Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

viceroyalty

/vaɪsˈɹɔɪəlti/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.90 in modern English

Syllables: viceroy-al-ty
IPA: /vaɪsˈɹɔɪəlti/

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The office or term of service of a viceroy; viceroydom.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The place governed by a viceroy.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"India became a viceroyalty when the British government directly annexed it in the 1850s."

Etymology

From vice- + royalty, modeled on French vice-royauté.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Prefix: vice
Root: vice-royauté

Usage

Inflected Forms

viceroyalties (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce viceroyalty?: The recorded pronunciation is /vaɪsˈɹɔɪəlti/.
What does viceroyalty mean?: The office or term of service of a viceroy; viceroydom.
Where does viceroyalty come from?: It is traced to French.

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