vicis

Signification (Anglais)

1. (declension-3, feminine, genitive) change, alternation, turn
2. (declension-3, feminine, genitive) time, instance
3. (broadly, declension-3, feminine, genitive) season
4. (declension-3, feminine, genitive) succession
5. (declension-3, feminine, genitive) condition, lot
6. (declension-3, feminine, genitive) the position, room, place, stead, post, office or duty of one person assumed by another

Concepts

alternance

événement

fois

⌚

occasion

roulement

alternation

Traductions

time

⌚

Gelegenheit

opportunity

event

occasion

αιτία

αγώνας

Halbwelle

περιτροπή

εναλλαγή

ablaut

alternation

Zeitpunkt

file

ευκαιρία

Prononcé comme (IPA)

[ˈwɪ.kɪs]

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to curve, bend”). Cognate with vinciō, Ancient Greek εἴκω (eíkō), English week, German Wechsel (“change”), Northern Sami viker (“willow twig, wand”), Old Norse vikja (“to bend, turn”), Old English wician (“to yield, give way”), wice (“wych elm”), Sanskrit विष्टी (viṣṭī, “changeable, changing”).