virtue

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. Accordance with moral principles; conformity of behaviour or thought with the strictures of morality; good moral conduct.
  2. A particular manifestation of moral excellence in a person; an admirable quality.
  3. Specifically, each of several qualities held to be particularly important, including the four cardinal virtues, the three theological virtues, or the seven virtues opposed to the seven deadly sins.
  4. An inherently advantageous or excellent quality of something or someone; a favourable point, an advantage.
  5. A creature embodying divine power, specifically one of the orders of heavenly beings, traditionally ranked above angels and archangels, and below seraphim and cherubim.
  6. Specifically, moral conduct in sexual behaviour, especially of women; chastity.
  7. (obsolete) The inherent power of a god, or other supernatural being.
  8. The inherent power or efficacy of something (now only in phrases).

Concepten

deugdzaamheid

deugdelijkheid

degelijkheid

soliditeit

deugdelijkheid

braafheid

degelijkheid

Frequentie

C1
Met koppelteken als
vir‧tue
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈvɜː.t͡ʃuː/
Etymologie (Engels)

In summary

From Middle English vertu, virtue, borrowed from Anglo-Norman vertu, virtu, from Latin virtus (“manliness, bravery, worth, moral excellence”), from vir (“man”). Doublet of vertu. See virile. In this sense, displaced Old English cræft, whence Modern English craft.

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