"vilain" meaning in All languages combined

See vilain on Wiktionary

Adjective [French]

IPA: /vi.lɛ̃/, /vi.lɛn‿/ Audio: Fr-vilain.ogg Forms: vilaine [feminine], vilains [masculine, plural], vilaines [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French vilain, vilein, villein, from Late Latin vīllānus (“farm worker”), from Latin vīlla. Not related to vil. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|vilain|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French vilain, {{inh+|fr|fro|vilain}} Inherited from Old French vilain, {{m|fro|vilein}} vilein, {{m|fro|villein}} villein, {{inh|fr|LL.|vīllānus||farm worker}} Late Latin vīllānus (“farm worker”), {{inh|fr|la|vīlla}} Latin vīlla, {{m|fr|vil}} vil Head templates: {{fr-adj}} vilain (feminine vilaine, masculine plural vilains, feminine plural vilaines)
  1. ugly Categories (topical): Appearance Synonyms: laid, moche
    Sense id: en-vilain-fr-adj-ct4nWsC0 Disambiguation of Appearance: 67 9 1 9 0 13 1 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 41 2 4 4 1 15 34
  2. disagreeable, awful
    Sense id: en-vilain-fr-adj-vwpTFA3C
  3. naughty Synonyms: mauvais
    Sense id: en-vilain-fr-adj-EYARvvbG
  4. villainous, wicked, nasty, evil Synonyms: cruel, dangereux, mauvais, méchant
    Sense id: en-vilain-fr-adj-3vo7zeZm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: la curiosité est un vilain défaut, vilain petit canard Related terms: ville

Noun [French]

IPA: /vi.lɛ̃/, /vi.lɛn‿/ Audio: Fr-vilain.ogg Forms: vilains [plural], vilaine [feminine]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French vilain, vilein, villein, from Late Latin vīllānus (“farm worker”), from Latin vīlla. Not related to vil. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|vilain|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French vilain, {{inh+|fr|fro|vilain}} Inherited from Old French vilain, {{m|fro|vilein}} vilein, {{m|fro|villein}} villein, {{inh|fr|LL.|vīllānus||farm worker}} Late Latin vīllānus (“farm worker”), {{inh|fr|la|vīlla}} Latin vīlla, {{m|fr|vil}} vil Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|f=+}} vilain m (plural vilains, feminine vilaine)
  1. villain Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-vilain-fr-noun-rQZLqnhW
  2. peasant Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-vilain-fr-noun-dXmC13c4 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 41 2 4 4 1 15 34
  3. country dweller Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-vilain-fr-noun-vmXoW3dX Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 41 2 4 4 1 15 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: jeu de main, jeu de vilain, oignez vilain, il vous poindra, poignez vilain, il vous oindra, super-vilain

Adjective [Norman]

Etymology: From Old French vilain, from Late Latin vīllānus (“farm worker”), from Latin vīlla. Etymology templates: {{inh|nrf|fro|vilain}} Old French vilain, {{inh|nrf|LL.|vīllānus||farm worker}} Late Latin vīllānus (“farm worker”), {{inh|nrf|la|vīlla}} Latin vīlla Head templates: {{head|nrf|adjective||||vilains||||vilaine||||vilains||vilaines||{{{f2}}}s|f2accel-form=p|f3accel-form=m|s|f4accel-form=f|s|f6accel-form=m|p|f7accel-form=f|p|g=m|g2=|head=|sort=}} vilain m, {{nrf-adj}} vilain m
  1. (Jersey) ugly Tags: Jersey, masculine
    Sense id: en-vilain-nrm-adj-ct4nWsC0 Categories (other): Jersey Norman, Norman entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Old French]

Forms: vilain oblique singular or [canonical, masculine], vilainz [oblique, plural], vilainz [nominative, singular], vilain [nominative, plural]
Etymology: From Late Latin vīllānus (“farm worker”), from Latin vīlla. Etymology templates: {{inh|fro|LL.|vīllānus||farm worker}} Late Latin vīllānus (“farm worker”), {{inh|fro|la|vīlla}} Latin vīlla Head templates: {{fro-noun|m}} vilain oblique singular, m (oblique plural vilainz, nominative singular vilainz, nominative plural vilain)
  1. peasant; commoner Categories (topical): People Synonyms: païsan, vilein [Anglo-Norman], villein

