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vice versa

See also: viceversa, vice-versa, and vice versâ

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin ablative absolute vice versā (“the position having been reversed”), from feminine third declension noun vicis (“arrangement, order, position”) + feminine ablative singular of perfect passive participle versus, from vertō (“to turn, to reverse”).

Pronunciation

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  • enPR: vī′sē vûr′sə, vī′sə-, vīs′-
    Some speakers regard the pronunciations where "vice" has one syllable as less correct than the others, whereas other speakers regard the pronunciations with two syllables as less correct.
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈvaɪsɪ ˈvɜːsə/, /ˈvaɪsə-/, /vaɪs-/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈvaɪsi ˈvɝsə/, /ˈvaɪsə-/, /vaɪs-/

Adverb

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vice versa (not comparable)

  1. (generally after and or or) The same but with the two items mentioned reversed.
    Since there are two contestants left in the race, either Bob will come first place and Alice second place, or vice versa.
    The most loved scholar of the university wrote a memorable diary to his students, and vice versa, the students wrote to him.
    I’m going to give her a diamond necklace for her birthday, and vice versa, she’s going to get me a Premium Pass for FIFA 24 for mine.
    • 2021, Hugo Engholm, “The lack of looks: A study on the Incel ideology of Incelism during the 2010s–2020s and its relation to historical and contemporary ideologies particularly within far right milieus”, in University of Uppsala‎[1], archived from the original on 24 August 2022, page 29:
      Stenfeldt’s research on Nils Flyg’s and Sven Olov Lindholm’s transition from far-left to the far-right and vice versa during the interwar years is a great example of how Freeden’s morphology of ideologies can be used to not only study ideologies of the far-right, but also to study how ideologies relate to each other and to conduct comparisons between them.

Usage notes

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  • The adverb is the last element in the clause specifying the two elements whose roles can be switched, and is preceded by the conjunction and or or. Rarely, in English writing, and is replaced by the Latin conjunction et, similar to “et cetera”:
    • 1842, A. Taylor, “On the Curative Influence of the Climate of Pau, and the Mineral Waters of the Pyrénées, on Disease, &c.”, in The Lancet‎[2], volume II, page 885:
      […] we are convinced, from considerable experience and observation, that the class of diseases described by Sir James as unsuited to the climate of Pau, et vice versâ […]
    • 1881, E. Abbe, “On the Conditions of Orthoscopic and Pseudoscopic Effects in the Binocular Microscope”, in Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society‎[3], volume I, page 208:
      Therefore, any projection which affords right-eye perspective in regard to the solid image of the Microscope, will always afford right-eye perspective in regard to the object likewise, et vice versâ.
    • 1894, James Alwis, Terms of Address and modes of Salutation in use amongst the Singhalese‎[4], volume III, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, page 222:
      […] terms of regard or attachment used frequently amongst the lower classes  : the first by husbands towards their wives et vice versa, and by ordained priests towards their Samanera pupils […]

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Latin vice versā (“the position having been reversed”).

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vice versa

  1. vice versa
    Synonym: omvendt

Dutch

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From Latin vice versā.

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vice versa

  1. vice versa
    Synonyms: omgekeerd, andersom
    Als je het raam open doet, moet je de verwarming uit doen, en vice versa.
    If you open the window, you should turn off the heating, and vice versa.

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vice versa

  1. vice versa

Interlingua

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Etymology

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From Latin vice versā.

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vice versa

  1. vice versa

Latin

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vice versā (not comparable)

  1. (This entry is a descendant hub.) the position having been reversed

Descendants

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  • English: vice versa
  • Polish: vice versa

Polish

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Latin vice versāubor.
Polish vice versa

    Unadapted borrowing from Latin vice versā.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈvi.t͡sɛ ˈvɛr.sa/
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    • Syllabification: vi‧ce ver‧sa

    Adverb

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    vice versa (not comparable)

    1. vice versa

    Further reading

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    • “vice versa”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[5] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • “vice versa”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[6] (in Polish)

    Portuguese

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    Adverb

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    vice versa (not comparable)

    1. misspelling of vice-versa

    Swedish

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    Etymology

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    From Latin vice versā.

    Adverb

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    vice versa (not comparable)

    1. vice versa
      Synonym: omvänt
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