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Definition for: vacuum

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See also vacuüm

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /vækuːm̩̩/

Noun

vacuum

  1. A region of space that lacks matter. (plural vacuums or vacua )
  2. A suction device, especially a vacuum cleaner. (plural vacuums )

Synonyms

  • Hoover™ (2 British )

Antonym

Translations

A region of space that lacks matter (1)
  • Bulgarian: вакуум m .
  • Catalan: buit m .
  • Chinese: 真空
  • Czech: vakuum n .
  • Dutch: vacuüm n .
  • Esperanto: vakuo
  • Finnish: tyhjiö, vakuumi, tyhjö
  • French: vide m . , vacuum m .
  • German: Vakuum n .
  • Greek: κενό n .
  • Hebrew: ואקום m . ,ריק m .
  • Icelandic: lofttæmi n . , lofttóm n .
  • Interlingua: vacuo
  • Italian: vuoto m .
  • Japanese: 真空
  • Norwegian: vakuum n .
  • Polish: próżnia f .
  • Portuguese: vácuo m .
  • Russian: вакуум m .
  • Romanian: vid n .
  • Slovak: vákuum
  • Spanish: vacío m .
  • Telugu: శూన్యం (SoonyaM)
A suction device (2)
  • Bulgarian: прахосмукачка f .
  • Catalan: aspiradora f .
  • Chinese: 吸塵機
  • Dutch: stofzuiger m .
  • Finnish: imuri, pölynimuri
  • French: aspirateur m .
  • German: Staubsauger m .
  • Greek: ηλεκτριτή σκούπα f .
  • Icelandic: ryksuga f .
  • Interlingua: aspirator
  • Italian: aspirapolvere m .
  • Japanese: 掃除機 (そうじき, soujiki)
  • Norwegian: støvsuger vacuum cleaner ; lage vakuum make vacuum
  • Polish: odkurzacz m .
  • Portuguese: aspirador de pó m .
  • Romanian: aspirator n .
  • Russian: пылесос m .
  • Spanish: aspiradora f .
  • Arabic : فراغ
  • Korean : 진공
  • Lithuanian : vakuumas m .


Verb

to vacuum ( third-person singular simple present vacuums , present participle vacuuming , simple past vacuumed , past participle vacuumed )

Infinitive
to vacuum

Third person singular
vacuums

Simple past
vacuumed

Past participle
vacuumed

Present participle
vacuuming

  1. To clean with a vacuum cleaner. (transitive or intransitive)

Synonyms

  • Hoover™ ( British )

Translations

  • Catalan: passar l'aspiradora
  • Dutch: stofzuigen
  • Finnish:imuroida
  • French: passer l'aspirateur
  • Icelandic: ryksuga
  • Interlingua: mundar con le aspirator
  • Italian: pulire con l'aspirapolvere
  • Norwegian: støvsuge
  • Portuguese: aspirar
  • Russian: пылесосить
  • Slovak: vysávať
  • Spanish: aspirar

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /va.kɥɔm/
  • SAMPA: /va.kHOm/

Noun

vacuum

  1. See: vacuum

Other Translations for "vacuum"

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Morse Codevacuum
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Pig Latinacuumvay

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