vilein

From Middle Dutch vilein, from Old French vilain~vilein~villein, from Late Latin vīllānus (“farm worker”), from Latin vīlla.

• IPA^(key): /viˈlɛi̯n/

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• Hyphenation: vi‧lein
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯n

vilein (comparative vileiner, superlative vileinst)

1. mean, nasty

vilein m (plural vileinen)

1. (obsolete) a vile person

• vileinig

• vileyn, vilain

From Old French vilein, from Late Latin villanus.

• IPA^(key): /viˈlɛi̯n/

vilein (plural vileins)

1. villain

• English: villain
• Yola: villent

• “vilein, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

vilein oblique singular, m (oblique plural vileinz, nominative singular vileinz, nominative plural vilein)

1. Alternative form of vilain