visor
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English viser, from Anglo-Norman viser and Old French visiere.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈvaɪzɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪzə(ɹ)
Noun edit
visor (plural visors)
- A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 7:
- A close helmet entirely covers the head, face, and neck, having on the front perforations for the admission of air, and slits through which the wearer may see objects around him, this part which is stiled the visor lifts up by means of a pivot over each ear.
- A mask for the face.
- 1608, William Shakspeare, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, act IV, scene IV, line 44:
- No visor does become black villainy
So well as soft and tender flattery.
- The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes.
- A rigid adjustable flap on an automobile windshield that can shield the eyes of a driver from direct sunlight or glare.
Hyponyms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
part of a helmet
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mask — see mask
fore piece of a cap
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Verb edit
visor (third-person singular simple present visors, present participle visoring, simple past and past participle visored)
- (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, a visor.
- Antonym: unvisor
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From videō (“to see, look; watch, observe”), via the radical of its supine vīsum + -tor, from Proto-Italic *widēō (“to see”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯iː.sor/, [ˈu̯iːs̠ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvi.sor/, [ˈviːs̬or]
Noun edit
vīsor m (genitive vīsōris); third declension
- one who sees, looks at, watches; a seer, viewer, watcher
- one who scouts, explores; one who performs reconnaissance; a scout
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | vīsor | vīsōrēs |
Genitive | vīsōris | vīsōrum |
Dative | vīsōrī | vīsōribus |
Accusative | vīsōrem | vīsōrēs |
Ablative | vīsōre | vīsōribus |
Vocative | vīsor | vīsōrēs |
Verb edit
vīsor
- first-person singular present passive indicative of vīsō (“to view, look into, stare at; go see, visit”)
References edit
- “visor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- visor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1684
- visor in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, volume 2, 8th edition, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 3519
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
visor f
- (non-standard since 2012) indefinite plural of visa
- (non-standard since 2012) indefinite plural of vise
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
visor m (plural visores)
Further reading edit
- “visor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Noun edit
visor
- indefinite plural of visa