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for vilain meaning in All languages combined (10.4kB)

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "jeu de main, jeu de vilain"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "oignez vilain"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "il vous poindra"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "poignez vilain"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "il vous oindra"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "super-vilain"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "vilain",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Old French vilain",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "vilain"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Old French vilain",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "vilein"
      },
      "expansion": "vilein",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "villein"
      },
      "expansion": "villein",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "vīllānus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "farm worker"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin vīllānus (“farm worker”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "vīlla"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin vīlla",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "vil"
      },
      "expansion": "vil",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Old French vilain, vilein, villein, from Late Latin vīllānus (“farm worker”), from Latin vīlla. Not related to vil.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "vilains",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vilaine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "f": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "vilain m (plural vilains, feminine vilaine)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "villain"
      ],
      "id": "en-vilain-fr-noun-rQZLqnhW",
      "links": [
        [
          "villain",
          "villain"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "41 2 4 4 1 15 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "peasant"
      ],
      "id": "en-vilain-fr-noun-dXmC13c4",
      "links": [
        [
          "peasant",
          "peasant"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "41 2 4 4 1 15 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "country dweller"
      ],
      "id": "en-vilain-fr-noun-vmXoW3dX",
      "links": [
        [
          "country dweller",
          "country dweller"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/vi.lɛ̃/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vi.lɛn‿/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "vilains"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-vilain.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/af/Fr-vilain.ogg/Fr-vilain.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Fr-vilain.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vilain"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "la curiosité est un vilain défaut"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vilain petit canard"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "vilain",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Old French vilain",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "vilain"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Old French vilain",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "vilein"
      },
      "expansion": "vilein",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "villein"
      },
      "expansion": "villein",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "vīllānus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "farm worker"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin vīllānus (“farm worker”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "vīlla"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin vīlla",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "vil"
      },
      "expansion": "vil",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Old French vilain, vilein, villein, from Late Latin vīllānus (“farm worker”), from Latin vīlla. Not related to vil.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "vilaine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vilains",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vilaines",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "vilain (feminine vilaine, masculine plural vilains, feminine plural vilaines)",
      "name": "fr-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ville"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "beau"
        },
        {
          "word": "joli"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "41 2 4 4 1 15 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "67 9 1 9 0 13 1",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Appearance",
          "orig": "fr:Appearance",
          "parents": [
            "Perception",
            "Body",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "an ugly color",
          "text": "une vilaine couleur",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "an ugly voice",
          "text": "une vilaine voix",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ugly"
      ],
      "id": "en-vilain-fr-adj-ct4nWsC0",
      "links": [
        [
          "ugly",
          "ugly"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "laid"
        },
        {
          "word": "moche"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The weather is awful.",
          "text": "Il fait vilain.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Curiosity killed the cat.",
          "text": "La curiosité est un vilain défaut.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "disagreeable, awful"
      ],
      "id": "en-vilain-fr-adj-vwpTFA3C",
      "links": [
        [
          "disagreeable",
          "disagreeable"
        ],
        [
          "awful",
          "awful"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "gentil"
        },
        {
          "word": "sage"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "naughty children",
          "text": "de vilains enfants",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "naughty"
      ],
      "id": "en-vilain-fr-adj-EYARvvbG",
      "links": [
        [
          "naughty",
          "naughty"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mauvais"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "wicked deeds",
          "text": "de vilaines actions",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "a bad fever",
          "text": "une vilaine fièvre",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "She's got a nasty cold.",
          "text": "Elle a un vilain rhume.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He played a dirty trick on me.",
          "text": "Il m’a joué un vilain tour.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "villainous, wicked, nasty, evil"
      ],
      "id": "en-vilain-fr-adj-3vo7zeZm",
      "links": [
        [
          "villainous",
          "villainous"
        ],
        [
          "wicked",
          "wicked"
        ],
        [
          "nasty",
          "nasty"
        ],
        [
          "evil",
          "evil"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cruel"
        },
        {
          "word": "dangereux"
        },
        {
          "word": "mauvais"
        },
        {
          "word": "méchant"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/vi.lɛ̃/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vi.lɛn‿/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "vilains"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-vilain.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/af/Fr-vilain.ogg/Fr-vilain.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Fr-vilain.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vilain"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nrf",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "vilain"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French vilain",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nrf",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "vīllānus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "farm worker"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin vīllānus (“farm worker”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nrf",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "vīlla"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin vīlla",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old French vilain, from Late Latin vīllānus (“farm worker”), from Latin vīlla.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nrf",
