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Plural of vice

regular plural

The plural of vice is vices.

Forms of vice

Singularvice /vaɪs/
Pluralvices
Countablecountable

Vices in a sentence

  • Some days I like to enjoy private vices.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Noveria
  • My old fussbudget aunt had a very preachy manner and would prattle on about the dangers of alcohol and other vices.From the entry preachy
  • Leadscrews are commonly used in vices, presses, and jacks.From the entry leadscrew
  • The stable vices of horses include cribbing and windsucking.From the entry stable vice
  • Whuskers and petticoats wi' the vices o' both and the virtues o' neither.1929, Percival Christopher Wren, Good Gestes, The McSnorrt Reminiscent. From the entry sort

Meaning of vice

  1. noun Bad or immoral behaviour. (Especially often, a habit that harms oneself or others).
  2. noun Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to weapons, prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, tobacco, or drugs.
  3. noun A defect in the temper or behaviour of a horse, such as to make the animal dangerous, to injure its health, or to diminish its usefulness.

Full definition of vice

Questions about the plural of vice

What is the plural of vice?
The plural of vice is vices.
Is vice countable?
Vice is a countable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: vice (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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