damp

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English dampen (“to stifle; suffocate”). Akin to Low German damp, Dutch damp, and German Dampf (“vapor, steam, fog”), Icelandic dampi, Swedish damm (“dust”), and to German dampf imperative of dimpfen (“to smoke”). Also Middle English dampen (“to extinguish, choke, suffocate”). Ultimately all descend from Proto-Germanic *dampaz. === Pronunciation === (without æ-raising) IPA(key): /ˈdæmp/, [ˈdæmp] (æ-raising) (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈdeə̯mp/, [ˈdeə̯mp]; /ˈdɛə̯mp/, [ˈdɛə̯mp] (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈdeːmp/, [ˈdeːmp] Rhymes: -æmp Hyphenation: damp === Adjective === damp (comparative damper, superlative dampest) In a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist. 25 January 2017, Leena Camadoo writing in The Guardian, Dominican banana producers at sharp end of climate change Once the farms have been drained and the dead plants have been cut down and cleared, farmers then have to be alert for signs of black sigatoka, a devastating fungus which flourishes in damp conditions and can destroy banana farms. (figuratively) Despondent; dispirited, downcast. 27 July 2016, Jane O’Faherty in The Irish Independent, Monarchs and prison officers win big on second race day Though Travis's 'Why does it always Rain on Me' boomed around the stands, there were few damp spirits in Galway on day two of the races. Permitting the possession of alcoholic beverages, but not their sale. ==== Usage notes ==== Damp commonly is used for disagreeable conditions and moist often is used for agreeable conditions: ==== Synonyms ==== (in a state between dry and wet): moist, thoan/thone (dialect); see also Thesaurus:wet (despondent): glum, melancholy, sorrowful; see also Thesaurus:sad ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Appendix:English adjectives with derived terms in -en and -ness === Noun === damp (countable and uncountable, plural damps) Moisture; humidity; dampness. (archaic) Fog; fogginess; vapor. (archaic) Dejection or depression; something that spoils a positive emotion (such as enjoyment, satisfaction, expectation or courage) or a desired activity. 1728, George Carleton (attributed to Daniel Defoe), The Memoirs of an English Officer, London: E. Symon, p. 72,[4] But though the War was proclaim’d, and Preparations accordingly made for it, the Expectations from all receiv’d a sudden Damp, by the as sudden Death of King William. 1866, James David Forbes, letter to A. Wills dated 2 January, 1866, in Life and Letters of James David Forbes, London: Macmaillan, 1873, p. 429,[5] […] I was concerned to hear from your brother that Mrs. Wills’ health had prevented her accompanying you to Sixt as usual. It must have thrown a damp over your autumn excursion […] (mining, archaic or historical) A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pits, etc. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === damp (third-person singular simple present damps, present participle damping, simple past and past participle damped) (transitive) To suppress vibrations (mechanical) or oscillations (electrical) by converting energy to heat (or some other form of energy). (transitive, archaic) To dampen; to make moderately wet. Synonym: moisten (transitive, archaic) To put out, as fire; to weaken, restrain, or make dull. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === M.D. Pa., MPDA == Danish == === Etymology === From Low German Damp, eventually from Proto-Germanic *dampaz. === Noun === damp c (singular definite dampen, plural indefinite dampe) steam Coordinate term: em ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== vanddamp dampsky dampkraft dampkogning === Verb === damp imperative of dampe === References === “damp” in Den Danske Ordbog == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dɑmp/ Hyphenation: damp Rhymes: -ɑmp === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch damp, from Old Dutch *damp, from Proto-Germanic *dampaz. ==== Noun ==== damp m (plural dampen, diminutive dampje n) vapour (UK), vapor (US) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Negerhollands: damp → Aukan: dampu → Papiamentu: dam, damp → Sranan Tongo: dampu === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== damp inflection of dampen: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative == Middle English == === Noun === damp (when preceding labials) alternative form of dan == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology 1 === From German Low German Damp (compare dampen, Dampen n). ==== Noun ==== damp m (definite singular dampen, indefinite plural damper, definite plural dampene) steam vapour (UK), vapor (US) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== dampe === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== damp imperative of dampe === References === “damp” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From German Low German Damp (compare dampen, Dampen n). === Noun === damp m (definite singular dampen, indefinite plural dampar, definite plural dampane) steam vapour (UK), vapor (US) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== dampe === References === “damp” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Swedish == === Alternative forms === DAMP === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from English DAMP (“deficits in attention, motor control and perception”). ==== Noun ==== damp c DAMP (a controversial psychiatric diagnosis made mainly in Sweden and Denmark, now abolished, similar to ADHD) (slang, figurative, often in compounds) hyperactivity, going crazy, etc. ===== Derived terms ===== dampa === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== damp past indicative of dimpa === Further reading === “damp”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “damp”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “damp”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)