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virtue

/ˈvɜːtʃuː/VUR-choo
/ˈvɝtʃu/VUR-choo

Meaningmanliness

Common meaning: moral goodness

Journey through time

  1. Latinvir‘a man’
  2. Middle Englishvertusource
  3. Englishvirtue‘moral goodness’ · today

vir also in: virilevirtuoso

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin vir ‘a man’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry vir, p. 1995 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • vir Latin “a man”

Related words

virilevirtuoso

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