Meanings
prefix
- Taking the place or rank of (another person); deputy.
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
- Latinvice“in place of”
- Englishvice-
Derived from Latin vice (“in place of”), ablative form of vicis (“alternation, turn”). Compare viscount.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic نَائِب, نَائِبَة
- نَائِب (nāʔib)deputy
- نَائِبَة (nāʔiba)deputy
Bulgarian вице-
- вице- (vice-)deputy
Catalan vice-
- vice-deputy
Chinese Mandarin 副
- 副 (fù)deputy
Danish vice-
- vice-deputy
Dutch vice-
- vice-deputy
Esperanto vic-
- vic-deputy
Estonian ase-
- ase-deputy
Finnish vara-
- vara-deputy
French vice-
- vice-deputy
German vize-
- vize-deputy
Greek αντι-
- αντι- (anti-)deputy
Hebrew סגן, סגנית
- סגן (sgan)deputy
- סגנית (sganít)deputy
Hindi उप
- उप (up)deputy
Hungarian al-
- al-deputy
Italian vìce-
- vìce-deputy
Japanese 副
- 副 (fuku)deputy
Korean 부
- 부 (bu)deputy
Māori tuarua
- tuaruadeputy
Persian معاون
- معاون (mo'âven)deputy
Polish wice-
- wice-deputy
Portuguese vice-
- vice-deputy
Romanian vice-
- vice-deputy
Russian вѝце-
- вѝце- (vìce-)deputy
Scottish Gaelic iar-
- iar-deputy
Spanish vice-
- vice-deputy
Swedish biträdande, vice
- biträdandedeputy
- vicedeputy
Thai รอง
- รอง (rɔɔng)deputy
Ukrainian віце-
- віце- (vice-)deputy
Vietnamese phó
- phódeputy
Cite this entry
APA
vice-. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vice-
MLA
“vice-.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vice-. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vice-,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vice-.
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