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Date "VINCI" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1822. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Biographical Satire | VINCI, Leonardo Da, painted Mona Lisa for the Louvre, Paris. His reputation has soared in proportion to the duration of her absence. Ambition: To be the Morgan family painter. Recreation: Looking for purchasers. Epitaph: He Has Finished His Last Supper. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914. |
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Crosswords: VINCI |
| English words defined with "VINCI": Leonardesque. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "VINCI": Painters and Artists. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "VINCI" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Latin (bind, conquer, defeat, excel, fetter, outlast, restrain, succeed), Romanian (capstan, crank, Jack, winch, windlass). |
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Screenplays | In Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. (The Third Man; writing credit: Graham Greene; Alexander Korda) | |
Movie/TV Titles | La Vita di Leonardo Da Vinci (1972) Leonardo da Vinci (1952) Gratta e vinci (1996) Pink Da Vinci (1975) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Leonardo da Vinci pitt. scul. e archi. Fiorentino / L. da Vinci pinsit ; C. Colombini sc. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Santa Maria delle Grazie. Refectory containing picture of Last supper by Leonardo da Vinci. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Mona Lisa painting a portrait of Leonardo da Vinci. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Exhibition & sale : original hand signed drawings by Leonardo da Vinci, Jan. 4 thru Feb. 17, Woolworth's basement. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Leonardo Da Vinci | Our life is made by the death of others. |
| Intellectual passion drives out sensuality. | |
| Time stays long enough for those who use it. | |
| God sells us all things at the price of labor. | |
| Just as courage imperils life; fear protects it. | |
| The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding. | |
| All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions. | |
| Lying on a feather mattress or quilt will not bring you renown. | |
| Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active. | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Da Vinci also developed the idea that the spinal cord transmits sensations to the brain. (references) | |
Leonardo da Vinci and his contemporaries came to believe that the brain was the central organ responsible for sensation. (references) | ||
Economic History | Italy | Near term investments are still being made by both the private and the public sector for airport expansion (i.e. traffic control systems at the Milan International Airport "Malpensa 2000"), for upgrading of existing infrastructures (i.e. Bari Palese airport, Rome Leonardo da Vinci airport), and purchase of ground support equipment and systems. (references) |
Italy | Literary achievements--such as the poetry of Petrarch, Tasso, and Ariosto and the prose of Boccaccio, Machiavelli, and Castiglione--exerted a tremendous and lasting influence on the subsequent development of Western civilization, as did the painting, sculpture, and architecture contributed by giants such as da Vinci, Raphael, Botticelli, Fra Angelico, and Michelangelo. (references) | |
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| "VINCI" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 98.36% of the time. "VINCI" is used about 61 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 98.36% | 60 | 43,597 |
| Noun (plural) | 1.64% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 61 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "VINCI" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Vinci | Last name | 1,000 | 10,278 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "VINCI": da Vinci ♦ Leonardo da Vinci. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "VINCI": Vinci-style. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "VINCI"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Anden fase af Fællesskabets handlingsprogram for erhvervsuddannelse Leonardo da Vinci (LEONARDO DA VINCI II, Second phase of the Community vocational training action programme Leonardo da Vinci). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Tweede fase van het communautaire actieprogramma inzake beroepsopleiding Leonardo da Vinci (LEONARDO DA VINCI II, Second phase of the Community vocational training action programme Leonardo da Vinci). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | Yhteisön ammatillista koulutusta koskeva Leonardo da Vinci -toimintaohjelma (LEONARDO DA VINCI II, Second phase of the Community vocational training action programme "Leonardo da Vinci"). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Deuxième phase du programme d'action communautaire en matière de formation professionnelle "Leonardo da Vinci". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Zweite Phase des gemeinschaftlichen Aktionsprogramms in der Berufsbildung "Leonardo da Vinci". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | "εύτερο στάδιο του κοινοτικού προγράμματος δράσης στον τομέα της επαγγελματικής κατάρτισης "Leonardo da Vinci". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | Seconda fase del programma d'azione comunitaria in materia di formazione professionale "Leonardo da Vinci". