vice-versa

See also: viceversa, vice versa, and vice versâ

English

Adverb

vice-versa (not comparable)

Alternative spelling of vice versa.

French

Pronunciation

Audio (France (Lyon)): (file)

Adverb

alternative form of vice versa

Further reading

“vice-versa”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Portuguese

Alternative forms

v.v. (initialism)
vice versa, vice e versa (nonstandard)

Etymology

From Latin vice versā.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.siˈvɛʁ.sɐ/ [ˌvi.siˈvɛh.sɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.siˈvɛɾ.sɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.siˈvɛʁ.sɐ/ [ˌvi.siˈvɛχ.sɐ]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.siˈvɛɻ.sɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.seˈvɛʁ.sa/ [ˌvi.seˈvɛh.sa]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.sɨˈvɛɾ.sɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌbi.sɨˈbɛɾ.sɐ/ [ˌbi.sɨˈβɛɾ.sɐ]

Hyphenation: vi‧ce‧-ver‧sa

Adverb

vice-versa (not comparable)

vice versa (the other way round)
Synonyms: às avessas, inversamente, reciprocamente

Further reading

“vice-versa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“vice-versa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026