vill

See also: Vill.

English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman vill, from Old French vile (“farm, country estate”) (French ville (“town”)), from Latin villa.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪl
  • IPA(key): /vɪl/

Noun

vill (plural vills)

  1. the smallest administrative unit of land in feudal England, corresponding to the Anglo-Saxon tithing and the modern parish

Etymology 2

From will

Verb

vill

  1. Eye dialect spelling of will.

Central Franconian

Etymology

From Old High German filu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fil/

Adjective

vill (irregular declension, comparative mieh, superlative et mietste or mieste or mieschte or määste or määschte)

  1. much; many

Usage notes

  • The adjective is declined regularly after an article or determiner, otherwise it is uninflected.
  • The superlative forms et mie(t)ste, mieschte are Ripuarian, the forms et määste, määschte are Moselle Franconian.

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German filu, from Proto-Germanic *felu. Cognate with German viel, Dutch veel, English fele.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fil/
  • Rhymes: -il

Adjective

vill (masculine vill or villen, neuter vill or villt, comparative méi, superlative am meeschten)

  1. much, many
    En huet vill Frënn.
    He has many friends.

Usage notes

  • The positive forms are declined regularly after an article or determiner, otherwise they remain uninflected.
  • The comparative form is indeclinable and cannot be preceded by articles or determiners.
  • The superlative forms are declined in the normal way.

Adverb

vill

  1. much, a lot
    Dat Hiem ass vill ze kleng.
    That shirt is much too small.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse villr, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋɪl/
  • Homophone: vil
  • Rhymes: -ɪl

Adjective

vill (neuter singular vilt, definite singular and plural ville, comparative villere, indefinite superlative villest, definite superlative villeste)

  1. wild

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse villr. Akin to English wild.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋɪlː/ (example of pronunciation)
  • Homophone: vil

Adjective

vill (neuter singular vilt, definite singular and plural ville, comparative villare, indefinite superlative villast, definite superlative villaste)

  1. wild

Derived terms

References

Old French

Noun

vill m, f

  1. rare form of ville

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse villr, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz. This is cognate with vild (“wild”), which is influenced from Middle Low German.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɪl/
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Adjective

vill

  1. (dated) lost (not knowing place or directions)

Synonyms

Verb

vill

  1. present tense of vilja.

References

  • vill in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Veps

Etymology

Related to Finnish villa.

Noun

vill

  1. wool
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