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vis

See also: Vis, vís, viš, víš, -vis, Vis., and вис
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vis

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Vishavan.

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English

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 vis on Wikipedia

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/vɪs/

Etymology 1

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From Latin vīs.

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vis (plural vires)

  1. Force; energy; might; power.
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vis

  1. Abbreviation of viscount.

Etymology 3

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From Tamil வீசை (vīcai) and/or Telugu వీసె (vīse).

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vis (plural visses)

  1. Alternative spelling of viss

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vis (not comparable)

  1. Clipping of visual.

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vis (third-person singular simple present vises, present participle vising, simple past and past participle vised)

  1. Clipping of visualize.

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vis (plural vises)

  1. Clipping of visualization.
  2. Clipping of visual.
  3. Clipping of visibility.
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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch vis, from Middle Dutch visch, from Old Dutch fisc, from Proto-West Germanic *fisk, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.

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vis (plural visse, diminutive vissie)

  1. fish (aquatic organism)
  2. (collective) fish (multiple fish collectively)
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Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *uitśi-(ā), from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- (“house, settlement”). Cognate to Sanskrit विश् (víś, “settlement, community, tribe”), Ancient Greek οἰκία (oikía, “house”), Latin vicus (“village”).[1][2]

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vis m (plural vise, definite visi, definite plural viset)

  1. place
  2. land
  3. country

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Declension of vis
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vis visi vise viset
accusative visin
dative visi visit viseve viseve
ablative visesh

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  1. ^ Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997.p . 419.
  2. ^ Vladimir, Orel. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the albanian language

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  • “vis”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2], 1980

Czech

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vis

  1. second-person singular imperative of viset

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Dalmatian

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Etymology

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From Latin vādō.

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vis

  1. (first-person singular indicative present) of zer

Danish

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse vís (in ǫðru vís(i) "otherwise"), from Proto-Germanic *wīsō, *wīsǭ (“manner”). Cognate with Norwegian vis, Swedish vis, English wise, Dutch wijze and German Weise. Another variant of the same word is Danish vise (“song”), Swedish visa, from Old Norse vísa.

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vis c

  1. manner, way
    Altså må jeg finde æblerne på anden vis.
    In conclusion, I must find the apples some other way.
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“vis,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse víss, from Proto-Germanic *wīsaz (“wise”). Cognates include Norwegian vis, Swedish vis, English wise, and German weise.

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vis (neuter vist, plural and definite singular attributive vise)

  1. wise
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Inflection of vis
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular vis visere visest2
indefinite neuter singular vist visere visest2
plural vise visere visest2
definite attributive1 vise visere viseste

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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“vis,3” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 3

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From Old Norse viss, from Proto-Germanic *gawissaz, cognate with Norwegian viss, Swedish viss, German gewiss.

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vis (neuter vist, plural and definite singular attributive visse)

  1. sure, certain
    den visse død
    certain death
  2. certain, a
    En vis Hr. Broholm vil tale med Dem.
    A mr. Broholm wishes to speak with you.
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Inflection of vis
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular vis — —2
indefinite neuter singular vist — —2
plural visse — —2
definite attributive1 visse — —

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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“vis,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 4

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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vis

  1. imperative of vise

Dutch

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch visch, from Old Dutch fisc, from Proto-West Germanic *fisk, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.

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vis m (plural vissen, diminutive visje n)

  1. (countable) fish (aquatic organism)
  2. (uncountable) fish (quantity of the above seen as catch, product, meat)
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  • Afrikaans: vis
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: fesi
  • Jersey Dutch: väśe
  • Negerhollands: visch, vesch, fes, fis, vis
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: fis (dated)
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: fesi, fisse, fiche
  • Petjo: fis
  • →? Aukan: fisi

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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vis

  1. inflection of vissen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old French vis, from Latin vītis f (“vine”).

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vis f (plural vis)

  1. screw (metal fastener)
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  • → Catalan: vis
  • → Dutch: vijs f
  • → Vietnamese: vít

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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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vis

  1. inflection of vivre:
    1. first/second-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular present imperative
  2. first/second-person singular past historic of voir

Latin

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Italic *wīs, from Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁s (“force, vehemence”), from *weyh₁- (“to rush”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἴς (ís, “strength”), Sanskrit वयस् (vayas, “enjoyment, vigor, youth, age”). See also via, invītus, invītō, Ancient Greek οἶμος (oîmos).

