different between vicinity vs visne

English

Etymology

vicine +? -ity, from Latin v?c?nit?s (“neighborhood”) (compare French vicinité), from v?c?nus (“neighbor”) (compare French voisin), from v?cus (“village”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /v??s?n?ti/

Noun

vicinity (plural vicinities)

2. proximity; the state of being near.
4. neighbourhood; nearby region; surrounding area.
   • 2017 August 25, "Arrest threat as Yingluck Shinawatra misses verdict", in aljazeera.com, Al Jazeera:

     Al Jazeera's Scott Heidler, reporting from Bangkok, said hundreds of Yingluck's supporters gathered outside the Bangkok Supreme Court to await the verdict but were not allowed in the vicinity.

5. approximate size or amount.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Old French visné, veisiné, visnet (“neighborhood”), from Vulgar Latin *v?c?n?tus, from Latin v?c?nus (“neighboring, a neighbor”). See vicinity.

Noun

visne (plural visnes)

1. (law, obsolete or historical) neighborhood; vicinity; venue

Anagrams

• Nevis, Viens, Vines, snive, veins, vines

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse visna (“to dry up, wither”)

Verb

visne (imperative visn, infinitive at visne, present tense visner, past tense visnede, perfect tense visnet)

1. to wilt, to wither

References

• “visne” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²??s.n?/ (example of pronunciation)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse visna.

Alternative forms

• visna (as a-infinitive)

Verb

visne (present tense visnar, past tense visna, past participle visna, passive infinitive visnast, present participle visnande, imperative visn)

1. (intransitive) to wither, dry up

Related terms

• visen, vissen

Etymology 2

Adjective

visne

1. inflection of visen:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural
2. inflection of vissen:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

References

• “visne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• siven, sivne, snive, svein, Svein, svien, svine, visen