violence
English
/ˈvaɪələns/, /ˈvaɪəˌlɛns/
noun
Definitions
- Extreme force.
- Action which causes destruction, pain, or suffering.
- Widespread fighting.
- (figuratively) Injustice, wrong.
- (obsolete) ravishment; rape; violation
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English violence derived from Old French violence derived from Latin violentia.
Origin
Latin
violentia
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiviolence English
- counterviolence English
- cyberviolence English
- hyperviolence English
- narcoviolence English
- nonviolence English
- power English
- powerviolence English
- proviolence English
- self-violence English
- ultraviolence English
- violence-ridden English
- violentia Latin
- violenza Italian
- violence French
- violencia Spanish, Castilian
- violência Portuguese
- violence Middle English
- violence Old French
- violència Catalan, Valencian
- violenta Ido
- violentema Ido
- violento Ido
- violéncia Occitan
- vyolans Haitian, Haitian Creole
- viulënza Ladin