vice-

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

• enPR: vīs′-
• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˌvaɪ̯s-/; (also Received Pronunciation) /ˌvʌɪ̯s-/; (also Scotland) /ˌvʌi̯s-/, /ˌvəi̯s-/

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• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˌvɑe̯s-/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˌvəjs-/, /ˌvɑːjs-/
• Hyphenation: vice-

vice-

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

Not to be confused with numerical terms beginning with vice- as a variation of Latin vīgintī (“twenty”). Notice how the ī (and sometimes ē) is long in its derived forms, which does not happen with vĭcĭs, vĭcĕ.

• “vice-”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• ICEV, cive

Derived from Latin vice.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˌbi.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˌvi.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˌvi.se]
• Hyphenation: vi‧ce-

vice-

2. vice- (deputy)

• “vice-”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “vice-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “vice-” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “vice-”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Derived from Latin vice.

• IPA^(key): /ˈviː.sə-/
• Hyphenation: vi‧ce-

vice-

2. vice- (deputy)

• “vice-” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from Medieval Latin vice- and French vice-.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.sə-/

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• Hyphenation: vi‧ce-

vice-

2. vice- (deputy)

Derived from Latin vice.

• IPA^(key): /vis/
• Homophones: vice, vices, vis, visse, vissent, visses
• Hyphenation: vice-

vice-

2. vice- (deputy)

• “vice-”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Derived from Latin vice.

• Hyphenation: vi‧ce-

vice-

2. vice- (deputy)

• “vice-”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “vice-”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Borrowed from Latin vice-, English vice-, French vice-, German vize-, Italian vice-, Russian вѝце- (vìce-), Spanish vice-. Compare Ancient Greek εἴκω (eíkō).

• IPA^(key): /ˈvit͡se/
• Hyphenation: vi‧ce-

vice-

2. vice- (deputy)

• vice(-) in Ido-English Dictionary by L.H. Dyer, 1924

Derived from Latin vice.

• IPA^(key): /ˌvi.se-/
• Hyphenation: vi‧ce-

vice-

2. vice- (deputy)

Derived from Latin vice.

• IPA^(key): /ˌvi.t͡ʃe/
• Hyphenation: vì‧ce-

vice-

2. vice- (deputy)

• vice- in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• vice- in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• cive, civè, veci

From vice.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [wɪ.kɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [vi.t͡ʃe]
• Hyphenation: vi‧ce-

vice-

2. vice- (deputy)

• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “vice-”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC

Derived from Latin vice.

• Hyphenation: vi‧ce-

vice-

2. vice- (deputy)

• “vice-”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “vice-”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from French vice- and Latin vice-.

• IPA^(key): /ˌvi.t͡ʃe-/
• Hyphenation: vi‧ce-

vice-

2. vice- (deputy)

• “vice”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

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

• IPA^(key): /biθe/ [bi.θe] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /bise/ [bi.se] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: vi‧ce-

vice-

2. vice- (deputy)

• “vice-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025