Dictionary

vicereine en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈvəi̯s.ɹen/ (Scotland)
• /ˈvaɪ̯s.ɹeɪ̯n/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• vīs′rān
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈvaɪ̯s.ɹen/ (Scotland)
• /ˈvɑe̯s.ɹæɪ̯n/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /ˈvʌɪ̯s.ɹeɪ̯n/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation, also)
• /ˈvʌi̯s.ɹen/ (Scotland)

Etymology

Borrowed from French vice-reine.

Meanings

1. The wife of a viceroy.
   • ‘I can't imagine anything I'd like better than to be Vicereine of India,’ said the Princess. 1941, W. Somerset Maugham, Up at the Villa, Vintage Books, published 2004, page 19:
2. A woman who is a viceroy.

Forms

Coordinates

viceroy

Relateds

viceroyship · viceregal · viceroyal · viceregally · viceroyalty · Regina

Translations (26)

it viceregina (woman who is a viceroy) · hu alkirálynő (woman who is a viceroy) · fi varakuningatar (wife of a viceroy) · pl żona wicekróla (wife of a viceroy) · io spozino di vicerejo (wife of a viceroy) · gv lhaissvenrein (wife of a viceroy) · fr vice-reine (woman who is a viceroy) · it viceregina (wife of a viceroy) · es virreina (wife of a viceroy) · es virreina (woman who is a viceroy) · eo vicreĝino (wife of a viceroy) · fi varakuningatar (woman who is a viceroy) · pt vice-rainha (wife of a viceroy) · ga leasbhanríon (wife of a viceroy) · fr vice-reine (wife of a viceroy) · ga leasríon (wife of a viceroy) · pt vice-rainha (woman who is a viceroy) · io vicerejino (woman who is a viceroy) · gv lhaissrein (wife of a viceroy) · de Vizekönigin (wife of a viceroy) · ca virreina (wife of a viceroy) · ro vice-regină (wife of a viceroy) · pl wicekrólowa (woman who is a viceroy) · ro vice-regină (woman who is a viceroy) · hu alkirályné (wife of a viceroy) · de Vizekönigin (woman who is a viceroy)