visa

See also: VISA, vísa, Visa, visā, viša, and виса

English

Etymology

From 1831, "official signature or endorsement on a passport," from French visa, from Latin charta visa (meaning "paper that has been seen") from feminine perfect passive of Latin videre ("to see").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈviːzə/
• Rhymes: -iːzə

Noun

visa (plural visas)

1. A permit to enter and leave a country, normally issued by the authorities of the country to be visited.

Related terms

• student visa
• tourist visa
• transit visa
• visaless
• working-holiday visa

Translations

permit

• Afrikaans: visum
• Albanian: vizë (sq) f
• Arabic: تَأْشِيرَة‎ f (taʾšīra), فِيزَا‎ f (fīzā)

  Gulf Arabic: ڤيزا‎ f (vīza), ڤيزة‎ f (vīza)

• Armenian: վիզա (hy) (viza), մուտքի արտոնագիր (mutkʿi artonagir)
• Asturian: visáu m
• Azerbaijani: viza (az)
• Belarusian: ві́за f (víza)
• Bengali: ভিসা (bhisa)
• Bulgarian: ви́за f (víza)
• Burmese: ဗီဇာ (my) (bija)
• Catalan: visat (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 簽證 (cim¹ zing³)

  Mandarin: 簽證 (zh), 签证 (zh) (qiānzhèng)

• Czech: vízum (cs) n
• Danish: visum (da)
• Dutch: visum (nl) n
• Esperanto: vizo (eo)
• Estonian: viisa
• Finnish: viisumi (fi)
• French: visa (fr) m
• Galician: visado m
• Georgian: ვიზა (viza)
• German: Visum (de) n
• Greek: βίζα (el) f (víza)
• Hausa: bīzā̀ f
• Hebrew: וִיזָה‎ (he) f (viza), אֲשֵׁרָה‎ (he) f (ashera)
• Hindi: वीज़ा m (vīzā), वीजा m (vījā), वीसा m (vīsā)
• Hungarian: vízum (hu)
• Icelandic: vegabréfsáritun
• Indonesian: visa (id)
• Irish: víosa f
• Italian: vista (it) f, nulla osta f, permesso (it) m, nullaosta (it) m, visto (it) m
• Japanese: 査証 (ja) (さしょう, sashō), ビザ (ja) (biza)
• Kazakh: виза (vïza)
• Khmer: ទិដ្ឋាការ (km) (tɨtthaakaa)
• Korean: 비자 (ko) (bija), 사증 (ko) (sajeung) (査証)
• Kyrgyz: виза (viza)
• Lao: ວີຊ້າ (wī sā)
• Latvian: vīza f

• Lithuanian: viza f
• Macedonian: ви́за f (víza)
• Malay: visa
• Maori: kōkota, pane uruwhenua
• Marathi: व्हिसा (vhisā)
• Mongolian: виз (mn) (viz)
• Nepali: भिसा (bhisā)
• Norwegian: visum
• Persian: روادید‎ (fa) (ravâdid), ویزا‎ (fa) (vizâ)
• Polish: wiza (pl) f
• Portuguese: visto (pt) m
• Romanian: viză (ro) f
• Russian: ви́за (ru) f (víza)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: виза f

  Roman: viza (sh) f

• Sindhi: please add this translation if you can
• Sinhalese: වීසා (vīsā)
• Slovak: vízum n
• Slovene: vizum (sl) m
• Spanish: visa (es) f (Latin America), visado (es) m
• Swahili: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: visum (sv) n
• Tagalog: bisa
• Tajik: виза (viza)
• Tamil: விசா (vicā)
• Tatar: виза (wiza)
• Telugu: వీసా (vīsā)
• Thai: วีซา (wii-sâa)
• Tibetan: ཐོངས་མཆན (thongs mchan), ཝི་ཛ (wi dza)
• Turkish: vize (tr)
• Turkmen: wiza
• Ukrainian: ві́за (uk) f (víza)
• Urdu: ویزا‎ m (vīzā)
• Uyghur: ۋىزا‎ (wiza)
• Uzbek: viza (uz)
• Vietnamese: thị thực (vi) (視實), giấy xuất cảnh
• Yiddish: וויזע‎ f (vize)
• Yoruba: please add this translation if you can

Verb

visa (third-person singular simple present visas, present participle visaing, simple past and past participle visaed)

1. (transitive, dated) To endorse (a passport, etc.).

Anagrams

• Avis, IVAs, Siva, Vias, avis, vias

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viːsa/, [ˈviːsa]

Noun

visa n

1. indefinite plural of visum

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.zaː/

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Noun

visa

1. Plural form of visum

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Finnish

Noun

visa

1. Synonym of visakoivu.
2. (chiefly in compounds) Synonym of visailu (“quiz”).

Declension

Inflection of visa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		visa	visat
genitive		visan	visojen
partitive		visaa	visoja
illative		visaan	visoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		visa	visat
accusative	nom.	visa	visat
	gen.	visan
genitive		visan	visojen visainrare
partitive		visaa	visoja
inessive		visassa	visoissa
elative		visasta	visoista
illative		visaan	visoihin
adessive		visalla	visoilla
ablative		visalta	visoilta
allative		visalle	visoille
essive		visana	visoina
translative		visaksi	visoiksi
instructive		—	visoin
abessive		visatta	visoitta
comitative		—	visoineen