        "10": "vilaine",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "vilains",
        "15": "",
        "16": "vilaines",
        "17": "",
        "18": "{{{f2}}}s",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "vilains",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "f2accel-form": "p",
        "f3accel-form": "m|s",
        "f4accel-form": "f|s",
        "f6accel-form": "m|p",
        "f7accel-form": "f|p",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "vilain m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "vilain m",
      "name": "nrf-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norman",
  "lang_code": "nrm",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Jersey Norman",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Norman entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ugly"
      ],
      "id": "en-vilain-nrm-adj-ct4nWsC0",
      "links": [
        [
          "ugly",
          "ugly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Jersey) ugly"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Jersey",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "vilain"
}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "vilain"
          },
          "expansion": "French: vilain",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: vilain"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nrf",
            "2": "vilain"
          },
          "expansion": "Norman: vilain",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norman: vilain"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "vilein",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle English: vilein",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle English: vilein"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "villain"
          },
          "expansion": "English: villain",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: villain"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "vīllānus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "farm worker"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin vīllānus (“farm worker”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "vīlla"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin vīlla",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Late Latin vīllānus (“farm worker”), from Latin vīlla.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "vilain oblique singular or",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vilainz",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vilainz",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vilain",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "vilain oblique singular, m (oblique plural vilainz, nominative singular vilainz, nominative plural vilain)",
      "name": "fro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old French",
  "lang_code": "fro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old French entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "fro",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "fro:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "peasant; commoner"
      ],
      "id": "en-vilain-fro-noun-KwuT2t9-",
      "links": [
        [
          "peasant",
          "peasant"
        ],
        [
          "commoner",
          "commoner"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "païsan"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Anglo-Norman"
          ],
          "word": "vilein"
        },
        {
          "word": "villein"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "vilain"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "French 2-syllable words",
    "French adjectives",
    "French countable nouns",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French lemmas",
    "French masculine nouns",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms derived from Late Latin",
    "French terms derived from Latin",
    "French terms derived from Old French",
    "French terms inherited from Late Latin",
    "French terms inherited from Latin",
    "French terms inherited from Old French",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French terms with audio links",
    "French terms with homophones",
    "fr:Appearance"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "jeu de main, jeu de vilain"
    },
    {
      "word": "oignez vilain"
    },
    {
      "word": "il vous poindra"
    },
    {
      "word": "poignez vilain"
    },
    {
      "word": "il vous oindra"
    },
    {
      "word": "super-vilain"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "vilain",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Old French vilain",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "vilain"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Old French vilain",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "vilein"
      },
      "expansion": "vilein",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "villein"
      },
      "expansion": "villein",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "vīllānus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "farm worker"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin vīllānus (“farm worker”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "vīlla"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin vīlla",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "vil"
      },
      "expansion": "vil",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Old French vilain, vilein, villein, from Late Latin vīllānus (“farm worker”), from Latin vīlla. Not related to vil.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "vilains",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vilaine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "f": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "vilain m (plural vilains, feminine vilaine)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "villain"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "villain",
          "villain"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "peasant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "peasant",
          "peasant"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "country dweller"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "country dweller",
          "country dweller"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/vi.lɛ̃/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vi.lɛn‿/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "vilains"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-vilain.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/af/Fr-vilain.ogg/Fr-vilain.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Fr-vilain.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vilain"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "French 2-syllable words",
    "French adjectives",
    "French countable nouns",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French lemmas",
    "French masculine nouns",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms derived from Late Latin",
    "French terms derived from Latin",
    "French terms derived from Old French",
    "French terms inherited from Late Latin",
    "French terms inherited from Latin",
    "French terms inherited from Old French",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French terms with audio links",
    "French terms with homophones",
    "fr:Appearance"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "la curiosité est un vilain défaut"
    },
    {
      "word": "vilain petit canard"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "vilain",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Old French vilain",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "vilain"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Old French vilain",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "vilein"
      },
      "expansion": "vilein",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "villein"
      },
      "expansion": "villein",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "vīllānus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "farm worker"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin vīllānus (“farm worker”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "vīlla"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin vīlla",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "vil"
      },
