vile

See also vīle, and vīlē

English

Etymology

From Latin vilis

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪl

Adjective

vile (comparative viler or more vile, superlative vilest or most vile)

1. morally low; base; despicable

Synonyms

• base
• despicable

Translations

morally low

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卑鄙 (cmn) (bēibǐ)

• Czech: hnusný (cs), odporný (cs)
• Dutch: verachtelijk (nl)
• Finnish: katala (fi), alhainen (fi)
• French: vil (fr)
• German: abscheulich (de), gemein (de)
• Icelandic: viðbjóðslegur (is), andstyggilegur (is)
• Italian: abietto (it), basso (it), ignobile (it)

• Japanese: 卑しい (ja) (いやしい, iyashii)
• Macedonian: низок (mk) (nízok) m, долен (mk) (dólen) m, омразен (mk) (ómrazen) m
• Old English: earg (ang)
• Polish: podły (pl)
• Russian: гнусный (ru) (gnúsnyj), подлый (ru) (pódlyj), низкий (ru) (nízkij), мерзкий (ru) (mérzkij)
• Spanish: vil (es) pl
• Turkish: alçak (tr)

Anagrams

• evil
• Levi
• live
• veil
• vlei

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Albanian

Etymology

A formation from vjel 'to pluck, harvest'.

Noun

vile f (indefinite plural vile, definite singular vilja, definite plural vilet)

1. bunch of grape

Related terms

• vjel
• vjell

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Estonian

Noun

vile (genitive vile, partitive vilet)

1. whistle

Declension

This Estonian noun needs an inflection-table template.

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French

Adjective

vile

1. feminine form of vil

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin vilis.

Adjective

vile m and f (m and f plural vili)

1. cowardly
2. base, miserable, mean
3. cheap, worthless, base

Synonyms

• codardo, vigliacco (1)
• miserabile (1)
• privo di valore (3)

Noun

vile mf (plural vili)

1. coward

Synonyms

• fifone, codardo

Related terms

• avvilire
• vilmente
• viltà
• vilipendio
• svilire

Anagrams

• levi, live, veli

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Latin

Adjective

vīle

1. nominative neuter singular of vīlis
2. accusative neuter singular of vīlis
3. vocative neuter singular of vīlis

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Old French

Alternative forms

• ville

Etymology

From Latin vīlla.

Noun

vile f (oblique plural viles, nominative singular vile, nominative plural viles)

1. town; city
   • 12th or 13th Century, author unknown, La Damme qui fist trois Tours:

     Ele est la fors en cele vile

     She is over there, in the city.

Descendants

• French: ville

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic

Noun

vile f pl (Cyrillic spelling виле)

1. (plural only) pitchfork

Declension

    declension of vile

	singular	plural
nominative	-	vile
genitive	-	vila
dative	-	vilama
accusative	-	vile
vocative	-	vile
locative	-	vilama
instrumental	-	vilama

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Slovene

Noun

vile f pl

1. pitchfork

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Swahili

Pronoun

vile

1. those

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Venetian

Noun

vile f

1. Plural form of vila