steam

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• Received-Pronunciation: /stiːm/
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• General-American: /stiːm/
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From Middle English steem, stem, from Old English stēam (“steam, hot exhalation, hot breath; that which emits vapour; blood”), from Proto-Germanic *staumaz (“steam, vapour, breath”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhewh2- (“to whirl, waft, stink, shake; steam, haze, smoke”). Cognate with Scots stem, steam (“steam”), West Frisian steam (“steam, vapour”), Dutch stoom (“steam, vapour”), Low German stom (“steam”), Swedish dialectal stimma (“steam, fog”), Latin fūmus (“smoke, steam”).

359 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: афақь (afakj) — water vapor
• Afrikaans: wasem — water vapor
• Dupaningan Agta: asngaw — water vapor
• Albanian: avull — water vapor
• Albanian: vogë — water vapor
• Aleut: huyux̂ — water vapor
• Southern Altai: буу (buu) — water vapor
• Amharic: እንፋሎት (ınıfâlotı) — water vapor
• Arabic: بُخَار (buḵār) — water vapor
• Aragonese: vabor — water vapor
• Aragonese: vaporada — water vapor
• Armenian: գոլորշի (golorši) — water vapor
• Armenian: շոգի (šogi) — water vapor
• Aromanian: abur — water vapor
• Assamese: ভাপ (bhap) — water vapor
• Asturian: vapor — water vapor
• Azerbaijani: buxar — water vapor
• Azerbaijani: buğ — water vapor
• Bashkir: быу (bıw) — water vapor
• Bashkir: боҫ (boś) — water vapor
• Basque: lurrun — water vapor
• Basque: bapore — water vapor
• Belarusian: па́ра (pára) — water vapor
• Belarusian: пар (par) — water vapor
• Bengali: বাষ্প (baśpo) — water vapor
• Bengali: ভাপ (bhap) — water vapor
• Bengali: ধূম (dhum) — water vapor
• Bhojpuri: भाप (bhāp) — water vapor
• Bulgarian: па́ра (pára) — water vapor
• Burmese: ရေငွေ့ (re-ngwe.) — water vapor
• Burmese: အငွေ့ (a.ngwe.) — water vapor
• Cahuarano: mululish — water vapor
• Catalan: vapor — water vapor
• Cherokee: ᎠᏥᎸ ᎦᏌᏙᏯᏍᎩ (atsilv gasadoyasgi) — water vapor
• Tedim Chin: khu — water vapor
• Tedim Chin: tuikhu — water vapor
• Chinese Cantonese: 蒸汽 — water vapor
• Chinese Cantonese: 水蒸氣 /水蒸气 (seoi2 zing1 hei3) — water vapor
• Chinese: җынчи (žɨnqi) — water vapor
• Chinese: 蒸汽 (cheng-khì) — water vapor
• Chinese: 水蒸氣 /水蒸气 (chúi-cheng-khì) — water vapor
• Chinese Mandarin: 蒸汽 (zhēngqì) — water vapor
• Chinese Mandarin: 水蒸氣 /水蒸气 (shuǐzhēngqì) — water vapor
• Chuvash: пӑс (păs) — water vapor
• East Circassian: бахъэ (baꭓɛ) — water vapor
• West Circassian: пахъэ (paꭓɛ) — water vapor
• West Circassian: гъоз (ğwoz) — water vapor
• Czech: pára — water vapor
• Danish: damp — water vapor
• Dongxiang: ho — water vapor
• Doteli: वाफ (wāph) — water vapor
• Dutch: stoom — water vapor
• Dutch: kwalm — water vapor
• Elfdalian: aungga — water vapor
• Esperanto: vaporo — water vapor
• Estonian: aur — water vapor
• Faroese: guva — water vapor
• Faroese: dampur — water vapor
• Finnish: vesihöyry — water vapor
• Finnish: höyry — water vapor
• French: vapeur d'eau — water vapor
• French: vapeur — water vapor
• Saterland Frisian: Stoame — water vapor
• West-Frisian: steam — water vapor
• Galician: vapor — water vapor
• Galician: bafo — water vapor
• Gamilaraay: buuga — water vapor
• Georgian: ორთქლი (ortkli) — water vapor
• German: Wasserdampf — water vapor
• German: Dampf — water vapor
• Greek: υδρατμός (ydratmós) — water vapor
• Greek: ατμός (atmós) — water vapor
• Ancient Greek: ἀτμός (atmós) — water vapor
• Ancient Greek: ἀτμίς (atmís) — water vapor
• Greenlandic: aalaq — water vapor
• Gujarati: વરાળ (varāḷ) — water vapor
• Haitian Creole: vapè — water vapor
• Hawaiian: māhu — water vapor
• Hebrew: אֵד (ed) — water vapor
• Hebrew: קִיטוֹר (kitór) — water vapor
