vice-

See also: vice, více, and viçe

English

Etymology

From Latin vice (“in place of”), ablative form of vicis. Compare viscount.

Prefix

vice-

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

Usage notes

Not to be confused with numerical terms beginning with vice- as a variation of Latin vigenti and intending the number 20.

Derived terms

• air vice-marshal

English terms prefixed with vice-

vice-captain

vice chair

vice-chair

vice-chairman

vice-champion

vice-chancellor

vicecomital

vice-consul

vice-director

vicegerency

vice-presidency

vice president

vice-president

vice-principal

viceregal

viceregency

viceregent

viceroyalty

vice-skip

Translations

deputy

Albanian: zëvendës (sq) Arabic: نَائِب m (nāʔib), نَائِبَة f (nāʔiba) Belarusian: віцэ- (vice-) Bulgarian: вице- (vice-) Burmese: ဒုတိယ (my) (du.ti.ya.), ဒု (my) (du.) Catalan: vice- (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 副 (zh) (fù) Estonian: ase- Finnish: vara- (fi) French: vice- (fr) Galician: vice- German: vize- Greek: αντι- (el) (anti-) Hebrew: סגן (he) m (sgan), סגנית f (sganít) Hindi: उप (hi) (up) Hungarian: al- (hu) Ido: vice- Italian: vice- Japanese: 副 (ja) (ふく, fuku) Korean: 부 (ko) (bu) Lao: ຮອງ (hǭng) Maori: tuarua Mon: ဒုတိယ Persian: معاون (fa) (mo'âven) Polish: wice- (pl) Portuguese: vice- Russian: вице- (ru) (vice-) Scottish Gaelic: iar- Shan: ၵႅမ် (shn) (kěm) Spanish: vice- (es) Swedish: biträdande (sv), vice (sv) Thai: รอง (th) (rɔɔng) Ukrainian: віце- (vice-) Vietnamese: phó (vi)

Anagrams

• ICEV, cive

Catalan

Prefix

vice-

1. vice-

Derived terms

Catalan terms prefixed with vice-

vicepresidència

vicepresident

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Prefix

vice-

1. vice-

Dutch terms prefixed with vice-

vicepresident

vicevoorzitter

Italian

Prefix

vice-

1. vice-

Derived terms

Italian terms prefixed with vice-

viceallenatore

viceammiraglio

vicebrigadiere

vicecampione

vicecancelliere

vicecapo

vicecapogruppo

vicecomandante

vicecomitale

vicecommissario

viceconsole

viceconte

vicedirettore

vicedomino

vicegovernatore

vicegovernatrice

vicemadre

viceministro

viceolimpionico

vicepadre

viceparroco

viceprefetto

vicepremier

vicepreside

vicepresidente

vicepresidenza

vicepretore

vicepretura

viceprocuratore

vicequestore

viceré

vicereale

vicereame

viceredattore

viceregina

vicerettore

vicesceriffo

vicesegretario

vicesindaco

vicennale

Anagrams

• cive, civè, veci

Portuguese

Prefix

vice-

1. vice-

Derived terms

Portuguese terms prefixed with vice-

vice-almirante

vice-campeão

vice-presidente

vice-rainha

vice-real

vice-realeza

vice-reinado

vice-reinar

Further reading

• “vice-”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “vice-”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Prefix

vice-

1. vice-

Derived terms

Romanian terms prefixed with vice-

viceamiral

viceamiralitate

vicecampion

vicecancelar

vicecomitat

vicecomite

viceconsul

viceconsulat

vicecrai

vicedirector

viceguvernator

viceguvernor

vicenotar

vicepreședintă

vicepreședinte

vicepreședinție

viceprezident

viceprezidenție

viceprim-ministru

viceprimar

viceregal

vicerege

Spanish

Etymology

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

Prefix

vice-

1. vice-

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with vice-

vicealcalde

vicealcaldesa

vicealmirante

vicecampeón

vicecanciller

vicecapitán

vicecomisario

vicecomodoro

vizconde

viceconsejero

vicecónsul

vicecoordinador

vicedecano

vicedirector

vicedirectora

vicediretora

vicefiscal

vicegerente

vicegobernación

vicegobernador

viceintendente

vicejefe

vicelehendakari

vicemandatario

vicemariscal

viceministerio

viceministro

vicepichichi

viceportavoz

viceprefecto

vicepresidencia

vicepresidencial

vicepresidente

viceprimer

vicerrector

vicerreina

vicesecretario

vicetiple

vicetitular

vicevaledora

Further reading

• “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