viceversaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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

発音

• enPR: vī′sē vûr′sə, vī′sə-, vīs′-

  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.

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈvaɪsɪ ˈvɜːsə/, /ˈvaɪsə-/, /vaɪs-/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈvaɪsi ˈvɝsə/, /ˈvaɪsə-/, /vaɪs-/

副詞

vice versa (not comparable)

1. (generally after and or or) The same but with the two items mentioned reversed.

   Since there are two contestants left in the race, either Bob will come first place and Alice second place, or vice versa.

   The most loved scholar of the university wrote a memorable diary to his students, and vice versa, the students wrote to him.

   I’m going to give her a diamond necklace for her birthday, and vice versa, she’s going to get me a Premium Pass for FIFA 24 for mine.

使用する際の注意点

• The adverb is the last element in the clause specifying the two elements whose roles can be switched, and is preceded by the conjunction and or or. Rarely, in English writing, and is replaced by the Latin conjunction 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, “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 […]

同意語

• vicey versey, conversely, the other way round; See also Thesaurus:vice versa

副詞

vice versā (not comparable)

1. (This entry is a descendant hub.) the position having been reversed

派生した語

• English: vice versa
• Polish: vice versa