Vichy

See also: vichy

English

Etymology

From French Vichy, from Occitan Vichèi, phonetically evolved from the Latin place name Vippiacus, itself named after an agricultural field belonging to a farmer named Vippius. An alternate theory attributes the name to the Latin vicus calidus, meaning "warm settlement."[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈviːʃi/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Proper noun

Vichy

  1. A town in the Allier department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France; the capital of Vichy France during World War II.
    1. (historical, figuratively, metonymically) Vichy France; the Vichy French government.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

Vichy

  1. (colloquial) Short for Vichy water.

References
  1. Room, Placenames of the World: Origins and Meanings of the Names for 6,600 Countries, Cities, Territories, Natural Features, and Historic Sites

Anagrams

Catalan

Alternative forms
  • Vichèi

Proper noun

Vichy m

  1. A town in the Allier department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, the capital of Vichy France during World War II

French

Etymology

From Occitan Vichèi, phonetically evolved from the Latin place name Vippiacus, itself named after an agricultural field belonging to a farmer named Vippius. An alternate theory attributes the name to the Latin vicus calidus, meaning "warm settlement.".

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vi.ʃi/
  • Audio (Paris)(file)

Proper noun

Vichy m or f

  1. A town in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, the capital of Vichy France during World War II

Derived terms

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French Vichy.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /viʃˈʃi/**[1]
  • Rhymes: -i

Proper noun

Vichy f

  1. A town in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, the capital of Vichy France during World War II

References
  1. Vichy in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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