      "expansion": "vil",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Old French vilain, vilein, villein, from Late Latin vīllānus (“farm worker”), from Latin vīlla. Not related to vil.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "vilaine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vilains",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vilaines",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "vilain (feminine vilaine, masculine plural vilains, feminine plural vilaines)",
      "name": "fr-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "ville"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "beau"
        },
        {
          "word": "joli"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "French terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "an ugly color",
          "text": "une vilaine couleur",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "an ugly voice",
          "text": "une vilaine voix",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ugly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ugly",
          "ugly"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "laid"
        },
        {
          "word": "moche"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The weather is awful.",
          "text": "Il fait vilain.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Curiosity killed the cat.",
          "text": "La curiosité est un vilain défaut.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "disagreeable, awful"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "disagreeable",
          "disagreeable"
        ],
        [
          "awful",
          "awful"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "gentil"
        },
        {
          "word": "sage"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "French terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "naughty children",
          "text": "de vilains enfants",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "naughty"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "naughty",
          "naughty"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mauvais"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "wicked deeds",
          "text": "de vilaines actions",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "a bad fever",
          "text": "une vilaine fièvre",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "She's got a nasty cold.",
          "text": "Elle a un vilain rhume.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He played a dirty trick on me.",
          "text": "Il m’a joué un vilain tour.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "villainous, wicked, nasty, evil"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "villainous",
          "villainous"
        ],
        [
          "wicked",
          "wicked"
        ],
        [
          "nasty",
          "nasty"
        ],
        [
          "evil",
          "evil"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cruel"
        },
        {
          "word": "dangereux"
        },
        {
          "word": "mauvais"
        },
        {
          "word": "méchant"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/vi.lɛ̃/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vi.lɛn‿/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "vilains"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-vilain.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/af/Fr-vilain.ogg/Fr-vilain.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Fr-vilain.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vilain"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nrf",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "vilain"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French vilain",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nrf",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "vīllānus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "farm worker"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin vīllānus (“farm worker”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nrf",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "vīlla"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin vīlla",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old French vilain, from Late Latin vīllānus (“farm worker”), from Latin vīlla.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nrf",
        "10": "vilaine",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "vilains",
        "15": "",
        "16": "vilaines",
        "17": "",
        "18": "{{{f2}}}s",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "vilains",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "f2accel-form": "p",
        "f3accel-form": "m|s",
        "f4accel-form": "f|s",
        "f6accel-form": "m|p",
        "f7accel-form": "f|p",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "vilain m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "vilain m",
      "name": "nrf-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norman",
  "lang_code": "nrm",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Jersey Norman",
        "Norman adjectives",
        "Norman entries with incorrect language header",
        "Norman lemmas",
        "Norman terms derived from Late Latin",
        "Norman terms derived from Latin",
        "Norman terms derived from Old French",
        "Norman terms inherited from Late Latin",
        "Norman terms inherited from Latin",
        "Norman terms inherited from Old French"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ugly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ugly",
          "ugly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Jersey) ugly"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Jersey",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "vilain"
}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "vilain"
          },
          "expansion": "French: vilain",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: vilain"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nrf",
            "2": "vilain"
          },
          "expansion": "Norman: vilain",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norman: vilain"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "vilein",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle English: vilein",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle English: vilein"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "villain"
          },
          "expansion": "English: villain",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: villain"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "vīllānus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "farm worker"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin vīllānus (“farm worker”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "vīlla"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin vīlla",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Late Latin vīllānus (“farm worker”), from Latin vīlla.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "vilain oblique singular or",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vilainz",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vilainz",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vilain",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "vilain oblique singular, m (oblique plural vilainz, nominative singular vilainz, nominative plural vilain)",
      "name": "fro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old French",
  "lang_code": "fro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old French entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old French entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "Old French lemmas",
        "Old French masculine nouns",
        "Old French nouns",
        "Old French terms derived from Late Latin",
        "Old French terms derived from Latin",
        "Old French terms inherited from Late Latin",
        "Old French terms inherited from Latin",
        "fro:People"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "peasant; commoner"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "peasant",
          "peasant"
        ],
        [
          "commoner",
          "commoner"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "païsan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Anglo-Norman"
      ],
      "word": "vilein"
    },
    {
      "word": "villein"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vilain"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.