• Hebrew: הֶבֶל (hével) — water vapor
• Hindi: भाप (bhāp) — water vapor
• Hindi: वाष्प (vāṣp) — water vapor
• Hungarian: pára — water vapor
• Hungarian: gőz — water vapor
• Icelandic: gufa — water vapor
• Icelandic: eimur — water vapor
• Ido: vaporo — water vapor
• Ilocano: asok — water vapor
• Indonesian: kukus — water vapor
• Indonesian: uap — water vapor
• Ingrian: höyry — water vapor
• Ingrian: häkä — water vapor
• Irish: gal uisce — water vapor
• Irish: toit — water vapor
• Italian: vapore — water vapor
• Japanese: 湯気 (yuge) — water vapor
• Japanese: 蒸気 (jōki) — water vapor
• Japanese: 水蒸気 (suijōki) — water vapor
• Javanese: uwab — water vapor
• Javanese: kukus — water vapor
• Javanese: uap — water vapor
• Limos Kalinga: angiw — water vapor
• Kannada: ಆವರಿ (āvari) — water vapor
• Karakhanid: بُو (bū) — water vapor
• Karelian: löyly — water vapor
• Karelian: höyry — water vapor
• Kazakh: бу (bu) — water vapor
• Khmer: ចំហាយ (cɑmhaay) — water vapor
• Korean: 김 (gim) — water vapor
• Korean: 증기 (jeunggi) — water vapor
• Northern Kurdish: hilm — water vapor
• Kwaza: hãnũnũ — water vapor
• Kyrgyz: буу (buu) — water vapor
• Kyrgyz: пар (par) — water vapor
• Lakota: pʼó — water vapor
• Lao: ອາຍນ້ໍາ (ʼāi nam) — water vapor
• Latgalian: suts — water vapor
• Latin: vapor — water vapor
• Latvian: tvaiks — water vapor
• Latvian: garaiņi — water vapor
• Lezgi: бугъ (buġ) — water vapor
• Limburgish: stoum — water vapor
• Lithuanian: garas — water vapor
• Ludian: löül — water vapor
• Luxembourgish: Damp — water vapor
• Macedonian: пареа (parea) — water vapor
• Malagasy: etona — water vapor
• Malay: wap — water vapor
• Malay: stim — water vapor
• Brunei Malay: wap — water vapor
• Maltese: fwar — water vapor
• Maltese: stim — water vapor
• Manx: gaal — water vapor
• Māori: mamaoa — water vapor
• Māori: koromamahu — water vapor
• Māori: koromamao — water vapor
• Māori: pūmāhu — water vapor
• Mapudungun: wvwan — water vapor
• Marathi: वाफ (vāph) — water vapor
• Central Melanau: kauih — water vapor
• Mongolian: уур (uur) — water vapor
• Mongolian: ᠠᠭᠤᠷ (aɣur) — water vapor
• Classical Nahuatl: āpōctli — water vapor
• Navajo: siil — water vapor
• Tundra Nenets: сюн (śɯn) — water vapor
• Nepali: वाफ (wāph) — water vapor
• Nogai: був (buv) — water vapor
• Norwegian Bokmål: damp — water vapor
• Norwegian Bokmål: vanndamp — water vapor
• Norwegian Nynorsk: damp — water vapor
• Occitan: vapor — water vapor
• Odia: ବାଷ୍ପ (bāṣpa) — water vapor
• Church Slavic: пара (para) — water vapor
• Old East Slavic: пара (para) — water vapor
• Old East Slavic: паръ (parŭ) — water vapor
• Old English: stēam — water vapor
• Old English: damp — water vapor
• Old Norse: gufa — water vapor
• Oromo: hurka — water vapor
• Oroqen: ʃəbgin — water vapor
• Pashto: بخار (boxār) — water vapor
• Persian: بخار (boxâr) — water vapor
• Persian: وشم (vašm) — water vapor
• Persian: بخار آب (boxâr-e âb) — water vapor
• Persian: دمه (dame) — water vapor
• Piedmontese: vapor — water vapor
• Plautdietsch: Donst — water vapor
• Polish: para wodna — water vapor
• Portuguese: vapor — water vapor
• Punjabi: ਭਾਫ (bhāph) — water vapor
• Quechua: waksi — water vapor
• Rohingya: báb — water vapor
• Romanian: abur — water vapor
• Romansh: vapur — water vapor
• Russian: пар (par) — water vapor
• Northern Sami: lievla — water vapor
• Sanskrit: वाष्प (vāṣpa) — water vapor
• Scottish Gaelic: toit — water vapor
• Scottish Gaelic: smùid — water vapor
• Serbo-Croatian: па̏ра — water vapor
• Serbo-Croatian: pȁra — water vapor
• Sicilian: vapuri — water vapor
• Sindhi: बा॒फ — water vapor
• Slovak: para — water vapor
• Slovene: para — water vapor
• Somali: uumi — water vapor
• Spanish: vapor — water vapor
• Sranan Tongo: dampu — water vapor
• Sundanese: saab — water vapor
• Sundanese: ᮅᮃᮕ᮪ (uap) — water vapor
