English

Proper noun

Vincent

1. A male given name.
   • 1971, Don McLean, "Vincent" (song):

     Starry starry night.

     Flaming flowers that brightly blaze

     Swirling clouds in violet haze

     Reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue.

   • 2002 Kate Atkinson, Not the End of the World, Doubleday, ISBN 0385604726, page 203:

     Even their names hinted at a childishness they would never grow out of. When Vincent himself was grown-up, he wondered if this was why they had given their unlooked-for son such a mature name - although later still Vincent suspected that he might have been named for the Vincent Rapide motorbike. As with most things to do with Billy and Georgie, it was too late to ask.

2. A patronymic surname​.

Related terms

• pet forms: Vince, Vinnie

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin Vincentius < vincens.

Proper noun

Vincent

1. A male given name, an equivalent of (and the origin of) Vincent.
2. A patronymic surname​.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɪntsɛnt]
• Hyphenation: Vin‧cent

Proper noun

Vincent

1. A male given name, the French form of Vinzenz.

Slovak

Proper noun

Vincent m

1. A male given name.

Swedish

Proper noun

Vincent

1. A male given name borrowed from French.

English

From the Latin verb vinco. "Vincent" could either be the stem of the present active participle "vincens, vincentis," meaning "the conquering man," or it could be the third person plural, future active indicative of "vinco, vincere, vici, victum" meaning "they conquer."

Noun

vincent ‎(plural vincents)

1. (historical slang) The victim or dupe in a betting game, especially bowls.
   • 1977, Gãmini Salgãdo, The Elizabethan Underworld, Folio Society 2006, p. 26:

     If the vincent could actually be persuaded to play a game, the professionals always won in the end, either because of their superior skill or because of such stratagems as those described by Greene [...].

Latin

Verb

vincent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of vincō