vile

English

Etymology

From Middle English vile, vyle, vyl, from Anglo-Norman ville, Old French vil, vile, from Latin vīlis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaɪ(ə)l/

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• Rhymes: -aɪl
• Homophone: vial

Adjective

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

1. Morally low; base; despicable.

   vile accusation

   vile man

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     People crave human decency, warmth, and sincerity even in the vilest of circumstances…

2. Causing physical or mental repulsion; horrid.

   I glimpsed a vile squid-like creature in the depths.

   vile taste

   vile smell

   vile smile

   vile substance

   vile weather

Synonyms

• (morally low): base, despicable, mean, ignoble

Derived terms

• vilify

Translations

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Anagrams

• Levi, Viel, evil, live, veil, vlei

Albanian

Etymology

A formation from vjel (“to pluck, harvest”).

Noun

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

1. bunch of grapes

Related terms

• vjel
• vjell

Czech

Pronunciation

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Noun

vile f

1. dative/locative singular of vila

Estonian

Etymology

From vilisema +‎ -e.

Noun

vile (genitive vile, partitive vilet)

1. whistle

Declension

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Adjective

vile

1. feminine singular of vil

Italian

Etymology

From Latin vīlis (“cheap”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.le/
• Rhymes: -ile
• Hyphenation: vì‧le

Adjective

vile (plural vili)

1. cowardly, dastardly

   Synonyms: codardo, vigliacco

2. base, miserable, mean

   Synonym: miserabile

3. cheap, worthless, base

   Synonym: privo di valore

Noun

vile m or f by sense (plural vili)

1. coward

   Synonyms: fifone, codardo

Derived terms

• avvilire
• svilire

Related terms

Further reading

• vile in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• vile in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• vile in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• vile in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• vile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Levi, levi, live, veli

Latin

Adjective

vīle

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of vīlis

Old French

Alternative forms

• ville

Etymology

From Latin vīlla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.lə/

Noun

vile oblique singular, 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.

Descendants

• French: ville

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vidla (Russian ви́лы (víly), Czech vidle).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

vȉle f (Cyrillic spelling ви̏ле)

1. (plural only) pitchfork

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

vile (Cyrillic spelling виле)

1. feminine plural active past participle of viti

References

• “vile” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vidla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋìːlɛ/

Noun

víle f pl

1. pitchfork

Inflection

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Further reading

• “vile”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Adjective

vile

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

Venetian

Noun

vile

1. plural of vila