vicereine

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 2004, p. 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