vacuüm
See also: vacuum
English
Etymology
From Dutch vacuüm, from Latin vacuum, the substantive neuter of the adjective vacuus (“empty”); spelt with a diæresis added to specify the trisyllabic pronunciation [ˈvæ.kjuː.əm] (as opposed to the disyllabic * [ˈvæ.kjuːm]).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvækjuːəm/
Noun
vacuüm (plural vacua or vacuä)
- (rare, chiefly non-native) Alternative spelling of vacuum
- 1996, T. A. M. Schoenmakers, Het Amerikaanse Neoconservatisme, 1968–1988, page 14:
- Franklin Roosevelt was showing that democracy was capable of taking care of its own; the New Deal was filling the vacuüm of faith which we had inherited from the cynicism and complacency of the twenties, and from the breadlines of the early thirtees.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:vacuüm.
Translations
vacuum — see vacuum
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvaː.ky.ʏm/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: va‧cu‧um
Noun
vacuüm n (plural vacuüms or vacua, diminutive vacuümpje n)
- A vacuum
- (figuratively) emptiness, meaninglessness
Derived terms
- vacuümbuis
- vacuümglas
- vacuümkamer
- vacuümlamp
- vacuümmeter
- vacuümpan
- vacuümpomp
- vacuümverpakking
- vacuümverpakt
Adjective
vacuüm (not comparable)
- In or constituting a vacuum.
- (figuratively) empty, meaningless
- 2007, Dimitri Verhulst, De helaasheid der dingen, Uitgeverij Contact, Amsterdam/Antwerpen, →ISBN, page 192:
- Er werden handen geschud en vacuüm getrokken zinnen gewisseld, en de vrienden van het volk verlieten het bejaardentehuis, op naar hun volgende opdracht, de cameraregistratie van een volksdans misschien.
- Hands were shaken and phrases with empty meaning were exchanged, and the people’s friends left the rest home, on to their next mission, maybe the photographic documentation of a folk dance.
Inflection
Inflection of vacuüm | ||||
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uninflected | vacuüm | |||
inflected | vacuüm | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | vacuüm | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | vacuüm | ||
n. sing. | vacuüm | |||
plural | vacuüm | |||
definite | vacuüm | |||
partitive |
Descendants
- → Indonesian: vakum
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