Standard Lemma guide

vice-

prefix · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • vīs′-
  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland: /ˌvaɪ̯s-/
  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland, also: /ˌvʌɪ̯s-/
  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland, also: /ˌvʌi̯s-/
  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland: /ˌvəi̯s-/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ˌvɑe̯s-/
  • India: /ˌvəjs-/
  • India: /ˌvɑːjs-/

1

prefix

Meaning 1

Taking the place or rank of (another person); deputy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: morpheme

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Derived from Latin vice (“in place of”), ablative form of vicis (“alternation, turn”). Compare viscount.

Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: zëvendës — deputy
  • Arabic: نَائِب (nāʔib) — deputy
  • Arabic: نَائِبَة (nāʔiba) — deputy
  • Belarusian: віцэ- (vice-) — deputy
  • Bulgarian: вице- (vice-) — deputy
  • Burmese: ဒုတိယ (du.ti.ya.) — deputy
  • Burmese: ဒု (du.) — deputy
  • Catalan: vice- — deputy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 副 (fù) — deputy
  • Danish: vice- — deputy
  • Dutch: vice- — deputy
  • Esperanto: vic- — deputy
  • Estonian: ase- — deputy
  • Finnish: vara- — deputy
  • French: vice- — deputy
  • Galician: vice- — deputy
  • German: vize- — deputy
  • Greek: αντι- (anti-) — deputy
  • Hebrew: סגן (sgan) — deputy
  • Hebrew: סגנית (sganít) — deputy
  • Hindi: उप (up) — deputy
  • Hungarian: al- — deputy
  • Ido: vice- — deputy
  • Interlingua: vice- — deputy
  • Italian: vìce- — deputy
  • Japanese: 副 (fuku) — deputy
  • Korean: 부 (bu) — deputy
  • Lao: ຮອງ (hǭng) — deputy
  • Māori: tuarua — deputy
  • Mon: ဒုတိယ — deputy
  • Persian: معاون (mo'âven) — deputy
  • Polish: wice- — deputy
  • Portuguese: vice- — deputy
  • Romanian: vice- — deputy
  • Russian: вѝце- (vìce-) — deputy
  • Scottish Gaelic: iar- — deputy
  • Shan: ၵႅမ် (kěm) — deputy
  • Spanish: vice- — deputy
  • Swedish: biträdande — deputy
  • Swedish: vice — deputy
  • Thai: รอง (rɔɔng) — deputy
  • Ukrainian: віце- (vice-) — deputy
  • Vietnamese: phó — deputy