vil

See also: vi-l, víl, and vil.

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German vil, from Old High German filu, from Proto-Germanic *felu. Cognate with German viel, Dutch veel, English fele, Icelandic fjöl-.

Adjective

vil

  1. (Luserna) much, many

Derived terms

References

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɪl]

Noun

vil f

  1. genitive plural of vila

Participle

vil

  1. masculine singular past active participle of vít

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vil/, [ve(l)]
  • Rhymes: -e

Verb

vil

  1. present of ville
  2. imperative of ville

Fala

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vĩir. Compare Portuguese vir and Galician vir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbil/

Verb

vil

  1. to come

Conjugation

References

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web), 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Faroese

Verb

vil

  1. first/third-person singular present of vilja

French

Etymology

From Latin vīlis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vil/

Adjective

vil (feminine vile, masculine plural vils, feminine plural viles)

  1. cheap, worthless
  2. vile (morally low)
    • 1992, Amélie Nothomb, Hygiène de l’assassin [The Assassin’s Hygiene] (fiction):
      Cessez de blasphémer, vile créature ! Apprenez, ignorante, que saint Prétextat était archevêque de Rouen au VIe siècle, et grand ami de Grégoire de Tours, qui était un homme très bien, dont vous n’avez naturellement jamais entendu parler.
      Stop blaspheming, you vile creature! You’d better learn, ignorant woman, that Saint Praetextatus was Archbishop of Rouen in the 6th century, and a friend of Gregory of Tours, who was a very good man, which you, unsurprisingly, never heard of.

Further reading

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French ville.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vil/

Noun

vil

  1. city
    • 2019 March 19, “Rankont ann Itali ant Anvwaye Espesyal Etazini ak Larisi sou Kriz Venezuela a”, in Lavwadlamerik:
      Anvwaye espesyal Etazini pou Venezuela, Elliot Abrams, ak vis-minis afè etranjè Larisi, Sergei Ryabkov, ap fè reyinyon nan vil Wòm ann Itali pou yo pale sou “sityasyon Venezuela kap agrave.”
      American Special Envoy for Venezuela Elliot Abrams and Russian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Ryabkov are having a meeting in the city of Rome, Italy to speak about "the worsening situation in Venezuela."

Livonian

Alternative forms

  • (Courland) vi'l

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vilu.

Adjective

vil

  1. cool

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋɪl/
  • Homophone: vill
  • Rhymes: -ɪl

Verb

vil

  1. present of ville

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋɪl/
  • Homophone: vill

Verb

vil

  1. present of vilja

Old French

Etymology

From Latin vilis.

Noun

vil m (oblique and nominative feminine singular vil or vile)

  1. horrible; vile; awful
  2. low; base

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: vile

Old Norse

Verb

vil

  1. first-person singular present active indicative of vilja

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese vil, from Latin vīlis (cheap; vile).

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈviw/ [ˈviʊ̯]
 

  • Homophone: viu (Brazil)
  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw
  • Hyphenation: vil

Adjective

vil m or f (plural vis)

  1. mean; vile (morally low)
    Synonyms: abjeto, baixo, desprezível, indigno, maldoso, malvado, mau, sórdido
    Antonyms: bom, digno, nobre
  2. cheap; worthless
    Synonyms: acessível, barato, reles
    Antonyms: caro, custoso

Derived terms

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French vil.

Adjective

vil m or n (feminine singular vilă, masculine plural vili, feminine and neuter plural vile)

  1. cheap, worthless
  2. vile

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vīlis (cheap; vile).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbil/ [ˈbil]
  • Rhymes: -il
  • Syllabification: vil

Adjective

vil m or f (masculine and feminine plural viles)

  1. mean, despicable, vile

Derived terms

Further reading

Tzotzil

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vil/

Verb

vil

  1. (intransitive) to fly

References

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