vilein
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch vilein, from Old French vilain~vilein~villein, from Late Latin vīllānus (“farm worker”), from Latin vīlla.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /viˈlɛi̯n/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: vi‧lein
- Rhymes: -ɛi̯n
Adjective
vilein (comparative vileiner, superlative vileinst)
Declension
| Declension of vilein | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | vilein | |||
| inflected | vileine | |||
| comparative | vileiner | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | vilein | vileiner | het vileinst het vileinste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | vileine | vileinere | vileinste |
| n. sing. | vilein | vileiner | vileinste | |
| plural | vileine | vileinere | vileinste | |
| definite | vileine | vileinere | vileinste | |
| partitive | vileins | vileiners | — | |
Noun
vilein m (plural vileinen)
- (obsolete) a vile person
Derived terms
- vileinig
Middle English
Alternative forms
- vileyn, vilain
Etymology
From Old French vilein, from Late Latin villanus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /viˈlɛi̯n/
Noun
vilein (plural vileins)
Descendants
References
- “vilein, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old French
Noun
vilein oblique singular, m (oblique plural vileinz, nominative singular vileinz, nominative plural vilein)
- alternative form of vilain