vapour

vapour (countable and uncountable, plural vapours)

1. British standard spelling of vapor.

vapour (third-person singular simple present vapours, present participle vapouring, simple past and past participle vapoured)

1. British standard spelling of vapor.

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman vapour, from Latin vapor.

• vapor, vapoure, vapur, wapour

• IPA^(key): /vaːˈpuːr/, /vaˈpuːr/, /ˈvaːpur/

vapour (plural vapours)

1. Fumes or vapour; a visible gaseous emission:
   1. A visible vapour; steam
   2. The vapour of water; mist.
   3. Fumes given off by combustion; smoke.
2. Heated air; air of a high temperature.
3. (physiology) A noxious bodily fume believed to be the cause of maladies.
4. (rare) A airborne smell; a nasal sensation transmitted via the air.
5. (rare) Effect, emanation.

• vapouren

• English: vapour, vapor
• Scots: vapour
• Yola: vaaper

• “vā̆pǒur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 1 September 2018.

vapour

1. alternative form of vapouren