vild

English

Etymology

As if the past participle of a verb to vile. See vile (adjective).

Adjective

vild (comparative more vild, superlative most vild)

1. (obsolete) vile
   • Spenser

     That vild race.

Related terms

• vildly

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse villr (“wild”) and Old Saxon wildi, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vild/, [vilˀ]

Adjective

vild (neuter vildt, definite and plural vilde, comparative vildere, superlative vildest)

1. wild
2. fierce, ferocious
3. savage

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Adjective

Declension of vild

Inflections of vild		Absolute	Comparative	Superlative
				Attributive	Predicative
Indefinite singular	Common	vild	vildare		vildast
	Neuter	vilt
Definite singular	Masc.	vilde		vildaste
	All	vilda		vildaste
Plural		vilda		vildaste

vild

1. wild
2. not tame or domesticated

Related terms

• förvilda
• vilde