vicissitude

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From Middle French vicissitude, from Latin vicissitūdō (“change”), from vicissim (“on the other hand, in turn”), from vicis (“change, vicissitude”), whence Portuguese vez and French fois (“time (as in "next time"), occurrence”).

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تبدل — regular change or succession from one thing to another
• Bulgarian: смяна (smjana) — regular change or succession from one thing to another
• Bulgarian: редуване (reduvane) — regular change or succession from one thing to another
• Catalan: vicissitud — regular change or succession from one thing to another
• Dutch: onbestendigheid — regular change or succession from one thing to another
• Finnish: vaihtelu — regular change or succession from one thing to another
• French: vicissitude — regular change or succession from one thing to another
• Georgian: ცვალებადობა (cvalebadoba) — regular change or succession from one thing to another
• German: Unbeständigkeit — regular change or succession from one thing to another
• German: Wandel — regular change or succession from one thing to another
• Irish: tréimhseacht — regular change or succession from one thing to another
• Italian: vicissitudine — regular change or succession from one thing to another
• Japanese: 変化 (henka) — regular change or succession from one thing to another
• Korean: 변천 (byeoncheon) — regular change or succession from one thing to another
• Northern Kurdish: guherîn — regular change or succession from one thing to another
• Latin: vicissitūdō — regular change or succession from one thing to another
• Polish: zmienność — regular change or succession from one thing to another
• Portuguese: vicissitude — regular change or succession from one thing to another
• Russian: сме́на (sména) — regular change or succession from one thing to another
• Russian: чередова́ние (čeredovánije) — regular change or succession from one thing to another
• Spanish: vicisitud — regular change or succession from one thing to another
• Turkish: değişim — regular change or succession from one thing to another
• Turkish: istikrarsızlık — regular change or succession from one thing to another
• Arabic: تقلب الأحوال — a change, especially in one's life or fortunes
• Bulgarian: превра́тност (prevrátnost) — a change, especially in one's life or fortunes
• Catalan: vicissitud — a change, especially in one's life or fortunes
• Chinese Mandarin: 沧桑 (cāngsāng) — a change, especially in one's life or fortunes
• Dutch: wisselvalligheid — a change, especially in one's life or fortunes
• Finnish: käänne — a change, especially in one's life or fortunes
• French: vicissitude — a change, especially in one's life or fortunes
• Georgian: უკუღმართობა (uḳuɣmartoba) — a change, especially in one's life or fortunes
• German: Wandel — a change, especially in one's life or fortunes
• German: Wechsel — a change, especially in one's life or fortunes
• German: Veränderung — a change, especially in one's life or fortunes
• Italian: vicissitudine — a change, especially in one's life or fortunes
• Japanese: 栄枯盛衰 (eikoseisui) — a change, especially in one's life or fortunes
• Northern Kurdish: werçerx — a change, especially in one's life or fortunes
• Latin: vicissitūdō — a change, especially in one's life or fortunes
• Latin: vicissitās — a change, especially in one's life or fortunes
• Norwegian Bokmål: omveltning — a change, especially in one's life or fortunes
• Norwegian Bokmål: forandring — a change, especially in one's life or fortunes
• Norwegian Bokmål: omkalfatring — a change, especially in one's life or fortunes
• Norwegian Bokmål: omstyrtning — a change, especially in one's life or fortunes
• Polish: zmiana — a change, especially in one's life or fortunes
• Portuguese: vicissitude — a change, especially in one's life or fortunes
• Romanian: vicisitudine — a change, especially in one's life or fortunes
• Russian: превра́тность (prevrátnostʹ) — a change, especially in one's life or fortunes
• Russian: непостоя́нство (nepostojánstvo) — a change, especially in one's life or fortunes
• Spanish: vicisitud — a change, especially in one's life or fortunes
• Turkish: değişim — a change, especially in one's life or fortunes