Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vice-chair

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.40 in modern English

Syllables
vice-chair
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyk-der. Latin viceder. English vice- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κατά (katá) Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sedreh₂ Proto-Hellenic *hédrā Ancient Greek ἕδρα (hédra) Ancient Greek κᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)bor. Latin cathedrader. Old French chaierebor. Middle English chayere English chair English vice-chair From vice- + chair.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does vice-chair mean?
vice chairman, vice chairperson
Where does vice-chair come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyk-der. Latin viceder. English vice- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κατά (katá) Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sedreh₂ Proto-Hellenic *hédrā Ancient Greek ἕδρα (hédra) Ancient Greek κᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)bor. Latin cathedrader. Old French chaierebor. Middle English chayere English chair English vice-chair From vice- + chair.

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