vicis

Meaning

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

opportunity

event

time

⌚

occasion

rank

regular expression

row

swapping

ablaut

turn

alternation

file

line

Translations

Gelegenheit

Halbwelle

εποχή

Zeitpunkt

αγώνας

αιτία

Wechselbetrieb

ευκαιρία

εναλλαγή

περιτροπή

alternance

événement

fois

⌚

occasion

alternança

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈwɪ.kɪs]

Etymology

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”).