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vicar

/ˈvɪkə/VIH-kur
/ˈvɪkɚ/VIH-kur

Meaninga stand-in

Common meaning: a priest standing in for another

Journey through time

  1. Latinvicis‘change, turn’
  2. Frenchvicaire
  3. Middle Englishvicarsource
  4. Englishvicar‘a priest standing in for another’ · today

vic also in: vicarious

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin vicis ‘change, turn; place’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry vicis, p. 1986 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • vicis Latin “change, turn; place”

Related words

vicarious

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