vilein

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vilein, from Old French vilain~vilein~villein, from Late Latin vīllānus (“farm worker”), from Latin vīlla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /viˈlɛi̯n/
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  • Hyphenation: vi‧lein
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯n

Adjective

vilein (comparative vileiner, superlative vileinst)

  1. mean, nasty

Declension

Declension of vilein
uninflected vilein
inflected vileine
comparative vileiner
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial vilein vileiner het vileinst
het vileinste
indefinite m./f. sing. vileine vileinere vileinste
n. sing. vilein vileiner vileinste
plural vileine vileinere vileinste
definite vileine vileinere vileinste
partitive vileins vileiners —

Noun

vilein m (plural vileinen)

  1. (obsolete) a vile person

Derived terms

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French vilein, from Late Latin villanus.

Pronunciation

Noun

vilein (plural vileins)

  1. villain

Descendants

  • English: villain
  • Yola: villent

References

Old French

Noun

vilein oblique singular, m (oblique plural vileinz, nominative singular vileinz, nominative plural vilein)

  1. Alternative form of vilain
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