different between proviso vs visor

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin proviso (“it being provided”), ablative singular neuter of provisus, past participle of providere (“to provide”); see provide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???va?zo?/

Noun

proviso (plural provisos or provisoes)

1. A conditional provision to an agreement.

Related terms

• provide
• provision
• provisional

Translations

Further reading

• proviso in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• proviso in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Latin

Participle

pr?v?s?

1. dative masculine singular of pr?v?sus
2. dative neuter singular of pr?v?sus
3. ablative masculine singular of pr?v?sus
4. ablative neuter singular of pr?v?sus

References

• proviso in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• proviso in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• proviso in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• proviso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Alternative forms

• vizor

Etymology

From Middle English viser, from Anglo-Norman viser and Old French visiere.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?va?z?/
• Rhymes: -a?z?(?)

Noun

visor (plural visors)

1. 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.
2. 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.

3. The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes.

Related terms

• vizard

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From vide? (“to see, look; watch, observe”), via the radical of its supine v?sum +? -tor, from Proto-Italic *wid?? (“to see”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?u?i?.sor/, [?u?i?s??r]
• (Vulgar) IPA^(key): /??i?.sor/, [??i?sor]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?vi.sor/, [?vi?s??r]

Noun

v?sor m (genitive v?s?ris); third declension

1. one who sees, looks at, watches; a seer, viewer, watcher
2. one who scouts, explores; one who performs reconnaissance; a scout

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Verb

v?sor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of v?s? (“to view, look into, stare at; go see, visit”)

References

• 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 (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, page 3519

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

visor f

1. (non-standard since 2012) indefinite plural of visa
2. (non-standard since 2012) indefinite plural of vise

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi?so?/, [bi?so?]

Noun

visor m (plural visores)

1. visor

Swedish

Noun

visor

1. indefinite plural of visa