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English

Etymology

From 1831, "official signature or endorsement on a passport," from French visa, from Latin charta visa (meaning "paper that has been seen") from feminine perfect passive of Latin videre ("to see").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vi?.z?/, /?vi?.s?/
• Rhymes: -i?z?, -i?s?

Noun

visa (plural visas)

1. A permit to enter and leave a country, normally issued by the authorities of the country to be visited.

Related terms

• student visa
• tourist visa
• transit visa
• visaless
• working-holiday visa

Translations

Verb

visa (third-person singular simple present visas, present participle visaing, simple past and past participle visaed)

1. (transitive, dated) To endorse (a passport, etc.).

Anagrams

• Avis, IVAs, Siva, Vias, avis, vias

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi?sa/, [?vi?sa]

Noun

visa n

1. indefinite plural of visum

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vi.za?/

Noun

visa

1. Plural form of visum

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *visa (“hard?”). Cognate with Estonian visa, Karelian visa and Livonian viz?. The original adjective "hard, difficult, demanding" is now exclusively found in dialects (and some derivations, like visakoivu); the modern sense "quiz" is a backformation of visailla, itself derived from that adjective.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??is?/, [??is??]
• Rhymes: -is?
• Syllabification: vi?sa

Noun

visa

1. Synonym of visakoivu
2. quiz (competition in the answering of questions)

Declension

Derived terms

• visailu
• visainen

Compounds

• tietovisa
• visakoivu

Anagrams

• savi

French

Etymology 1

From Latin visa, neuter plural of Latin visus (“having been seen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.za/

Noun

visa m (plural visas)

1. a mark or stamp attesting to the performance of an official action
2. a travel visa

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.za/

Verb

visa

1. third-person singular past historic of viser

Anagrams

• avis, vais

Indonesian

Noun

visa (first-person possessive visaku, second-person possessive visamu, third-person possessive visanya)

1. visa

Latin

Etymology 1

Inflected form of visum (“vision, mental image”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?u?i?.sa/, [?u?i?s?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?vi.sa/, [?vi?s??]

Noun

v?sa

1. nominative plural of v?sum
2. accusative plural of v?sum
3. vocative plural of v?sum

Etymology 2

Inflected form of v?sus (“seen, having been seen”), perfect passive participle of vide? (“see”).

Pronunciation

• v?sa: (Classical) IPA^(key): /?u?i?.sa/, [?u?i?s?ä]
• v?sa: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?vi.sa/, [?vi?s??]
• v?s?: (Classical) IPA^(key): /?u?i?.sa?/, [?u?i?s?ä?]
• v?s?: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?vi.sa/, [?vi?s??]

Participle

v?sa

1. nominative feminine singular of v?sus
2. nominative neuter plural of v?sus
3. accusative neuter plural of v?sus
4. vocative feminine singular of v?sus
5. vocative neuter plural of v?sus

Participle

v?s?

1. ablative feminine singular of v?sus

References

• visa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Latvian

Adjective

visa

1. genitive singular masculine form of viss
2. nominative singular feminine form of viss

Pronoun

visa

1. genitive singular masculine form of viss
2. nominative singular feminine form of viss

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• (of vise) visen
• (of visum) visumer

Noun

visa m or f

1. definite feminine singular of vise

Noun

visa n

1. indefinite plural of visum

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vísa, from Proto-Germanic *w?s?n?.

Alternative forms

• vise (e and split infinitives)

Verb

visa (present tense viser, past tense viste, past participle vist, passive infinitive visast, present participle visande, imperative vis)

1. (transitive) to show, point out
2. (transitive) to send away
3. (transitive) to demonstrate, to give proof of
4. (intransitive) to be visible

Derived terms

• vise bort
• vise døra
• vise tilbake på
• vise til rette

Synonyms

• (most senses): syna/syne

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vísa.

Noun

visa f (definite singular visa, indefinite plural viser or visor, definite plural visene or visone)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by vise
2. definite singular of vise

Declension

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

visa

1. definite plural of vis n
2. definite singular of vis f

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

visa n

1. (non-standard since 2012) indefinite plural of visum
2. (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of visum

References

• “visa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse vísa, from Proto-Germanic *w?s?n?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vi??sa/

Verb

v?sa

1. to show
2. to let know

Conjugation

Descendants

• Swedish: visa

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

visa ?

1. poison
2. venom

Portuguese

Verb

visa

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of visar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of visar

Romanian

Etymology

Either from vis +? -a, or from the rare but attested Late Latin v?s?, v?s?re, from Latin v?sum. Compare Sardinian bizare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vi?sa]

Verb

a visa (third-person singular present viseaz?, past participle visat) 1st conj.

1. to dream

Conjugation

Derived terms

• vis?tor

Related terms

• vis

Spanish

Etymology

From French visa, from Latin visa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bisa/, [?bi.sa]

Noun

visa f (plural visas)

1. (Latin America) visa

   Synonym: visado

Further reading

• “visa” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swahili

Noun

visa

1. plural of kisa

Swedish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

visa

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of vis.

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish v?sa, from Old Norse vísa (“strophe, stanza”), from Proto-Germanic *w?s?.

Noun

visa c

1. a song, a tune, particularily one with a simple melody, where the primary focus is the lyrics

Declension

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

visa

1. indefinite plural of visum

Etymology 4

From Old Swedish v?sa, from Old Norse vísa, from Proto-Germanic *w?s?n?.

Verb

visa (present visar, preterite visade, supine visat, imperative visa)

1. to show, to display
2. to prove
3. to point at

Conjugation

Related terms

• hänvisa
• visning

See also

• ambassadör

Anagrams

• avis

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)

1. 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)

1. certain, sure, positive

   Ertu viss? — Já, ég er alveg viss.

   Are you sure? — Yes, I'm positive.

2. certain, having been determined but unspecific

   Að falla úr vissri hæð.

   To fall from a certain height.

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))

1. (usually singular) all, whole, entire (considered as a single entity)

2. (of time periods, in the accusative) all, whole (during the entire time period)

3. (usually plural) all, all the... (the entire group of, without exception)

4. (with abstractions entities, ideas) all, full (maximally intense)

Pronoun

viss (indefinite)

1. (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

2. (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)

1. 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)

1. certain

Antonyms

• uviss

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German wes

Conjunction

viss

1. 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)

1. certain, convinced

   Experterna har nu blivit vissa om olyckans orsaker.

   The experts have now become certain regarding the causes of the accident.

2. some, certain, particular (not comparable)

   I vissa avseenden, fungerar det inte.

   In some ways, it doesn't work.

Declension

Related terms

• visshet

See also

• några