How to pronounce villain
American English pronunciation
VIL-in
- IPA
- /ˈvɪlɪn/
- Syllables
- VIL · in (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What villain means
The bad guy in a story
In a sentence: The villain tried to steal the golden egg.
Where it comes from: From a Latin word for a farm worker. Over hundreds of years, it slowly turned into the bad guy.
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