vincere

Meaning

  1. (ambitransitive) to win
  2. (transitive) to vanquish, to conquer, to defeat
  3. (transitive) to overcome (difficulties, fear, hunger, tiredness, etc.)
  4. (transitive) to control, to dominate (one's passions)

Frequency

B1
Hyphenated as
vìn‧ce‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈvin.t͡ʃe.re/
Etymology

Inherited from Latin vincere, from Proto-Italic *winkō, from Proto-Indo-European *wi-n-k-, from *weyk- (“to overcome”) with a nasal infix.

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