vice-versa

See also: viceversa, vice versa, and vice versâ

English

Adverb

vice-versa (not comparable)

1. Alternative spelling of vice versa.

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Adverb

vice-versa

1. alternative form of vice versa

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• vice versa

Etymology

From Latin vice versā.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.siˈvɛʁ.sɐ/ [ˌvi.siˈvɛh.sɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.siˈvɛʁ.sɐ/ [ˌvi.siˈvɛh.sɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.siˈvɛɾ.sɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.siˈvɛʁ.sɐ/ [ˌvi.siˈvɛχ.sɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.seˈvɛɻ.sa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.sɨˈvɛɾ.sɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.sɨˈvɛɾ.sɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌbi.sɨˈbɛɾ.sɐ/ [ˌbi.sɨˈβɛɾ.sɐ]

• Hyphenation: vi‧ce‧-ver‧sa

Adverb

vice-versa (not comparable)

1. vice versa (the other way round)

   Synonyms: às avessas, inversamente, reciprocamente

Further reading

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