vampiress

vampiress

English

Etymology

From vampire +‎ -ess.

Noun

vampiress (plural vampiresses)

1. A female vampire.
   • 1975, Angela Carter, ‘The Art of Horrorzines’, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage 2013, p. 551:

     Here, the vampiress personifies righteous indignation, a one-woman lynch mob.

Synonyms

• vampirette
• vampirina

Translations

female vampire

Catalan: vampira (ca) f Dutch: vampirella f Esperanto: vampirino French: vampiresse (fr) f German: Vampirin (de) f Ido: vampirino Italian: vampira f (rare) Polish: wampirzyca (pl) f Portuguese: vampira f Romanian: vampiră f Russian: вампи́рша (ru) f (vampírša), вампире́сса (ru) f (vampirɛ́ssa) Spanish: vampiresa (es) f, vampira f Swedish: vampyrkvinna c, vampyrinna (sv) c Volapük: jivampir