vicereine

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

vicereine (plural vicereines)

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.
A woman who is a viceroy.

Translations

the wife of a viceroy

French: vice-reine (fr) f
German: Vizekönigin f
Hungarian: alkirályné (hu)
Ido: spozino di vicerejo

Italian: viceregina f
Polish: żona wicekróla f
Romanian: vice-regină f
Spanish: virreina

a woman who is a viceroy

French: vice-reine (fr) f
German: Vizekönigin f
Hungarian: alkirálynő (hu)

Ido: vicerejino (io)
Polish: wicekrólowa f
Romanian: vice-regină f

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