vice
English
/vaɪs/
noun
Definitions
- A bad habit.
- (legal) Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, or drugs.
- A defect in the temper or behaviour of a horse, such as to make the animal dangerous, to injure its health, or to diminish its usefulness.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English vice derived from Old French vice derived from Latin vitium (vice, fault, fault blemish).
Origin
Latin
vitium
Gloss
vice, fault, fault blemish
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antivice English
- unvicious English
- viced English
- viceless English
- vicelessness English
- vicelike English
- viceman English
- vicious English
- viciously English
- viciousness English
- *advitio, *advitiāre Latin
- *disvitiō Latin
- *invitio Latin
- *invitiāre, *invitiō Latin
- vitio Latin
- vitiosus Latin
- vitium Latin
- vitupero Latin
- vezzo Italian
- vizio Italian
- vezo Spanish, Castilian
- vicio Spanish, Castilian
- *(d)wi-tyo- Proto-Indo-European
- *wi-tio- Proto-Indo-European
- vício Portuguese
- vice Middle English
- viciate Middle English
- vicious Middle English
- veisdie Old French
- vice Old French
- vici Catalan, Valencian
- vezo Galician
- dezvăța Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- viciu Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- diwyd Welsh
- ves Albanian
- vice Middle French
- viço Old Portuguese
- anvets Aromanian
- nvets Aromanian