

húmedo

dämpfen

mojado

nass

vochtig

bagnato

smorzare

Feuchtigkeit

befeuchten

úmido

umidità

ersticken

klam

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/dæmp/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: dampen

Appartenant à néerlandais: damp

Appartenant à allemand: Dampf

Appartenant à islandais: dampi

Appartenant à suédois: damm

Appartenant à allemand: dampf

In summary

From Middle English dampen (“to stifle; suffocate”). Akin to Low German damp, Dutch damp, and German Dampf (“vapor, steam, fog”), Icelandic dampi, Swedish damm (“dust”), and to German dampf imperative of dimpfen (“to smoke”). Also Middle English dampen (“to extinguish, choke, suffocate”). Ultimately all descend from Proto-Germanic *dampaz.