virtue

noun

Dialects

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Emoji One's smiling face with halo emoji Apple's smiling face with halo emoji Twemoji's smiling face with halo emoji Facebook's smiling face with halo emoji Messenger's smiling face with halo emoji Google's smiling face with halo emoji

Origin

Middle English: from Old French vertu, from Latin virtus ‘valour, merit, moral perfection’, from vir ‘man’.

Pronunciation

  • virtue /ˈvəːtjuː/
  • virtue /ˈvəːtʃuː/