vincent
Syllables: vin·cent/ˈvɪnsənt/
vincent noun: the victim or dupe in a betting game, especially bowls.
Noun
vincent (plural vincents)
- The victim or dupe in a betting game, especially bowls.
- If the vincent could actually be persuaded to play a game, the professionals always won in the end, either because of their superior skill or because of such stratagems as those described by Greene […]1977, Gãmini Salgãdo, The Elizabethan Underworld, Folio Society, published 2006, page 26
Proper noun capitalized: Vincent
Vincent (countable and uncountable, plural Vincents)
- A male given name from Latin.
- Starry starry night.
Flaming flowers that brightly blaze
Swirling clouds in violet haze
Reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue.1971, Don McLean, "Vincent" (song) - Even their names hinted at a childishness they would never grow out of. When Vincent himself was grown-up, he wondered if this was why they had given their unlooked-for son such a mature name - although later still Vincent suspected that he might have been named for the Vincent Rapide motorbike. As...2002, Kate Atkinson, Not the End of the World, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 203
- Starry starry night.
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
- A city in Shelby County, St. Clair County and Talladega County, Alabama.
- A census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California.
- A minor city in Webster County, Iowa.
- A ghost town in Osborne County, Kansas.
- An unincorporated community in Owsley County, Kentucky.
- A census-designated place in Barlow Township, Washington County, Ohio.
- A settlement in Aquin commune, Sud department, Haiti.
- A former commune in Jura department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, now part of Vincent-Froideville commune.
- A suburb in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
- A local government area in Perth, Western Australia; in full, the City of Vincent.
vincent meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
vincent in Hindi
- विनसेंट, विंसेंट, विन्सेंट
vincent in Tamil
- வின்சென்ட், வின்செண்ட்
vincent in Marathi
- विन्सेंट, विनसेंट, विन्सेन्ट
vincent in Urdu
- ونسنٹ, ونسینٹ, وائنسنٹ
More languagesFewer languages
- vincent in Bengali
- ভিনসেন্ট, ভিন্সেন্ট
- vincent in Telugu
- విన్సెంట్, వింసెంట్
- vincent in Malayalam
- വിൻസെൻ്റ്, വിൻസെന്റ്, വിൻസെൻറ്
- vincent in Kannada
- ವಿನ್ಸೆಂಟ್, ವಿಂಸೆಂಟ್
- vincent in Punjabi
- ਵਿੰਸੈਂਟ, ਵਿਨਸੈਂਟ, ਵਿੰਸੇਂਟ
- vincent in Gujarati
- વિન્સેન્ટ, વિનસેન્ટ, વિન્સન્ટ
- vincent in Odia
- ଭିନ୍ସେଣ୍ଟ, ଭିନସେଣ୍ଟ, ଭିନସେଣ୍ଟ୍
- vincent in Nepali
- भिन्सेन्ट, विन्सेन्ट, भिनसेन्ट
Forms of vincent
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | vincents |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Vincents |
Origin of vincent
From the Latin verb vincō. It could be either the stem of the present active participle vincēns (“the conquering man”) or the third-person plural future active indicative meaning ‘they will conquer’.
Borrowed from French Vincent, from Latin Vincentius, from vincēns (“conquering”), from the verb vincō.
Words formed from vincent
- Mount Vincent
- Saint Vincent
- Saint-Vincent
- St.-Vincent
- St. Vincent
- St-Vincent
- St Vincent
- Vincentian
- vincentization
- Vincentown
- Vincent's angina
- Vincent's infection
- Vincent's organism
- Vincent's stomatitis
- Vincent's ulcer
- Vinny
Phrases with vincent
Questions about vincent
- What does vincent mean?
- Vincent means the victim or dupe in a betting game, especially bowls.
- What is vincent in Hindi?
- Vincent in Hindi is विनसेंट, विंसेंट, विन्सेंट. See Vincent meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is vincent?
- Vincent can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce vincent?
- Vincent is pronounced /ˈvɪnsənt/.
- What is the plural of vincent?
- The plural of vincent is vincents.
Words near vincent in the dictionary
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