vile

Etymology

From Old French vil, from Latin vilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaɪl/

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• Rhymes: -aɪl

Adjective

vile (comparative viler or more vile, superlative vilest or most vile)

1. Morally low; base; despicable.

Anagrams

• Levi, Viel, evil, live, veil, vlei

Etymology

A formation from vjel 'to pluck, harvest'.

Noun

vile f (indefinite plural vile, definite singular vilja, definite plural vilet)

1. bunch of grape

Etymology

From vilisema +‎ -e.

Noun

vile (genitive vile, partitive vilet)

1. whistle

Adjective

vile

1. feminine singular of vil

Etymology

From Latin vīlis (“cheap”).

Adjective

vile (masculine and feminine plural vili)

1. cowardly

   Synonyms: codardo, vigliacco

2. base, miserable, mean

   Synonym: miserabile

3. cheap, worthless, base

   Synonym: privo di valore

Noun

vile m, f (plural vili)

1. coward

Anagrams

• levi, live, veli

Adjective

vīle

1. nominative neuter singular of vīlis
2. accusative neuter singular of vīlis
3. vocative neuter singular of vīlis

Alternative forms

• ville

Etymology

From Latin vīlla.

Noun

vile f (oblique plural viles, nominative singular vile, nominative plural viles)

1. town; city
   • 12th or 13th Century, author unknown, La Damme qui fist trois Tours:

     Ele est la fors en cele vile

     She is over there, in the city.

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vidly (Russian ви́лы (víly), Czech vidle).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋîle/
• Hyphenation: vi‧le

Noun

vȉle f (Cyrillic spelling ви̏ле)

1. (plural only) pitchfork

References

• “vile” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋìːlɛ/
• Tonal orthography: víle

Noun

víle f pl (genitive víl, plural only)

1. pitchfork

Adjective

vile

1. Vi class inflected form and adverbial form of -le.

Noun

vile

1. plural of vila