• Swahili: mvuke — water vapor
• Swazi: simoko — water vapor
• Swedish: ånga — water vapor
• Tabasaran: бугъ (buġ) — water vapor
• Tagalog: tubingaw — water vapor
• Tajik: бухор (buxor) — water vapor
• Tajik: буғ (buġ) — water vapor
• Tamil: நீராவி (nīrāvi) — water vapor
• Taos: pʼȍxúone — water vapor
• Tatar: бу (bu) — water vapor
• Tày: ai — water vapor
• Telugu: ఆవిరి (āviri) — water vapor
• Telugu: నీటి ఆవిరి (nīṭi āviri) — water vapor
• Tetum: suar — water vapor
• Thai: ไอน้ํา (ai-náam) — water vapor
• Tibetan: རླངས་པ (rlangs pa) — water vapor
• Tigrinya: ሃፋ (hafa) — water vapor
• Tiwi: mirawini — water vapor
• Turkish: buhar — water vapor
• Turkish: buğu — water vapor
• Turkish: islim — water vapor
• Turkish: istim — water vapor
• Ottoman Turkish: بوغو (buğu) — water vapor
• Turkmen: bug — water vapor
• Tuvaluan: afusaga — water vapor
• Ukrainian: па́ра (pára) — water vapor
• Ukrainian: пар (par) — water vapor
• Unami: eholèk — water vapor
• Urdu: بھاپ (bhāp) — water vapor
• Uyghur: پار (par) — water vapor
• Uzbek: bugʻ — water vapor
• Uzbek: par — water vapor
• Veps: löun — water vapor
• Veps: puru — water vapor
• Vietnamese: hơi — water vapor
• Vietnamese: hơi nước — water vapor
• Vilamovian: domf — water vapor
• Votic: paaru — water vapor
• Votic: höürü — water vapor
• Votic: löülü (sauna) — water vapor
• Welsh: ager — water vapor
• Welsh: anwedd — water vapor
• Welsh: stêm — water vapor
• Yiddish: פּאַרע (pare) — water vapor
• Yucatec Maya: ooxol — water vapor
• Zazaki: pığ — water vapor
• Zazaki: bığ — water vapor
• Zazaki: buhar — water vapor
• Zazaki: bux (diq) — water vapor
• Zou: hu — water vapor
• Danish: damp — pressurized water vapor
• Finnish: höyry — pressurized water vapor
• French: vapeur — pressurized water vapor
• Galician: vapor — pressurized water vapor
• German: Dampf — pressurized water vapor
• Greek: υδρατμός (ydratmós) — pressurized water vapor
• Greek: ατμός (atmós) — pressurized water vapor
• Hebrew: קיטור (kitor) — pressurized water vapor
• Hungarian: gőz — pressurized water vapor
• Indonesian: kukus uap — pressurized water vapor
• Ingrian: höyry — pressurized water vapor
• Irish: gal uisce — pressurized water vapor
• Japanese: 蒸気 (jōki) — pressurized water vapor
• Kazakh: бу (bu) — pressurized water vapor
• Latvian: tvaiks — pressurized water vapor
• Malay: stim — pressurized water vapor
• Nogai: був (buv) — pressurized water vapor
• Polish: para — pressurized water vapor
• Portuguese: vapor — pressurized water vapor
• Romanian: abur — pressurized water vapor
• Romanian: vapori — pressurized water vapor
• Russian: пар (par) — pressurized water vapor
• Sundanese: setum — pressurized water vapor
• Swedish: ånga — pressurized water vapor
• Bulgarian: ене́ргия (enérgija) — internal energy
• Bulgarian: си́ла (síla) — internal energy
• Danish: damp — internal energy
• Finnish: puhti — internal energy
• Finnish: energia — internal energy
• German: Kraft — internal energy
• German: Energie — internal energy
• Greek: ατμός (atmós) — internal energy
• Hungarian: erő — internal energy
• Hungarian: energia — internal energy
• Indonesian: setom — internal energy
• Portuguese: pique — internal energy
• Russian: эне́ргия (enɛ́rgija) — internal energy
• Russian: си́ла (síla) — internal energy
• Sundanese: setum — internal energy
• Swedish: ånga — internal energy
• Bulgarian: гняв (gnjav) — pent-up anger
• Finnish: höyry — pent-up anger
• Finnish: paine — pent-up anger
• Russian: гнев (gnev) — pent-up anger
• Finnish: höyrymatkailu — travel by means of a steam-powered vehicle
• Bulgarian: изпаре́ние (izparénie) — any exhalation
• Finnish: höyry — any exhalation
• Galician: bafo — any exhalation
• Russian: испаре́ние (isparénije) — any exhalation
