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vicereine

noun · 4 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′rān
  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈvaɪ̯s.ɹeɪ̯n/
  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation, also: /ˈvʌɪ̯s.ɹeɪ̯n/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈvɑe̯s.ɹæɪ̯n/
  • Scotland: /ˈvaɪ̯s.ɹen/
  • Scotland: /ˈvʌi̯s.ɹen/
  • Scotland: /ˈvəi̯s.ɹen/
  • India: /ˈvəjs.ɾeːn/ pane–pain merger
  • India: /ˈvɑːjs.ɾeːn/
  • India: /-ɾɛjn/ without the pane–pain merger
  • India: /-ɾeː(j)n/
  • rhymes with -aɪsɹeɪn

1

noun

Meaning 1

The wife of a viceroy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A woman who is a viceroy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of his or her king or sovereign

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: viceroy

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: governor

Narrower terms: exarch, Khedive

4

noun

Meaning 4

wife of a viceroy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wife, married woman

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French vice-reine.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: virreina — wife of a viceroy
  • Esperanto: vicreĝino — wife of a viceroy
  • Finnish: varakuningatar — wife of a viceroy
  • French: vice-reine — wife of a viceroy
  • German: Vizekönigin — wife of a viceroy
  • Hungarian: alkirályné — wife of a viceroy
  • Ido: spozino di vicerejo — wife of a viceroy
  • Irish: leasbhanríon — wife of a viceroy
  • Irish: leasríon — wife of a viceroy
  • Italian: viceregina — wife of a viceroy
  • Manx: lhaissvenrein — wife of a viceroy
  • Manx: lhaissrein — wife of a viceroy
  • Polish: żona wicekróla — wife of a viceroy
  • Portuguese: vice-rainha — wife of a viceroy
  • Romanian: vice-regină — wife of a viceroy
  • Spanish: virreina — wife of a viceroy
  • Finnish: varakuningatar — woman who is a viceroy
  • French: vice-reine — woman who is a viceroy
  • German: Vizekönigin — woman who is a viceroy
  • Hungarian: alkirálynő — woman who is a viceroy
  • Ido: vicerejino — woman who is a viceroy
  • Italian: viceregina — woman who is a viceroy
  • Polish: wicekrólowa — woman who is a viceroy
  • Portuguese: vice-rainha — woman who is a viceroy
  • Romanian: vice-regină — woman who is a viceroy
  • Spanish: virreina — woman who is a viceroy