vice

See also vice-

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /vaɪs/

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• Rhymes: -aɪs
• Homophone: vise

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman < Old French < Latin vitium (“fault or blemish”).

Noun

vice (plural vices)

1. A bad habit.

   Smoking is a vice, not a virtue.

2. (law) Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, or drugs.

Antonyms

• (bad habit): virtue

Derived terms

• vice squad

Related terms

• vicious
• vitiate

Translations

bad habit

• Albanian: ves (sq) m
• Catalan: vici (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 惡習 (cmn), 恶习 (cmn) (èxí)

• Czech: zlozvyk (cs) m, neřest (cs) f, nešvar (cs) m
• Danish: last (da), dårlig vane (da)
• Dutch: ondeugd (nl) f, verdorvenheid (nl) f, zonde (nl) f
• Finnish: pahe (fi)
• French: vice (fr) m
• German: Laster (de) n, Lasterhaftigkeit (de) f

• Italian: vizio (it)
• Polish: nałóg (pl) m
• Romanian: viciu (ro)
• Russian: порок (ru) (porók) m
• Sanskrit: व्यसन (sa) (vyasana-) n
• Serbo-Croatian: мана (sh) f, порок (sh) f, mana (sh) f, porok (sh) f
• Spanish: vicio (es) m
• Swedish: last (sv) c, dålig vana (sv) c, ovana (sv) c
• Turkish: ahlaksızlık (tr), fuhuş (tr)
• Volapük: lesinod (vo)

crime related to prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, or drugs

• Finnish: seksikauppa (fi) (just prostitution)

• Turkish: (just prostitution) fuhuş (tr)

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• French: (1) vice (fr), (2) mœurs (fr), (3) étau (fr)
• Italian: (1) vizio (it), (2), (3) morsa (it)

See also

• habit

Etymology 2

From French vis (“screw, winding stairs”), from Old French vis, viz, from Latin vitis (“vine”); akin to English withy.

Alternative forms

• vise (US)

Noun

vice (plural vices)

1. A mechanical screw apparatus used for clamping or holding (also spelled vise).

Translations

screw apparatus

• Dutch: bankschroef (nl) f
• Finnish: ruuvipuristin (fi)
• German: Schraubstock (de) m
• Greek: μέγγενη (el) (méngeni) f
• Polish: imadło (pl) n

• Russian: тиски (ru) (tiskí) m pl
• Spanish: torno de banco (es) m
• Swahili: jiriwa (sw)
• Swedish: skruvstäd (sv) n

Etymology 3

From Latin vice (“in place of”), ablative form of vicis.

Adjective

vice (no comparative or superlative)

1. in place of; subordinate to; designating a person below another in rank

   vice president

   vice admiral

Derived terms

• vice admiral
• vice governor
• vice mayor
• vice president

Preposition

vice

1. instead of, in place of

   A. B. was appointed postmaster vice C. D. resigned.

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Esperanto

Adverb

vice

1. in rows

Related terms

• vico

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Ido

Preposition

vice

1. instead of

Adverb

vice

1. instead

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Italian

Noun

vice m, f (invariable)

1. deputy, substitute, vice

Related terms

• vicepresidente
• vice-

Anagrams

• veci

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Latin

Adjective

vice

1. in place of, subordinate to

Noun

vice

1. ablative singular of vicis

Derived terms

• vice versā

Descendants

• English: vice, as in "vice president", "vice admiral"
• French: vice
• Ido: vice
• Italian: vice
• Swedish: vice

Noun

vīce

1. vocative singular of vīcus

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Middle French

Noun

vice m (plural vices)

1. vice (bad habit)

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Slovene

Noun

vice f pl

1. purgatory

Declension

Declension of vice (feminine, a-stem)

	plural
nominative	vice
accusative	vice
genitive	vic
dative	vicam
locative	vicah
instrumental	vicami

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Adjective

vice

1. vice, second in rank, deputy, stand-in, acting

Related terms

• vicedirektör
• vicekonung
• vicepresident
• vicevärd
• vice versa