visir
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French vizir, from Ottoman Turkish وزیر (vezir), from Arabic وَزِير (wazīr, “helper, aide, minister”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
visir m (plural visirs)
Italian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic وَزِير (wazīr, “helper, aide, minister”).
Noun edit
visir m (invariable)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old French visière or Italian visiera through German Visier. Derived from Old French vis (“face”).[1]
Noun edit
visir n (definite singular visiret, indefinite plural visir or visirer, definite plural visira or visirene)
- a visor
References edit
- “visir” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Old French visière or Italian visiera through German Visier. Derived from Old French vis (“face”).[1]
Noun edit
visir n (definite singular visiret, indefinite plural visir, definite plural visira)
- a visor
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
visir f
References edit
- “visir” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Andalusian Arabic وزير (wazír), from Arabic وَزِير (wazīr, “minister”). Compare alguacil.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
visir m (plural visires)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “visir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
visir n
- a visor
Declension edit
Declension of visir | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | visir | visiret | visir | visiren |
Genitive | visirs | visirets | visirs | visirens |