vile

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English vile, vyle, vyl, from Anglo-Norman ville, Old French vil, vile, from Latin vīlis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vaɪ(ə)l/ Rhymes: -aɪl Homophone: vial === Adjective === vile (comparative viler or more vile, superlative vilest or most vile) Morally low; base; despicable. Causing physical or mental repulsion; horrid. === Noun === vile (uncountable) That which is vile; vileness. ==== Synonyms ==== (morally low): base, despicable, mean, ignoble, inappropriate ==== Derived terms ==== vilify ==== Translations ==== === See also === === Anagrams === Levi, Viel, evil, live, veil, vlei == Albanian == === Etymology === A formation from vjel (“to pluck, harvest”). === Noun === vile f (plural vile, definite vilja, definite plural vilet) bunch of grapes Synonyms: vesh, bistak, cik ==== Related terms ==== vjel vjell == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈvɪlɛ] === Noun === vile f dative/locative singular of vila == Estonian == === Etymology === From vilisema +‎ -e. === Noun === vile (genitive vile, partitive vilet) whistle ==== Declension ==== == French == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === vile feminine singular of vil == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin vīlis (“cheap”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvi.le/ Rhymes: -ile Hyphenation: vì‧le === Adjective === vile m or f by sense (plural vili) cowardly, dastardly Synonyms: codardo, vigliacco base, miserable, mean Synonym: miserabile cheap, worthless, base Synonym: privo di valore === Noun === vile m or f by sense (plural vili) coward Synonyms: fifone, codardo ==== Derived terms ==== avvilire svilire ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === vile in Collins Italian-English Dictionary vile in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli) vile in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa vile in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication vile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === Levi, levi, live, veli == Latin == === Adjective === vīle nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of vīlis == Old French == === Alternative forms === ville === Etymology === From Latin vīlla. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvi.lə/ === Noun === vile oblique singular, f (oblique plural viles, nominative singular vile, nominative plural viles) town; city ==== Descendants ==== French: ville == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vidla (Russian ви́лы (víly), Czech vidle). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ʋîle/ Hyphenation: vi‧le ==== Noun ==== vȉle f pl (Cyrillic spelling ви̏ле) pitchfork ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Participle ==== vile (Cyrillic spelling виле) feminine plural active past participle of viti === References === “vile”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026 == Slovene == === Etymology === From Proto-Slavic *vidla. First attested in the 16th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʋìːlɛ/ === Noun === víle f pl pitchfork ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “vile”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026 == Swahili == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === vile vi class(VIII) inflected form and adverbial form of -le == Taulil == === Pronunciation === === Noun === vile daughter === References === Meng, Chenxi (2018), A Grammar of Tulil (PhD thesis)‎[4], page 8 == Venetan == === Noun === vile plural of vila