vain
- useless, ineffective, fruitless
- vain, shallow
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/vɛ̃/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old French vain, from Latin vānus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“empty”).
abortive
swollen-headed
vano
vergeblich
vão
va
vergeefs
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