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vision
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)
- (uncountable) The sense or ability of sight.
- (countable) Something seen; an object perceived visually.
- , [Act I, scene ii]:
- […] For to a Vi?ion ?o apparant, Rumor / Cannot be mute […]
- , [Act I, scene ii]:
- (countable) Something imaginary one thinks one sees.
- (countable, by extension) Something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy.
- (countable) An ideal or a goal toward which one aspires.
- (countable) A religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance.
- (countable) A person or thing of extraordinary beauty.
- (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
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
vision (third-person singular simple present visions, present participle visioning, simple past and past participle visioned)
- (transitive) To imagine something as if it were to be true.
- (transitive) To present as in a vision.
- (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
- 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)
- 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
- 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)
- vision (supernatural sensory experience)
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe 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)
- vision
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v???u?n/
Noun
vision c
- vision; something imaginary
- vision; a (grand) goal or idea
Declension
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- what vision do you need to be a pilot
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- what visions may bring
caprice
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French caprice, from Italian capriccio, from caporiccio (“fright, sudden start”): capo (“head”), from Latin caput + riccio (“curly”), from Latin ?ricius (“hedgehog”), or from Italian capro (“goat”). Doublet of capriccio.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /k??p?is/
Noun
caprice (plural caprices)
- An impulsive, seemingly unmotivated action, change of mind, or notion; a whim.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- A brief romance
- Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
- The only difference between a caprice and a life-long passion is that a caprice lasts a little longer.
- Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
- An unpredictable or sudden condition, change, or series of changes.
- 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, The Whisperer in Darkness, chapter 6:
- After that we cast off all allegiance to immediate, tangible, and time-touched things, and entered a fantastic world of hushed unreality in which the narrow, ribbon-like road rose and fell and curved with an almost sentient and purposeful caprice amidst the tenantless green peaks and half-deserted valleys
- 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, The Whisperer in Darkness, chapter 6:
- A disposition to be impulsive.
- (music) A capriccio.
Related terms
- capricious
Translations
French
Etymology
From Italian capriccio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.p?is/
Noun
caprice m (plural caprices)
- whim; wish
- Synonym: lubie
- tantrum
Derived terms
- capricieux
Descendants
- ? Danish: kaprice
- ? English: caprice
- ? Romanian: capriciu
Further reading
- “caprice” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
caprice From the web:
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- what caprice means in french
- what caprice means in spanish
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