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vīs f (genitive vīs); irregular, third declension

  1. force, power, strength, vigor, faculty, potency
    Synonyms: rōbur, ops, vehementia
    • Sit vīs tēcum.
      May the Force be with you.
  2. (in the plural) strength, might (physical)
    omnibus vīribus ― with all his strength; with all her might; with all their force
  3. violence, assault
    Synonyms: aggressiō, impressiō, assultus, invāsiō, concursus, impetus, appetītus, occursiō, oppugnātiō, incursus, incursiō, petītiō, ictus, procella
    ad vim atque ad arma confugere ― appeal to violence and fighting
  4. (figuratively) meaning, significance, nature, essence and value of a word
  5. (figuratively) assault, affront
  6. (figuratively) quantity, flood
  7. (New Latin, physics) energy, force
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  • The genitive and dative singular are not in common use (with exceptional attestations being analogical) and substituted with forms of rōbur (rōboris, rōborī).
  • The plural forms of this noun are often treated as a separate plurale tantum noun, with a distinct meaning of physical force. An analogical nominative/accusative vīs is occasionally found, beginning with Lucretius.[1]
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Third-declension noun (irregular, defective).

singular plural
nominative vīs vīrēs
genitive vīs vīrium
dative vī vīribus
accusative vim vīrēs
vīrīs
ablative vī vīribus
vocative vīs vīrēs
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁si, second-person singular present of *wéyh₁ti. This particular form is suppletive, in contrast to the other forms of volō, which derive from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-. (Proto-Italic *wels became a separate word (vel (“or, and/or”), to be specific) in Latin.)

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vīs

  1. second-person singular present active indicative of volō
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The verb nōlle originally had the form nēvīs for the second person singular present indicative active. However, that form was rendered obsolete along with nēvolt and nōltis, rendering it defective; for the second person singular in particular, vīs is used instead with the particle nōn.

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  1. ^ Weiss, Michael L. (2009) Outline of the Historical and Comparative Grammar of Latin‎[1], Ann Arbor: Beech Stave Press, →ISBN, § III, pages 255-6
  • “vis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “vis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "vis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • vis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • there is a storm at sea: mare ventorum vi agitatur et turbatur
    • straight on: rectā (viā)
    • to wish any one a prosperous journey: aliquem proficiscentem votis ominibusque prosequi (vid. sect. VI. 11, note Prosequi...)
    • to be robust, vigorous: bonis esse viribus
    • as well as I can; to the best of my ability: pro viribus or pro mea parte
    • to burst into a flood of tears: lacrimas, vim lacrimarum effundere, profundere
    • to enjoy good health: bona (firma, prospera) valetudine esse or uti (vid. sect. VI. 8., note uti...)
    • to lay hands on oneself: manus, vim sibi afferre
    • to perform the last offices of affection: supremis officiis aliquem prosequi (vid sect. VI. 11., note Prosequi...)
    • to have considerable influence on a question: magnam vim habere ad aliquid
    • to be favoured by Fortune; to bask in Fortune's smiles: fortunae favore or prospero flatu fortunae uti (vid. sect. VI. 8., note uti...)
    • to wish prosperity to an undertaking: aliquid optimis ominibus prosequi (vid. sect. VI. 11., note Prosequi...)
    • to honour, show respect for, a person: aliquem honore afficere, augere, ornare, prosequi (vid. sect. VI. 11., note Prosequi...)
    • to strain every nerve, do one's utmost in a matter: omnibus viribusor nervis contendere, ut
    • to strain every nerve, do one's utmost in a matter: omni ope atque opera or omni virium contentione eniti, ut
    • to strain every nerve, do one's utmost in a matter: pro viribus eniti et laborare, ut
    • there seems a prospect of armed violence; things look like violence: res spectat ad vim (arma)
    • to express clearly, make a lifelike representation of a thing: exprimere aliquid verbis or oratione (vid. sect. VI. 3, note adumbrare...)
    • to possess presence of mind: praesenti animo uti (vid. sect. VI. 8, note uti...)
    • to behave with cruelty: crudelitate uti (vid. sect. VI. 8, note uti...)
    • to use insulting expressions to any one: contumeliosis vocibus prosequi aliquem (vid. sect. VI. 11, note Prosequi...)
    • to use violence against some one: vim adhibere, facere alicui
    • to do violence to a person: vim inferre alicui
    • to kill with violence: vim et manus afferre alicui (Catil. 1. 8. 21)
    • to meet force by force: vim vi depellere
    • to meet force by force: vi vim illatam defendere
    • to vote (in the popular assembly): suffragium ferre (vid. sect. VI. 4, note Not sententiam...)
    • to accuse a person of violence, poisoning: accusare aliquem de vi, de veneficiis
    • to procure a very large supply of corn: frumenti vim maximam comparare
    • by force of arms: vi et armis
    • to force a way, a passage: iter tentare per vim (cf. sect. II. 3)
    • to have recourse to force of arms: ad vim et arma descendere (vid. sect. V. 9, note Similarly...)
    • to fight hand-to-hand, at close quarters: collatis signis (viribus) pugnare
    • (ambiguous) the frost set in so severely that..: tanta vis frigoris insecuta est, ut
    • (ambiguous) bodily strength: vires corporis or merely vires
    • (ambiguous) to gain strength: vires colligere
    • (ambiguous) to lose strength: vires aliquem deficiunt
    • (ambiguous) as long as one's strength holds out: dum vires suppetunt
    • (ambiguous) to become old and feeble: vires consenescunt
    • (ambiguous) vivid, lively imagination: ingenii vis or celeritas
    • (ambiguous) what do you mean to do: quid tibi vis?
    • (ambiguous) oratorical power: vis dicendi
    • (ambiguous) what is the meaning, the original sense of this word: quae est vis huius verbi?
    • (ambiguous) the fundamental meaning of a word: vis et notio verbi, vocabuli
    • (ambiguous) enthusiasm: ardor, inflammatio animi, incitatio mentis, mentis vis incitatior
  • “vis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “vis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  • “vis”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  • Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag
  • Dizionario Latino, Olivetti

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Particle

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vis (invariable)

  1. Used to strengthen denying of the verb
    nav vis ― not at all
    es neiešu vis ― I shall not go

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vis

  1. very, most (synonym of word pats)

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Etymology

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From Old French vis.

