vise

See also: Vise, visé, više, and vise-

Contents

EnglishEdit

A bench vise

Alternative formsEdit

• vice (British English)

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English vis, vys, vice (“screw”), from Anglo-Norman vyz, vice, from Old French vis, viz, from Latin vītis (“vine”); probably akin to English withy.

PronunciationEdit

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Homophone: vice
• Rhymes: -aɪs

NounEdit

vise (plural vises)

1. (US) An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing.

TranslationsEdit

two-jawed instrument for holding work

• Albanian: morsë f pl
• Belarusian: ціскі́ m pl (ciskí)
• Bulgarian: менгеме (bg) n (mengeme)
• Catalan: cargol de banc m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 老虎鉗 (zh), 老虎钳 (zh) (lǎohǔqián), 夾鉗 (zh), 夹钳 (zh) (jiāqián), 虎鉗 (zh), 虎钳 (zh) (hǔqián), 萬力 (zh), 万力 (zh) (wànlì)

• Czech: svěrák (cs) m
• Danish: skruestik c, skruetvinge c
• Dutch: bankschroef (nl) m, f
• Esperanto: vajco
• Finnish: ruuvipuristin, ruuvipenkki (fi)
• French: étau (fr) m
• Georgian: გირაგი (giragi)
• German: Schraubstock (de) m
• Greek: μέγγενη (el) f (méngeni)
• Hungarian: satu (hu)
• Ido: skrubtenilo, skrubmordilo

• Irish: bís f
• Italian: morsa (it) f
• Japanese: 万力 (まんりき, manriki), バイス (baisu)
• Korean: 바이스 (baiseu)
• Macedonian: менгеме n (mengeme)
• Maori: purimau
• Norwegian: tvinge f, m; skrustikke f, m
• Polish: imadło (pl) n
• Portuguese: torno (pt) m, morsa (pt) f
• Russian: тиски́ (ru) m pl (tiskí)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: mengele (sh) f pl

• Slovene: primež m
• Spanish: tornillo de banco m, torno de banco m, morsa (es) f (Arg.)
• Swahili: jiriwa (sw)
• Swedish: skruvstäd (sv) n
• Ukrainian: леща́та (uk) pl (leščáta)

ReferencesEdit

• vise in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

AnagramsEdit

• Ives, vies

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DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse vísa.

AdjectiveEdit

vise

1. plural and definite singular attributive of vis

NounEdit

vise c (singular definite visen, plural indefinite viser)

1. song, ballad, ditty

DeclensionEdit

Declension of vise

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vise	visen	viser	viserne
genitive	vises	visens	visers	visernes

VerbEdit

vise (imperative vis, infinitive at vise, present tense viser, past tense viste, perfect tense har vist)

1. to show
2. (mathematics) prove
3. (reflexive) show off

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FrenchEdit

VerbEdit

vise

1. first-person singular present indicative of viser
2. third-person singular present indicative of viser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of viser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of viser
5. second-person singular imperative of viser

AnagramsEdit

• sévi
• vies

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GalicianEdit

VerbEdit

vise

1. first-person singular preterite subjunctive of ver
2. third-person singular preterite subjunctive of ver

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LatinEdit

ParticipleEdit

vīse

1. vocative masculine singular of vīsus

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Inflected form of vis.

AdjectiveEdit

vise

1. definite singular of vis
2. plural of vis

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse vísa (“a manner of singing”), related to vis.

NounEdit

vise f, m (definite singular visa or visen, indefinite plural viser, definite plural visene)

1. Lyrical or epic poem with plain content and plain melody.
   • En strofisk dikt med strofisk melodi såväl litterärt som musikalisk oftast präglad av en viss enkelhet i stilen. Bengt R. Jonsson (Swedish)

     A stanzaic poem with a stanzaic melody both literary and musically usually characterized by to some degree a simplicity of style.

Usage notesEdit

The Scandinavian term vise is less comprehensive than the English song (Norwegian Bokmål sang), the German Lied or the French chanson. The term sang is often citing a collective whereas the vise more commonly refers to an I.

Derived termsEdit

• folkevise
• skillingsvise

Related termsEdit

• sang

VerbEdit

vise (imperative vis, present tense viser, passive vises, simple past viste, past participle vist, present participle visende)

1. to show

   vise fram til vennene våre

   show to our friends

2. to send someone on their way

   vise noen til en dyktig lege

   send someone to a proficient physician

   vise bort

   turn away

Derived termsEdit

• avvise
• påvise

ReferencesEdit

• “vise” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

Etymology 1Edit

AdjectiveEdit

vise

1. definite of vis
2. plural of vis

Etymology 2Edit

AdjectiveEdit

vise

1. neuter singular of visen

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PortugueseEdit

VerbEdit

vise

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of visar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of visar
3. first-person singular imperative of visar
4. third-person singular imperative of visar

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RomanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): [ˈvi.se]

NounEdit

vise n pl

1. plural of vis

SynonymsEdit

• visuri

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SpanishEdit

VerbEdit

vise

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of visar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of visar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of visar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of visar.

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SwedishEdit

AdjectiveEdit

vise

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of vis.
2. (dated) absolute plural form of vis.

   de tre vise männen

   the three wise men, the Biblical Magi

NounEdit

vise c

1. a queen bee

DeclensionEdit

Declension of vise
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	vise	visen	visar	visarna
Genitive	vises	visens	visars	visarnas

Related termsEdit

• visebur
• visecell
• visefall
• visefallen
• viselös

ReferencesEdit

• vise in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)