vice-
/ˌvaɪ̯s-/
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Australia/ˌvɑe̯s-/
vice- prefix: taking the place or rank of (another person); deputy.
Prefix
vice-
- Taking the place or rank of (another person); deputy.
vice- meaning in Hindi, Malayalam, Arabic and Persian
vice- in Hindi
- deputy
- उप up
vice- in Malayalam
- പകരം ജോലി നോക്കുന്ന, പദവിയിൽ തൊട്ടുതാഴെയുള്ള
vice- in Arabic
- deputy
- نَائِب nāʔib, نَائِبَة nāʔiba
vice- in Persian
- deputy
- معاون mo'âven
More languagesFewer languages
- vice- in Thai
- รอง rɔɔng
- vice- in Vietnamese
- phó
- vice- in Myanmar
- ဒုတိယ du.ti.ya., ဒု du.
Origin of vice-
Derived from Latin vice (“in place of”), ablative form of vicis (“alternation, turn”). Compare viscount.
Questions about vice-
- What does vice- mean?
- Vice- means taking the place or rank of (another person); deputy.
- What is vice- in Hindi?
- Vice- in Hindi is उप (up). See Vice- meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is vice-?
- Vice- is a prefix.
- How do you pronounce vice-?
- Vice- is pronounced /ˌvaɪ̯s-/ (UK).
Words near vice- in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: vice- (page history and authors); vice- (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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