vicereine

English

Alternative forms

• vice-reine

Etymology

From French vice-reine, from vice- + reine (“queen”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /vʌɪsɹeɪn/, /ˈvʌɪsɹɛn/

Noun

vicereine (plural vicereines)

1. The wife of a viceroy. [from 19th c.]
   • 1941, W Somerset Maugham, Up at the Villa, Vintage, published 2004, page 19:

     ‘I can't imagine anything I'd like better than to be Vicereine of India,’ said the Princess.

2. A woman who is a viceroy.

Coordinate terms

• viceroy

Related terms

• Regina
• viceregal
• viceregally
• viceroyal
• viceroyalty
• viceroyship

 

Translations

wife of a viceroy

• Catalan: virreina (ca) f
• Esperanto: vicreĝino sg
• Finnish: varakuningatar
• French: vice-reine (fr) f
• German: Vizekönigin f
• Hungarian: alkirályné (hu)
• Ido: spozino di vicerejo
• Irish: leasbhanríon f, leasríon f
• Italian: viceregina f
• Manx: lhaissvenrein, lhaissrein
• Polish: żona wicekróla f
• Portuguese: vice-rainha f
• Romanian: vice-regină f
• Spanish: virreina

woman who is a viceroy

• Finnish: varakuningatar
• French: vice-reine (fr) f
• German: Vizekönigin f
• Hungarian: alkirálynő (hu)
• Ido: vicerejino (io)
• Polish: wicekrólowa f
• Portuguese: vice-rainha
• Romanian: vice-regină f