vice

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. Bad or immoral behaviour.
2. Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to weapons, prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, tobacco, or drugs.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang) Clipping of vice squad.
4. A defect in the temper or behaviour of a horse, such as to make the animal dangerous, to injure its health, or to diminish its usefulness.

Verb

Alternative spelling of vise (“to hold or squeeze with a vice”).

Adj

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

Prep

Instead of; in place of; versus.

Concepts

vice

étau

défaut

vicieux

vertu

immoralité

mauvaises manières

adjoint

indigne d’attention

dépravation

mœurs

presse

vice-président

Synonymes

sin

evil

wickedness

vise

bad habit

depravity

clamp

🗜️

blemish

fault

defect

crime

immorality

villainy

vileness

badness

abuse

unrighteousness

rust

nefariousness

turpitude

viciousness

villainousness

vise

shortcoming

sinisterness

malignity

jaw vice

in place

in place of

wantonness

frailty

flaw

guilt

pliers

assistant

addiction

spitefulness

substitute

admiral

supplanter

terribleness

travail

understudy

unruliness

unworthiness

violation

virtue

wrench

🔧

wrongdoing

evil customs

Traductions

vicio

vizio

Laster

vici

vício

Schraubstock

ondeugd

gebrek

vitium

bankschroef

schlechte Gewohnheit

morsa

Lasterhaftigkeit

Untugend

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/vaɪs/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: vice

Appartenant à français: fois

Appartenant à espagnol: vez

In summary

PIE word
*dwóh₁
From Middle English vice, from Old French vice, from Latin vitium (“fault or blemish”). Displaced native Old English unþēaw.

Phrases

Doctor Breslin , the university vice president , was not so sure .

Le docteur Breslin, vice-président de l'université, n'était pas si sûr.

Margaret resented Blanche and vice versa from the beginning .

Margaret en voulait à Blanche et vice versa depuis le début.