βίτσιο

Greek

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek βίτσιον (bítsion), from Italian vizio (“vice, bad habit”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvitsço/
  • Hyphenation: βί‧τσιο

Noun

βίτσιο • (vítsio) n (plural βίτσια)

  1. vice (bad habit)
    Το κάπνισμα είναι το μόνο βίτσιό του. ― To kápnisma eínai to móno vítsió tou. ― Smoking is his only vice.
  2. (slang, more specifically) fetish (sexual attraction to or arousal at something considered unnatural)
    Το βίτσιο της είναι να την δένουνε. ― To vítsio tis eínai na tin dénoune. ― Her fetish is being tied up.
  3. (figuratively) obsession, fetish (irrational or abnormal fixation or preoccupation)
    Έχει βίτσιο με την αμερικάνικη μουσική. ― Échei vítsio me tin amerikániki mousikí. ― He has an obsession for American music.

Declension
declension of βίτσιο
singular plural
nominative βίτσιο • βίτσια •
genitive βίτσιου • βίτσιων •
accusative βίτσιο • βίτσια •
vocative βίτσιο • βίτσια •

Derived terms
  • βιτσιόζος m (vitsiózos, “fetishist”)
  • βιτσιόζα f (vitsióza, “fetishist”)
  • βιτσιόζικος (vitsiózikos, “fetishistic”)

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