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | ダン"ング関税 (anti-dumping duties, da Vinci, dump, dump truck). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ダヴィンチ (da Vinci). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | incivay Segunda fase do programa comunitário de acção em matéria de formação profissional "Leonardo da Vinci". (various references) Segunda fase del programa de acción comunitario en materia de formación profesional " Leonardo da Vinci". (various references) Andra etappen av gemenskapens åtgärdsprogram för yrkesutbildning Leonardo da Vinci (LEONARDO DA VINCI II, Second phase of the Community vocational training action programme "Leonardo da Vinci"). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Romans Chapter 12, Verse 21 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Mh nikw upo tou kakou alla nika en tw agaqw to kakon |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Noli vinci a malo sed vince in bono malum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Nyle thou be ouercomun of yuel, but ouercome thou yuel bi good. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Be not overcome of evyll: But overcome evyll wt goodnes. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Be not overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Do not let evil overcome you, but overcome evil by good. |
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| Language | Romans Chapter 12, Verse 21 |
| Cebuano | Ayaw pagpadaug sa dautan, hinonoa dag-a ang dautan pinaagi sa maayo. |
| Chinese | 不 可 為 惡 所 勝 、 反 要 以 善 勝 惡 。 |
| Croatian | Ne daj se pobijediti zlom, nego dobrim svladavaj zlo. |
| Danish | Lad dig ikke overvinde af det onde, men overvind det onde med det gode! |
| Dutch | Wordt van het kwade niet overwonnen, maar overwint het kwade door het goede. |
| Finnish | Älä anna pahan itseäsi voittaa, vaan voita sinä paha hyvällä. |
| French | Ne te laisse pas vaincre par le mal, mais surmonte le mal par le bien. |
| German | Laß dich nicht das Böse überwinden, sondern überwinde das Böse mit Gutem. |
| Haitian Creole | Pa kite sa ki mal gen pye sou ou. Okontrè, fè sa ki byen pou n' kraze sa ki mal. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Janganlah membiarkan dirimu dikalahkan oleh yang jahat, tetapi hendaklah Saudara mengalahkan kejahatan dengan kebaikan. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Janganlah engkau ditewaskan oleh kejahatan, melainkan tewaskanlah kejahatan itu dengan kebajikan. |
| Italian | Non lasciarti vincere dal male, ma vinci con il bene il male. |
| Latvian | Ïaunums nedrîkst tevi uzvarçt, bet tu uzvari ïaunumu ar labu! |
| Maori | Kei hinga koe i te kino, engari kia hinga te kino i tou pai. |
| Norwegian | La dig ikke overvinne av det onde, men overvinn det onde med det gode! |
| Portuguese | Não te deixes vencer do mal, mas vence o mal com o bem. |
| Rumanian | Nu te lqsa biruit de rqu, ci biruiewte rqul prin bine. |
| Russian | оЕ 'Х"Ш П'ЕЦ"ЕО ЪМПН, ОП П'ЕЦ"БК ЪМП "П'ТПН. |
| Shuar | Yajauch nupettamkain. Antsu pénker Túrakum yajauchia nu nupetkata. |
| Spanish | No seas vencido por el mal, sino vence el mal con el bien. |
| Swahili | Usikubali kushindwa na ubaya, bali ushinde ubaya kwa wema. |
| Swedish | Låt dig icke övervinnas av det onda, utan övervinn det onda med det goda. |
| Uma | Neo' rapehawai kehi doo to dada'a hante kehi to dada'a wo'o. Ane hewa toe, madagi lau-tamo, apa' nadagi kada'aa-tamo. Agina hiwili kehi to dada'a hante kehi to lompe', bona tadagi kada'aa hante kalompea'. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "VINCI": vincible, vincibly. (additional references) | |
Words containing "VINCI": convincing, convincingly, convincingness, convincingnesses, evincible, evincing, evincive, inconvincible, interprovincial, invincibilities, invincibility, invincible, invincibleness, invinciblenesses, invincibly, provincial, provincialism, provincialisms, provincialist, provincialists, provincialities, provinciality, provincialization, provincializations, provincialize, provincialized, provincializes, provincializing, provincially, provincials, reconvincing, unconvincing, unconvincingly, unconvincingness, unconvincingnesses. (additional references) | |
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"VINCI" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Inci, Vandi, Vanick, Vesci, vinc, vincit, Vinko. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: vinic. | |
| Words within the letters "c-i-i-n-v" | |
-3 letters: in. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-i-i-n-v" | |
+1 letter: vicing. | |
+2 letters: avionic, incivil, invoice, uncivil, vicinal, vidicon, vinylic, voicing. | |
+3 letters: avionics, caviling, chivying, civilian, evicting, eviction, evincing, evincive, inactive, incisive, inviscid, invoiced, invoices, nirvanic, olivinic, scriving, vaccinia, vanillic, vibronic, vicinage, vicinity, vidicons, vincible, vincibly, viomycin. | |
+4 letters: achieving, archiving, cavilling, chivvying, civilians, codriving, cognitive, conniving, convivial, deceiving, devoicing, divorcing, evictions, evincible, incentive, inceptive, inclusive, incurving, inductive, infective, injective, invective, inviolacy, invoicing, receiving, revoicing, scrieving, servicing, uncivilly, unvoicing, vaccinial, vaccinias, vaticinal, vibrionic, vicariant, vicennial, vicereine, vicinages, vigilance, vindicate, viomycins. | |
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