vice versa

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈvaɪsɪ ˈvɜːsə/, /ˈvaɪsə ˈvɜːsə/, /vaɪs ˈvɜːsə/
  • (US) enPR: vīʹsē vûrʹsə, vīʹsə vûrʹsə, vīs vûrʹsə, IPA(key): /ˈvaɪsi ˈvɝsə/, /ˈvaɪsə ˈvɝsə/, /vaɪs ˈvɝsə/
  • 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.

Adverb

vice versa (not comparable)

  1. The same but with the two things or people mentioned reversed.
    As long as my friend Mike places first and my friend Joe places second, or vice versa, I will be happy!

Usage notes

  • Rarely, in English writing, “vice versa” may be preceded by 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, 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, Hon, “On the Conditions of Orthoscopic and Pseudoscopic Effects in the Binocular Microscope”, in Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society‎, 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, 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 […]

Synonyms

Translations

Danish

Etymology

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

Adverb

vice versa

  1. vice versa
    Synonym: omvendt

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin vice versā.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvisə ˈvɛrsɑ/
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Adverb

vice versa

  1. vice versa
    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.
    Synonyms: omgekeerd, andersom

Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin vice versā.

Adverb

vice versa

  1. vice versa

Portuguese

Adverb

vice versa (not comparable)

  1. Alternative spelling of vice-versa

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin vice versā.

Adverb

vice versa (not comparable)

  1. vice versa
    Synonym: omvänt
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