văpaie

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Romanian

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from Albanian vapë (hot weather), from Old Italian vapa (vapor), from Latin vapor (heat, hot air), though the relationship between the words is uncertain. Another theory is that it is linked to a Vulgar Latin root *vapalia, from vapa. Compare Sicilian vampa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vəˈpa.je/
  • Rhymes: -aje
  • Hyphenation: vă‧pa‧ie

Noun

văpaie f (plural văpăi) (now literary)

  1. flame, blaze
  2. (figuratively) passion

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References

  1. ^ Noul dicționar explicativ al limbii române, s.v. "văpaie", Litera Internațional, 2002.
  2. ^ Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan”, Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române, ediția a II-a, s.v. "văpaie", Univers Enciclopedic, 1998.
  3. ^ Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary, s.v. "vapë" (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 494.
  4. ^ văpaie in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)