vampiric
/væmˈpɪɹɪk/adjective, noun
vampiric is an adjective meaning “Having the traits of a vampire” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-A-M-P-I-R-I-C and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 5 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does vampiric mean?
adjective
- 1
Having the traits of a vampire.
noun
- 1
A vampire or vampire-like creature.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce vampiric?
- /væmˈpɪɹɪk/
Vampiric has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-vampiric.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of vampiric
- more vampiric comparative
- most vampiric superlative
- vampirics plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is vampiric?
Vampiric appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 66,686th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Vampiric in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense vampiric:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | vampirique |
| Portuguese | vampírico |
| Spanish | vampírico |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does vampiric come from?
From vampire + -ic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).