văpaie

Romanian

Etymology

Probably from Albanian vapë (“hot weather”),[1][2] from Old Italian vapa (“vapor”),[3] from Latin vapor (“heat, hot air”). Another theory is that it is linked to a Latin root *vapalia, from vapa. [4]

Noun

văpaie f (plural văpăi)

  1. flame, blaze
  2. (figuratively) passion

Synonyms

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. ↑ Romanian Explanatory Dictionary http://dexonline.ro/definitie/vapaie
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