different between kiss vs viss
kiss
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: k?s, IPA(key): /k?s/, [k??s]
- Rhymes: -?s
Etymology 1
From Middle English kissen, kussen, from Old English cyssan (“to kiss”), from Proto-Germanic *kussijan? (“to kiss”), cognates include Danish kysse, Dutch kussen, German küssen, Icelandic kyssa,Norwegian kysseand Swedish kyssa. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ku, *kus (probably imitative), with cognates including Ancient Greek ????? (kúss?), poetic form of ???? (kús?, “to kiss”), and Hittite [script needed] (kuwassanzi, “they kiss”).
Verb
kiss (third-person singular simple present kisses, present participle kissing, simple past and past participle kissed)
- (transitive) To touch with the lips or press the lips against, usually to show love or affection or passion, or as part of a greeting.
- 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act II Scene 2
- I'll kiss thy foot. I'll swear myself thy subject.
- 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act II Scene 2
- (transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) touch lightly or slightly; to come into contact.
- 1870, Alfred Tennyson, The Window
- Rose, rose and clematis, / Trail and twine and clasp and kiss.
- 1870, Alfred Tennyson, The Window
- (intransitive) Of two or more people, to touch each other's lips together, usually to express love or affection or passion.
- (transitive, archaic) To treat with fondness.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:kiss
Derived terms
- bekiss
- kissing
- kissle
- kissy
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English kis, kys, kus, forms of cos influenced by kissen, from Old English coss, from Proto-West Germanic *koss, from Proto-Germanic *kussaz.
Noun
kiss (plural kisses)
- A touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, or as a greeting.
- An 'X' mark placed at the end of a letter or other type of message.
- A type of filled chocolate candy, shaped as if someone had kissed the top. See Hershey's Kisses.
- (astronomy) The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth, conjunction.
Synonyms
- (touch with the lips): See Thesaurus:buss
Translations
Derived terms
See also
- x
- xo
- xoxo
- xoxoxo
- xxx
Anagrams
- KSIs, Sisk, skis
Middle English
Verb
kiss
- Alternative form of kissen
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?s/
Etymology
Partly imitative, partly an euphemism for piss (see pissa (“to pee”)).
Noun
kiss n (uncountable)
- pee, wee, tinkle, urine
Declension
Anagrams
- siks
kiss From the web:
- what kissing does to a man
- what kisses mean
- what kissing means to a woman
- what kissing does to a woman
- what kiss member died
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- what kiss stands for
- what kiss band members are dead
viss
English
Alternative forms
- vis
Etymology
Borrowed from Tamil ???? (v?cai) and/or Telugu ???? (v?se)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v?s/
- Rhymes: -?s
Noun
viss (plural visses)
- A Burmese unit of measure for weight, approximately 1.63293 kilograms (3.6 pounds).
Related terms
- tical (a unit of weight equal to 0.01 viss)
Translations
Anagrams
- ISVs
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse viss (“certain, sure”), from Proto-Germanic *gawissaz. Cognate with Swedish viss.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v?s?/
- Rhymes: -?s?
Adjective
viss (comparative vissari, superlative vissastur)
- certain, sure, positive
- Ertu viss? — Já, ég er alveg viss.
- Are you sure? — Yes, I'm positive.
- Ertu viss? — Já, ég er alveg viss.
- certain, having been determined but unspecific
- Að falla úr vissri hæð.
- To fall from a certain height.
- Að falla úr vissri hæð.
Inflection
Synonyms
- (sure): öruggur, (informal, dated) sikker
- (certain): ákveðinn
Derived terms
- óviss
Latvian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *visas, from Proto-Indo-European *wi-so-s, from *wi-, *w?- (“separated, divided; two parts of a whole”). Cognates include Lithuanian vìsas, Sudovian wisa, Proto-Slavic *v?x? (Old Church Slavonic ???? (v?s?), Russian ???? (ves?), Belarusian ?????? (uvjés?), Ukrainian ???? (ves?), ?????? (uvés?), Bulgarian ??? (vse), Czech ves, Polish wszy, Sanskrit ?? (ví, “apart, asunder, off, in several directions”), ????? (ví?va, “all, each, whole”), Avestan ????????????????????-? (v?spa-), Old Persian [script needed] (visa-, “all, whole”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [vis]
Adjective
viss (no definite forms; irreg. adv. (none))
- (usually singular) all, whole, entire (considered as a single entity)
- (of time periods, in the accusative) all, whole (during the entire time period)
- (usually plural) all, all the... (the entire group of, without exception)
- (with abstractions entities, ideas) all, full (maximally intense)
Pronoun
viss (indefinite)
- (masculine singular forms) all, everything, anything
- vieta, kur? var?ja atrast visu ko: labo un slikto, jauno un veco, atpalikušo un progres?vo - a place where one could find all that (= all kinds of things): good and bad, new and old, backward and progressive
- (plural forms) all, everyone, everybody
- visi jau ir pa?duši - everybody has already eaten
- visi ir veseli - all are healthy
- n?ca visi kop? - they all came together
- visu v?rd? - in the name of (= on behalf of) everyone
- visi bez iz??muma - everybody, without exception
- visi skraid?ja ap ugunsgr?ku k? apmulsuši, cits caur citu vaiman?dami - everybody (just) ran around the fire confusedly, wailing at each other
- visi, kas no m?tes ir aizg?juši pasaul? laimi mekl?t, ir apg?juši pasaulei apk?rt un atraduši tikai m?ti - all those who went away from their mother to look for happiness in the world, went all around the world and found only (their) mother
Usage notes
Viss has no definite forms; the indefinite forms are used in all cases. It has also no comparative or superlative forms.
Declension
Synonyms
- (of "whole"): vesels
- (for time periods): augs
Antonyms
- (of "everything"): nekas
Derived terms
- All superlative adjectives and superlative adverbs.
References
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse víss
Adjective
viss (neuter singular visst, definite singular and plural visse)
- certain
- til en viss grad - to a certain extent
Antonyms
- uviss
Derived terms
- visshet
References
- “viss” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??s?/
Etymology 1
From Old Norse víss
Adjective
viss (neuter singular visst, definite singular and plural visse)
- certain
Antonyms
- uviss
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German wes
Conjunction
viss
- if
Synonyms
- dersom
References
- “viss” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse viss, from Proto-Germanic *gawissaz. Cognate with Icelandic viss.
Pronunciation
Adjective
viss (comparative vissare, superlative vissast)
- certain, convinced
- Experterna har nu blivit vissa om olyckans orsaker.
- The experts have now become certain regarding the causes of the accident.
- Experterna har nu blivit vissa om olyckans orsaker.
- some, certain, particular (not comparable)
- I vissa avseenden, fungerar det inte.
- In some ways, it doesn't work.
- I vissa avseenden, fungerar det inte.
Declension
Related terms
- visshet
See also
- några
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