vicine

English

Etymology 1

Vicia +‎ -ine

Noun

vicine (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) An alkaloid extracted from the seeds of the vetch (Vicia sativa) as a white crystalline substance.

Etymology 2

Latin vicinus.

Adjective

vicine (comparative more vicine, superlative most vicine)

  1. (obsolete) Nearby; neighbouring; vicinal.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for vicine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Italian

Noun

vicine f

  1. plural of vicina

Adjective

vicine

  1. feminine plural of vicino

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology 1

From vīcīnus (“near, neighboring”) +‎ -ē.

Pronunciation

Adverb

vīcīnē (comparative vīcīnius, superlative vīcīnissimē)

  1. nearby, in the neighborhood

Etymology 2

Inflected form of vīcīnus (“near, neighboring”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /wiːˈkiː.ne/, [wiːˈkiː.nɛ]

Noun

vīcīne

  1. vocative singular of vīcīnus

References
  • vicine in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vicine in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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