vicissitude

Meaning

1. Regular change or succession from one thing to another, or one part of a cycle to the next; alternation; mutual succession; interchange; variability.
2. (in-plural, often) A change, especially in one's life or fortunes.

Synonyms

change

mutation

hardship

variation

difficulty

changeability

complication

confusion

difference

entanglement

fluctuation

flux

happening

interchange

lapel

malignity

modification

mutability

permutation

problem

revere

rigor

shift

tide

transition

transmutation

turn

turning

twist

uncertainty

variance

whirligig

adventure

turn of events

alteration

alternation

amendment

break

Translations

vicissitude

vicisitud

Wandel

vicissitude

vicissitudine

περιπέτεια

peripezia

değişiklik

wisselvalligheid

değişme

vicissitud

değişim

onbestendigheid

peripecia

peripecia

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vɪˈsɪs.ɪˌt(j)uːd/

Etymology

Cognate with Spanish: vez

Cognate with French: fois

In summary

From Middle French vicissitude, from Latin vicissitūdō (“change”), from vicissim (“on the other hand, in turn”), from vicis (“change, vicissitude”), whence Spanish vez and French fois (“time (as in "next time"), occurrence”).