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Vacuum

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English

Noun

vacuum (plural: vacuums )

  1. A region of space that lacks matter.
  2. A suction device, especially a vacuum cleaner.

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Antonym

Translations

  • Arabic: فراغ
  • Bulgarian: вакуум m (1), прахосмукачка f (2)
  • Catalan: buit (1), aspiradora (2)
  • Chinese: 真空 (1), 吸塵機 (2)
  • Czech: vakuum n (1)
  • Dutch: vacuüm n (1), stofzuiger m (2)
  • Finnish tyhjiö (1), vakuumi (1), imuri (2), pölynimuri (2)
  • French: vide m (1), vacuum m (1), aspirateur m (2)
  • German: Vakuum n (1), Staubsauger m (2)
  • Greek: κενό n (1), ηλεκτριτή σκούπα f (2)
  • Interlingua: vacuo (1); aspirator (2)
  • Italian: vuoto m (1), aspirapolvere m (2)
  • Japanese: 真空 (1), 掃除機 (そうじき, soujiki) (2)
  • Korean: 진공
  • Lithuanian: vakuumas m
  • Norwegian: vakuum n
  • Polish: próżnia f (1), odkurzacz m (2)
  • Portuguese: vácuo m (1), aspirador de pó m (2)
  • Romanian: vid n (1), aspirator n (2)
  • Russian: вакуум
  • Spanish: vacío m (1), aspiradora f (2)


Verb

vacuum, present participle vacuuming , past and past participle vacuumed

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

Synonyms

Translations

  • Catalan: passar l'aspiradora
  • Dutch: stofzuigen
  • Finnish:imuroida
  • Interlingua: mundar c on le aspirator
  • Italian: pulire con l'aspirapolvere
  • Portuguese: aspirar

French

Noun

  • See: vacuum


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