vilain

From Old French vilain, vilein, villein, from Late Latin vīllānus (“farm worker”), from Latin vīlla. Not related to vil.

• IPA^(key): /vi.lɛ̃/

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• Homophone: vilains

vilain m (plural vilains, feminine vilaine)

1. villain
2. peasant
3. country dweller

• super-vilain

vilain (feminine singular vilaine, masculine plural vilains, feminine plural vilaines)

1. ugly
2. disagreeable
3. villainous

• ville

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

From Old French vilain, from Late Latin vīllānus (“farm worker”), from Latin vīlla.

vilain m

1. (Jersey) ugly

• vilein (Anglo-Norman)
• villein

From Late Latin vīllānus (“farm worker”), from Latin vīlla.

vilain m (oblique plural vilainz, nominative singular vilainz, nominative plural vilain)

1. peasant; commoner

• païsan

• Middle English: vilein (borrowed)
  • English: villain
• French: vilain
• Norman: vilain