transcription, транскрипция: [ və-ˈsi-sə-ˌtüd, vī-, -ˌtyüd ]
noun
Etymology: Middle French, from Latin vicissitudo, from vicissim in turn, from vicis change, alternation — more at week
Date: circa 1576
1.
a. : the quality or state of being changeable : mutability
b. : natural change or mutation visible in nature or in human affairs
2.
a. : a favorable or unfavorable event or situation that occurs by chance : a fluctuation of state or condition
the vicissitude s of daily life
b. : a difficulty or hardship attendant on a way of life, a career, or a course of action and usually beyond one's control
c. : alternating change : succession