vanish

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed.
2. To become equal to zero.
3. (transitive) To disappear; to kidnap.

Noun

1. The brief terminal part of a vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part.
2. A magic trick in which something seems to disappear.
3. A disappearance; a vanishment.

Synonyms

disappear

fade

perish

pass away

go off

go away

be lost

dissolve

lost

fade away

fly

✈️

invisible

evaporate

cease to exist

get lost

die

💀

die out

cease

vaporize

melt away

go missing

become invisible

flee

go

hide

destroyed

extinct

decease

expire

make off

evanesce

lose

go out

be absent

leave

pop off

dissipate

fell

clear

be missing

diminish

vamoose

die away

depart

calm down

beetle

🪲

demise

dematerialise

buy the farm

exit

Translations

disparaître

verschwinden

desaparecer

εξαφανίζομαι

sparire

desaparecer

svanire

desvanecerse

scomparire

verdwijnen

invisible

s’évanouir

sfumare

اختفى

abolesco

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈvænɪʃ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: vanyshen

In summary

Aphetic for obsolete evanish, from Middle English vanyshen, evaneschen, from Old French esvanir, esvaniss- (modern French évanouir), from Vulgar Latin *exvanire (“to vanish, disappear, to fade out”), from Latin evanescere, from vanus (“empty”). Doublet of evanesce.