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English

Etymology

A learned borrowing from Latin aberr?ti? (“relief, diversion”), first attested in 1594 , from aberr? (“wander away, go astray”), from ab (“away”) + err? (“wander”). Compare French aberration. Equivalent to aberrate +? -ion.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æb.???e?.?n?/

Noun

aberration (countable and uncountable, plural aberrations)

1. The act of wandering; deviation from truth, moral rectitude; abnormal; divergence from the straight, correct, proper, normal, or from the natural state. [Late 16^th century.]
2. (optics) The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of such rays from a single focus; a defect in a focusing mechanism that prevents the intended focal point. [Mid 18^th century.]
3. (astronomy) A small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer. [Mid 18^th century.]
   1. (astronomy, by extension) The tendency of light rays to preferentially strike the leading face of a moving object (the effect underlying the above phenomenon).
4. A partial alienation of reason. [Early 19^th century.]
5. A mental disorder, especially one of a minor or temporary character. [Early 19^th century.]
6. (zoology, botany) Atypical development or structure; deviation from the normal type; an aberrant organ. [Mid 19^th century.]
7. (medicine) A deviation of a tissue, organ or mental functions from what is considered to be within the normal range.

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French

Etymology

From Latin aberrationem, aberratio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.b?.?a.sj??/

Noun

aberration f (plural aberrations)

1. aberration
2. the state of being aberrant
3. (astronomy) aberration
4. (optics) aberration
5. (physiology) aberration or mutation

Related terms

• aberrer

Further reading

• “aberration” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• abornerait, arboraient

English

Etymology

From Middle English visioun, from Anglo-Norman visioun, from Old French vision, from Latin v?si? (“vision, seeing”), noun of action from the perfect passive participle visus (“that which is seen”), from the verb vide? (“I see”) + action noun suffix -i?.

Pronunciation

• enPR: v?zh'?n, IPA^(key): /?v?.?(?)n/
• Rhymes: -???n

Noun

vision (countable and uncountable, plural visions)

1. (uncountable) The sense or ability of sight.
2. (countable) Something seen; an object perceived visually.
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3. (countable) Something imaginary one thinks one sees.
4. (countable, by extension) Something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy.
5. (countable) An ideal or a goal toward which one aspires.

6. (countable) A religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance.

7. (countable) A person or thing of extraordinary beauty.
8. (uncountable) Pre-recorded film or tape; footage.

Synonyms

• (ability): sight, eyesight, view, perception
• (something imaginary): apparition, hallucination, mirage
• (ideal or goal): dream, desire, aspiration, fantasy

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Verb

vision (third-person singular simple present visions, present participle visioning, simple past and past participle visioned)

1. (transitive) To imagine something as if it were to be true.
2. (transitive) To present as in a vision.
3. (transitive) To provide with a vision. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Synonyms

• (imagine): envision

Derived terms

• envision
• prevision

Anagrams

• Voisin, inviso

Finnish

Noun

vision

1. Genitive singular form of visio.

Anagrams

• voisin

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin v?si?, from vide? (whence voir).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.zj??/
• Rhymes: -??
• Homophone: visions

Noun

vision f (plural visions)

1. vision, sight

Synonyms

• (ability to see): vue

Derived terms

• champ de vision
• télévision
• visible
• vision centrale
• vision périphérique
• visionnaire
• visionner

Further reading

• “vision” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• voisin

Middle English

Noun

vision

1. Alternative form of visioun

Old French

Alternative forms

• visioun, visiun (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin v?si?.

Noun

vision f (oblique plural visions, nominative singular vision, nominative plural visions)

1. vision (supernatural sensory experience)

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (vision, supplement)
• visiun on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Piedmontese

Alternative forms

• visiun

Etymology

From Latin v?si?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi?zju?/

Noun

vision f (plural vision)

1. vision

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v???u?n/

Noun

vision c

1. vision; something imaginary
2. vision; a (grand) goal or idea

Declension