different between immoral vs vile

English

Etymology

From im- +? moral.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m?r?l/
• Rhymes: -?r?l

Adjective

immoral (comparative more immoral, superlative most immoral)

1. Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law.

   Synonyms: wicked, unjust, dishonest, vicious, licentious, unethical, corrupt, unscrupulous, wrong, unrighteous

   Antonyms: moral, pure, righteous

Usage notes

• Said of people, deeds, groups, traditions, or practices.

Related terms

• amoral

Translations

Further reading

• immoral in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• immoral in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Catalan

Etymology

From im- +? moral.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /im.mo??al/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /im.mu??al/

Adjective

immoral (masculine and feminine plural immorals)

1. immoral

   Antonym: moral

Derived terms

Further reading

• “immoral” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “immoral” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “immoral” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “immoral” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From im- +? moral.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.m?.?al/

Adjective

immoral (feminine singular immorale, masculine plural immoraux, feminine plural immorales)

1. immoral

   Antonym: moral

Related terms

Descendants

• Russian: ???????????????? (beznrávstvennyj) (calque)

Further reading

• “immoral” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Old French vil, from Latin vilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va?l/
• Rhymes: -a?l
• Homophone: vial

Adjective

vile (comparative viler or more vile, superlative vilest or most vile)

1. Morally low; base; despicable.
2. Causing physical or mental repulsion; horrid.

Synonyms

• (morally low): base, despicable, mean, ignoble

Derived terms

• vilify

Translations

Anagrams

• Levi, Viel, evil, live, veil, vlei

Albanian

Etymology

A formation from vjel (“to pluck, harvest”).

Noun

vile f (indefinite plural vile, definite singular vilja, definite plural vilet)

1. bunch of grape

Related terms

• vjel
• vjell

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?v?l?]

Noun

vile f

1. dative/locative singular of vila

Estonian

Etymology

From vilisema +? -e.

Noun

vile (genitive vile, partitive vilet)

1. whistle

Declension

French

Adjective

vile

1. feminine singular of vil

Italian

Etymology

From Latin v?lis (“cheap”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vi.le/

Adjective

vile (plural vili)

1. cowardly, dastardly

   Synonyms: codardo, vigliacco

2. base, miserable, mean

   Synonym: miserabile

3. cheap, worthless, base

   Synonym: privo di valore

Noun

vile m or f (plural vili)

1. coward

   Synonyms: fifone, codardo

Derived terms

• avvilire
• svilire

Related terms

• vilmente
• viltà
• vilipendio

Anagrams

• levi, live, veli

Latin

Adjective

v?le

1. inflection of v?lis:
   1. nominative neuter singular
   2. accusative neuter singular
   3. vocative neuter singular

Old French

Alternative forms

• ville

Etymology

From Latin v?lla.

Noun

vile f (oblique plural viles, nominative singular vile, nominative plural viles)

1. town; city

Descendants

• French: ville

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vidly (Russian ????? (víly), Czech vidle).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?île/
• Hyphenation: vi?le

Noun

v?le f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. (plural only) pitchfork

Declension

References

• “vile” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vidla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ì?l?/

Noun

víle f pl

1. pitchfork

Inflection

Further reading

• “vile”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swahili

Pronunciation

Adjective

vile

1. Vi class inflected form and adverbial form of -le.

Venetian

Noun

vile

1. plural of vila