vicieux
French, noun/vi.sjø/
vicieux is spelled V-I-C-I-E-U-X (7 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written French, the 11,729th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vicieux is a French masculine noun meaning “pervert” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne vicieuse”.
What does vicieux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
lecherous, perverted, depraved
- 2
sly, deceitful; tricky (question)
- 3
vicious (horse)
- 4
wrong (word, pronunciation, etc.)
noun
- 1
masculinepervert
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a quelque vice, quelque défaut, quelque imperfection. 2. Qualifie les chevaux, mulets et autres montures ou bêtes de trait qui mordent et ruent, qui sont ombrageux ou rétifs. 3. Qui a une disposition habituelle au mal, et particulièrement à la débauche et au libertinage. 4. Qualifie les choses qui tiennent du vice, qui ont rapport au vice.
noun: 1. Personne vicieuse.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of vicieux
- vicieuse feminine
- vicieuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vicieux?
- /vi.sjø/
- \vi.sjø\
- [vi.sjø]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vicieux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vicieux in French?
vicieux appears 4.7 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).