vice

See also vice-

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /vaɪs/

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  Rhymes: -aɪs

• Homophone: vise

Etymology 1

From Latin vitium (“fault or blemish”).

Noun

vice (plural vices)

1. A bad habit.

   Smoking is a vice, not a virtue.

2. (law) prostitution

Antonyms

• (bad habit): virtue

Derived terms

• vice squad

Related terms

• vicious
• vitiate

Translations

bad habit

Catalan: vici (ca) m. Czech: zlozvyk (cs) m., neřest (cs) f. Danish: last (da), dårlig vane (da) Dutch: ondeugd (nl) f. Finnish: pahe (fi) German: Laster n.; Lasterhaftigkeit f. Polish: wada (pl) f. Romanian: viciu (ro)

Russian: порок (ru) (porók) m. Sanskrit: व्यसन (sa) (vyasana-) n. Serbian: mana (sr) f., porok (sr) f. Spanish: vicio (es) m. Swedish: last (sv) c., dålig vana (sv) c., ovana (sv) c. Turkish: ahlaksızlık (tr), fuhuş (tr) Volapük: lesinod (vo)

legal term for prostitution

Finnish: seksikauppa (fi)

Turkish: fuhuş

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French: vice (1), mœurs (2), étau (3) Italian: vizio (1), (2); morsa (3)

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 German: Schraubstock (de) m. Greek: μέγγενη (el) (méngeni) f.

Polish: imadło n. Russian: тиски (ru) (tiskí) m. pl. Spanish: torno de banco 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

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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. and f. inv.

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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Slovene

Noun

vice n.

1. purgatory (stage of the afterlife in Catholic theology)

This Slovene entry was created from the translations listed at purgatory. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see vice in the Slovene Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) August 2009

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Swedish

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Adjective

vice

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

Related terms

• vicedirektör
• vicekonung
• vicepresident
• vicevärd
• vice versa