vice
Middle English
/ˈviːs(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- A fault or imperfection; a negative quality or attribute of something:
- Vice, iniquity, sinful behaviour; absence of virtue or morality:
- A sickness, disease or malady; a deleterious process effecting something.
Etymology
Borrowed 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
- vice English
- viced English
- viceless English
- vicelike English
- viceman English
- vicious English
- *advitio, *advitiāre Latin
- *disvitiō Latin
- *invitio Latin
- *invitiāre, *invitiō Latin
- vitio Latin
- vitiosus Latin
- vitium Latin
- vitiātus 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
- viciate Middle English
- vicious Middle English
- viciously Middle English
- viciousnesse 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
- vicious xno