Meanings
plural water vapors · alternative water vapour
- countableuncountableWater in a gaseous state, especially when diffused in the atmosphere.
Water vapor was found in the atmosphere of K2-18b, one of hundreds of "super-Earths" - worlds ranging in size between Earth and Neptune - documented in a growing new field of astronomy devoted to the exploration of so-called exoplanets elsewhere in the Milky Way galaxy.
2019 September 11, Barbara Goldberg, “Water found in atmosphere of planet beyond our solar system”, in Steve Gorman, Lisa Shumaker, editors, Reuters, sourced from LONDON (Reuters), archived from the original on 16 May 2025Synonyms: aqueous vapor
Synonyms & antonyms
nounWater in a gaseous state, especially when diffused in the atmosphere.
nounSteam.
More synonyms by meaning
nounwater in a vaporous form diffused in the atmosphere but below boiling temperature
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic بُخَار مَاء
- بُخَار مَاء (buḵār māʔ)water in a gaseous state
Chinese Mandarin 水氣 /水气
- 水氣 /水气 (shuǐqì)water in a gaseous state
Czech vodní pára
- vodní párawater in a gaseous state
Danish vanddamp
- vanddampwater in a gaseous state
Dutch waterdamp
- waterdampwater in a gaseous state
Esperanto akvovaporo
- akvovaporowater in a gaseous state
Finnish vesihöyry, vesihöyry
- vesihöyrysteam
- vesihöyrywater in a gaseous state
French vapeur, vapeur d'eau
- vapeursteam
- vapeur d'eausteam
- vapeurwater in a gaseous state
- vapeur d'eauwater in a gaseous state
German Dampf, Wasserdampf
- Dampfsteam
- Wasserdampfwater in a gaseous state
Greek ατμός, υδρατμός
- ατμός (atmós)water in a gaseous state
- υδρατμός (ydratmós)water in a gaseous state
Hindi भाप, भाप
- भाप (bhāp)steam
- भाप (bhāp)water in a gaseous state
Hungarian vízgőz, vízpára
- vízgőzwater in a gaseous state
- vízpárawater in a gaseous state
Icelandic loftraki, vatnsgufa
- loftrakiwater in a gaseous state
- vatnsgufawater in a gaseous state
- eimurwater in a gaseous state
Indonesian uap air
- uap airwater in a gaseous state
Italian vapore, vapore acqueo
- vaporesteam
- vapore acqueowater in a gaseous state
Japanese 蒸気, 水蒸気
- 蒸気 (jōki)steam
- 水蒸気 (suijōki)water in a gaseous state
Korean 수증기
- 수증기 (sujeunggi)water in a gaseous state
Latvian ūdens tvaiks, ūdens tvaiks
- ūdens tvaikssteam
- ūdens tvaikswater in a gaseous state
Malay wap air
- wap airwater in a gaseous state
Māori wairehu
- wairehuwater in a gaseous state
Polish para, para wodna
- parasteam
- para wodnawater in a gaseous state
Portuguese vapor de água
- vapor de águawater in a gaseous state
Romanian abur, vapori
- abursteam
- vaporisteam
- aburwater in a gaseous state
- vapori de apăwater in a gaseous state
Russian водяно́й пар, пар
- водяно́й пар (vodjanój par)steam
- пар (par)steam
- водяно́й пар (vodjanój par)water in a gaseous state
Spanish vapor ácueo / acuoso / aguoso, [el] agua gaseosa / gaseiforme
- vapor ácueo / acuoso / aguososteam
- [el] agua gaseosa / gaseiformewater in a gaseous state
Swedish vattenånga
- vattenångawater in a gaseous state
Turkish su buharı
- su buharıwater in a gaseous state
Vietnamese hơi nước
- hơi nướcwater in a gaseous state
Cite this entry
water vapor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20vapor
“water vapor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20vapor. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “water vapor,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20vapor.
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