• Assamese: ভাপত দে (bhapot de) — cooking: to cook with steam
• Bulgarian: запарвам (zaparvam) — cooking: to cook with steam
• Chinese Cantonese: 清蒸 — cooking: to cook with steam
• Chinese Cantonese: 蒸 (zing1) — cooking: to cook with steam
• Chinese Mandarin: 清蒸 (qīng zhēng) — cooking: to cook with steam
• Czech: dusit — cooking: to cook with steam
• Danish: dampe — cooking: to cook with steam
• Dutch: stomen — cooking: to cook with steam
• Finnish: höyryttää — cooking: to cook with steam
• French: cuisiner à la vapeur — cooking: to cook with steam
• Galician: abafar — cooking: to cook with steam
• German: dämpfen — cooking: to cook with steam
• German: dünsten — cooking: to cook with steam
• Hawaiian: hoʻomāhu — cooking: to cook with steam
• Hungarian: párol — cooking: to cook with steam
• Hungarian: dinsztel — cooking: to cook with steam
• Hungarian: gőzöl — cooking: to cook with steam
• Japanese: 蒸す (musu) — cooking: to cook with steam
• Ladino: abafar — cooking: to cook with steam
• Ladino: enhaminar — cooking: to cook with steam
• Latvian: sutināt — cooking: to cook with steam
• Malay: kukus — cooking: to cook with steam
• Māori: whakamamaoa — cooking: to cook with steam
• Marathi: वाफेवर शिजवणे (vāphevar śijavṇe) — cooking: to cook with steam
• Mongolian: жигнэх (žignex) — cooking: to cook with steam
• Mongolian: уураар чанах (uuraar čanax) — cooking: to cook with steam
• Norman: tchuithe à l'ieau — cooking: to cook with steam
• Portuguese: cozer/cozinhar no vapor — cooking: to cook with steam
• Romanian: aburi — cooking: to cook with steam
• Romanian: fierbe în aburi — cooking: to cook with steam
• Romanian: fierbe la aburi — cooking: to cook with steam
• Spanish: vaporar — cooking: to cook with steam
• Spanish: cocer al vapor — cooking: to cook with steam
• Spanish: cocinar al vapor — cooking: to cook with steam
• Spanish: vaporear — cooking: to cook with steam
• Swedish: ångkoka — cooking: to cook with steam
• Thai: นึ่ง (nʉ̂ng) — cooking: to cook with steam
• Turkish: buharda pişirmek — cooking: to cook with steam
• Turkish: buğulamak — cooking: to cook with steam
• Welsh: stemio — cooking: to cook with steam
• Cherokee: ᎠᏔᏃᎴᎦ (atanolega) — to produce or vent steam
• Danish: dampe — to produce or vent steam
• Finnish: höyrytä — to produce or vent steam
• Galician: fumegar — to produce or vent steam
• Hungarian: gőzölög — to produce or vent steam
• Latin: vapōrō — to produce or vent steam
• Marathi: वाफ निघणे (vāph nighṇe) — to produce or vent steam
• Mongolian: уур гаргах (uur gargax) — to produce or vent steam
• Polish: parować — to produce or vent steam
• Romanian: aburi — to produce or vent steam
• Romanian: fumega — to produce or vent steam
• Swedish: ånga — to produce or vent steam
• Finnish: hiiltyä — to become angry
• Japanese: 湯気が立つ (yuge ga tatsu) — to become angry
• Japanese: 頭に血が上る (atama ni chi ga noboru) — to become angry
• Finnish: höyryttyä — to be covered with condensed water vapor
• Finnish: huurtua — to be covered with condensed water vapor
• Galician: abafar — to be covered with condensed water vapor
• Galician: empanar — to be covered with condensed water vapor
• Galician: embazar — to be covered with condensed water vapor
• Georgian: იორთქლება (iortkleba) — to be covered with condensed water vapor
• Georgian: დაიორთქლება (daiortkleba) — to be covered with condensed water vapor
• Japanese: 曇らせる (kumoraseru) — to be covered with condensed water vapor
• Romanian: aburi — to be covered with condensed water vapor
• Swedish: imma igen — to be covered with condensed water vapor
• Finnish: höyrytä — to travel by means of steam power
• Hungarian: pöfög — to travel by means of steam power
• Swedish: ånga — to travel by means of steam power
• Finnish: rynnätä — to move with great or excessive purposefulness