Derived terms

• visailu
• visainen

Compounds

• tietovisa
• visakoivu

Anagrams

• savi

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French

Etymology 1

From Latin visa, neuter plural of Latin visus (“having been seen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.za/

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Noun

visa m (plural visas)

1. a mark or stamp attesting to the performance of an official action
2. a travel visa

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.za/

Verb

visa

1. third-person singular past historic of viser

Anagrams

• avis, vais

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Indonesian

Noun

visa (plural visa-visa, first-person possessive visaku, second-person possessive visamu, third-person possessive visanya)

1. visa

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Latin

Etymology 1

Inflected form of visum (“vision, mental image”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwiː.sa/

Noun

vīsa

1. nominative plural of vīsum
2. accusative plural of vīsum
3. vocative plural of vīsum

Etymology 2

Inflected form of vīsus (“seen, having been seen”), perfect passive participle of videō (“see”).

Pronunciation

• vīsa: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwiː.sa/
• vīsā: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwiː.saː/

Participle

vīsa

1. nominative feminine singular of vīsus
2. nominative neuter plural of vīsus
3. accusative neuter plural of vīsus
4. vocative feminine singular of vīsus
5. vocative neuter plural of vīsus

Participle

vīsā

1. ablative feminine singular of vīsus

References

• visa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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Latvian

Adjective

visa

1. genitive singular masculine form of viss
2. nominative singular feminine form of viss

Pronoun

visa

1. genitive singular masculine form of viss
2. nominative singular feminine form of viss

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• (of vise) visen
• (of visum) visumer

Noun

visa m or f

1. definite feminine singular of vise

Noun

visa n

1. indefinite plural of visum

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

visa f

1. singular definite of vis

visa n

1. plural definite of vis

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Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse vísa, from Proto-Germanic *wīsōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈviːˌsa/

Verb

vīsa

1. to show
2. to let know

Conjugation

Conjugation of vīsa (weak)

	present			past
infinitive	vīsa			—
participle	vīsandi, -e			vīsaþer
active voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	vīsar	vīsi, -e	—	vīsaþi, -e	vīsaþi, -e
þū	vīsar	vīsi, -e	vīsa	vīsaþi, -e	vīsaþi, -e
han	vīsar	vīsi, -e	—	vīsaþi, -e	vīsaþi, -e
vīr	vīsum, -om	vīsum, -om	vīsum, -om	vīsaþum, -om	vīsaþum, -om
īr	vīsin	vīsin	vīsin	vīsaþin	vīsaþin
þēr	vīsa	vīsin	—	vīsaþu, -o	vīsaþin
mediopassive voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	vīsas	vīsis, -es	—	vīsaþis, -es	vīsaþis, -es
þū	vīsas	vīsis, -es	—	vīsaþis, -es	vīsaþis, -es
han	vīsas	vīsis, -es	—	vīsaþis, -es	vīsaþis, -es
vīr	vīsums, -oms	vīsums, -oms	—	vīsaþums, -oms	vīsaþums, -oms
īr	vīsins	vīsins	—	vīsaþins	vīsaþins
þēr	vīsas	vīsins	—	vīsaþus, -os	vīsaþins

Descendants

• Swedish: visa

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Portuguese

Verb

visa

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of visar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of visar

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Romanian

Etymology

Either from vis +‎ -a, or from the rare but attested Late Latin vīsō, vīsāre, from Latin vīsum. Compare Sardinian bizare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [viˈsa]

Verb

a visa (third-person singular present visează, past participle visat) 1st conj.

1. to dream

Conjugation

    conjugation of visa (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a visa
gerund			visând
past participle			visat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	visez	visezi	visează	visăm	visați	visează
	imperfect	visam	visai	visa	visam	visați	visau
	simple perfect	visai	visași	visă	visarăm	visarăți	visară
	pluperfect	visasem	visaseși	visase	visaserăm	visaserăți	visaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să visez	să visezi	să viseze	să visăm	să visați	să viseze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		visează			visați
	negative		nu visa			nu visați

Derived terms

• visător

Related terms

• vis

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Spanish

Etymology

From French visa, from Latin visa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbisa/

Noun

visa f (plural visas)

1. (Latin America) visa

   Synonym: visado

Further reading

• “visa” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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Swahili

Noun

visa

1. plural of kisa

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• audio

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Etymology 1

Adjective

visa

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of vis.

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish vīsa, from Old Norse vísa, from Proto-Germanic *wīsǭ.

Noun

visa c

1. a song, a tune; in particular with a simple melody to accompany the lyrics, which is the more interesting part.
2. indefinite plural of visum

Declension

Declension of visa
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	visa	visan	visor	visorna
Genitive	visas	visans	visors	visornas

Etymology 3

From Old Swedish vīsa, from Old Norse vísa, from Proto-Germanic *wīsōną.

Verb

visa

1. to show, to display
2. to prove
3. to point at

Conjugation

Conjugation of visa (weak)

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	visa	visas
Present tense	visar	visas
Past tense	visade	visades
Supine	visat	visats
Imperative	visa	—
Present participle	visande
Past participle	visad

Related terms

• hänvisa
• visning

See also

• ambassador