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vis m (plural vis)

  1. face

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vis

  1. first-person singular preterite of vaie

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse víss.

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vis (neuter singular vist, definite singular and plural vise, comparative visere, indefinite superlative visest, definite superlative viseste)

  1. wise
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Etymology 2

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vis

  1. imperative of vise

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse víss, from Proto-Germanic *wīsaz. Akin to English wise.

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vis (neuter vist, definite singular and plural vise, comparative visare, indefinite superlative visast, definite superlative visaste)

  1. wise
    Han er ein vis mann.
    He is a wise man.

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From Old Norse vís, from Proto-Germanic *wīsō. Akin to English wise.

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vis f or m or n (definite singular visen or visa or viset, indefinite plural visar or viser or vis, definite plural visane or visene or visa)

  1. a way, manner
    Synonym: måte
    Dette har vore gjort på ulike vis.
    This has been done in different ways.
    Her gjer med det på dette viset.
    We do it in this manner here.
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  • The by far most common gender in use is neuter.
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Historical inflection of vis
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
Aasen1 Vis f Visi Viser Viserna
1901 viser (visir) viserne (visine)
1917 visa, visi viser visene2
1938 visa [visi]
1959 vis m, f or n visen; visa [visi]; viset visar; viser; vis visane; visene; visa [visi]
2012 (current) vis m, f or n visen; visa; viset visar; viser; vis visane; visene; visa
  • Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard.
  • Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier.
  • Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen.
  • 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century. 2Form was allowed for schoolchildren as of 1910.

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vis

  1. imperative of visa

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Old French

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin vīsus m.

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vis oblique singular, m (oblique plural vis, nominative singular vis, nominative plural vis)

  1. (anatomy) face
    Synonyms: visage m, face f
  2. opinion
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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vis

  1. inflection of vif (“alive”):
    1. oblique plural
    2. nominative singular

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Inherited from Latin vitis f (“vine”).

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vis oblique singular, f (oblique plural viz, nominative singular viz, nominative plural vis)

  1. screw
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Etymology

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From Latin vītis.

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vis f (plural vis)

  1. vine

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Slavic *vьśь.

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vis m

  1. all

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This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Slavic *osь.

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vis f

  1. axis

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  • Lehr-Spławiński, Tadeusz (1994) Słownik etymołogiczny języka drzewian połabskich. Zeszyt 6. (in Polish), Warszawa: Energia, pages 991-992.

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vis

  1. masculine/feminine plural of vil

Romanian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin vīsum.

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vis n (plural visuri or vise)

  1. dream; vision

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Declension of vis
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative vis visul visuri visurile
genitive-dative vis visului visuri visurilor
vocative visule visurilor
Declension of vis
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative vis visul vise visele
genitive-dative vis visului vise viselor
vocative visule viselor
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  • вис (vis) (Moldavian spelling)

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vysь.

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vȋs m (Cyrillic spelling ви̑с)

  1. (expressively, in the literature) height
    dići u vis ― to raise, elevate
    skok u vis ― high jump
  2. summit (of a hill)

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Declension of vis
singular plural
nominative vȋs vísovi
genitive visa visova
dative visu visovima
accusative vis visove
vocative vise visovi
locative visu visovima
instrumental visom visovima

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  • “vis”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse víss, from Proto-Germanic *wīsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weydstos (“knowledgeable”).

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vis (comparative visare, superlative visast)

  1. wise
    en vis man
    a wise man
    gammal och vis
    old and wise

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"De tre vise männen (“the three wise men”)" uses an archaic weak masculine plural form vise.

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Inflection of vis
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular vis visare visast
neuter singular vist visare visast
plural visa visare visast
masculine plural2 vise visare visast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 vise visare visaste
all visa visare visaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse vís, from Proto-Germanic *wīsą. Cognate with Old English wise, archaic English wise.

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vis n

  1. (usually with på) a way (manner in which something is done or happens)
    Near-synonym: sätt
    Det fungerade inte, så vi får göra på något annat vis
    It didn't work, so we'll have to do it some other way
    Hon gör det på sitt eget lilla vis
    She does it in her own little way
    Det ska inte gå att göra mål på det viset
    It should be impossible to score like that [in that way]
    disco på finskt vis
    disco the Finnish way
    ... på så vis att ...
    ... in such wise that ... [archaic English – "... in such a way that ..."]

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Declension of vis
nominative genitive
singular indefinite vis vis
definite viset visets
plural indefinite vis vis
definite visen visens

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Zealandic

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch visch, from Old Dutch fisc, from Proto-West Germanic *fisk, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.

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vis m (plural [please provide])

  1. fish
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