different between vicinity vs vicinal

English

Etymology

vicine +? -ity, from Latin v?c?nit?s (“neighborhood”) (compare French vicinité), from v?c?nus (“neighbor”) (compare French voisin), from v?cus (“village”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /v??s?n?ti/

Noun

vicinity (plural vicinities)

2. proximity; the state of being near.
4. neighbourhood; nearby region; surrounding area.
   • 2017 August 25, "Arrest threat as Yingluck Shinawatra misses verdict", in aljazeera.com, Al Jazeera:

     Al Jazeera's Scott Heidler, reporting from Bangkok, said hundreds of Yingluck's supporters gathered outside the Bangkok Supreme Court to await the verdict but were not allowed in the vicinity.

5. approximate size or amount.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Latin v?c?n?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?s?n?l/

Adjective

vicinal (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to a neighborhood; neighboring.
2. (chemistry) Describing identical atoms or groups attached to nearby (especially adjacent) atoms in a molecule.
3. (mineralogy) Describing subordinate planes on a crystal, which are very near to the fundamental planes in angles, and sometimes take their place.

Related terms

• vicinality
• vicine
• vicinity

Translations

See also

• geminal

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin v?c?n?lis. Displaced Middle French voisinal.

Pronunciation

Adjective

vicinal (feminine singular vicinale, masculine plural vicinaux, feminine plural vicinales)

1. vicinal

See also

• géminal

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Adjective

vicinal m or f (plural vicinais, comparable)

1. vicinal

Romanian

Etymology

From French vicinal

Adjective

vicinal m or n (feminine singular vicinal?, masculine plural vicinali, feminine and neuter plural vicinale)

1. vicinal

Declension