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 Vulgar 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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