different between vile vs sensual

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

English

Alternative forms

• sensuall (obsolete)

Etymology

From Late Latin sensualis (“endowed with feeling, sensual”), from Latin sensus (“feeling, sense”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s?nsju??l/, /?s?n?u??l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?n.?u.?l/

Adjective

sensual (comparative more sensual, superlative most sensual)

1. Inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations.

2. Of or pertaining to the physical senses; sensory.

3. Provoking or exciting a strong response in the senses.

Derived terms

• sensualise, sensualize
• sensually
• supersensual

Related terms

• sense
• sensible
• sensuous

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• unseals

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin sensualis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /s?n.su?al/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /sen.su?al/
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

sensual (masculine and feminine plural sensuals)

1. sensual

Related terms

• sensualitat

Further reading

• “sensual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

Etymology

Late Latin sensualis, from Latin sensus.

Adjective

sensual m or f (plural sensuais, comparable)

1. Sexually attractive; sexy.

Inflection

Related terms

• sensualidade

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sensualis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sen?swal/, [s?n?swal]

Adjective

sensual (plural sensuales)

1. sensual

Derived terms

• sensualismo
• sensualista
• sensualmente

Related terms

• sensualidad

Further reading

• “sensual” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.