different between viz vs vig

English

Adverb

viz

1. Alternative form of viz.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?v?s]
• Rhymes: -?s
• Homophone: vis

Verb

viz

1. second-person singular imperative of vid?t

Anagrams

• zvi

Old French

Noun

viz m

1. oblique plural of vit
2. nominative singular of vit

Zhuang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /?i??/
• Tone numbers: vi²
• Hyphenation: viz

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *?waj? (“penis”). Cognate with Thai ??? (kuai), Lü ?? (xwoay), Shan ???? (kwáy), Ahom ???????????? (khoy).

Noun

viz (Sawndip forms ???? or ???? or ? or ?, old orthography vi?)

1. penis

   Synonyms: (dialectal) ceiq, (dialectal) nouq

   Hyponym: ceuq

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

viz (Sawndip form ????, old orthography vi?)

1. (dialectal) fan (handheld device)

   Synonym: beiz

English

Etymology

Clipping of vigorish, from Yiddish ???????? (vigrish), from Russian ???????? (výigryš, “winnings”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

vig (countable and uncountable, plural vigs)

1. (slang) Synonym of vigorish (“charge taken on bets”)
2. (US slang, crime) Synonym of vigorish (“interest from a loan, as from a loan shark”)
   • 1973, Martin Scorsese, Mardik Martin (screenplay), Mean Streets, quoted in 2009, Ellis Cashmore, Martin Scorsese's America, page 118,

     “You charged a guy from the neighborhood $1800 vig?” he asks incredulously (“vig” is short for vigorish, meaning a rate of interest from a loan from an illegal moneylender).
3. Synonym of vigorish (“commission, finder's fee, or similar extra charge”)

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *uig-, from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to revolve, turn, twist”). Cognate to Old English wice (“patch”) and Old Norse vik (“bight”).

Noun

vig m (indefinite plural vigje, definite singular vigu, definite plural vigjet)

1. stretcher, litter, bier, transition (consisting of beams)

Declension

Derived terms

• vigan

References

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi??/, [??i?]
• Homophone: hvi

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vík, from Proto-Germanic *w?k? (“village; inlet”), cognate with Norwegian, Swedish vik, English wick, Dutch wijk. Borrowed from Latin v?cus.

Noun

vig c (singular definite vigen, plural indefinite vige)

1. inlet (arm of the sea)

Inflection

Derived terms

• mundvig

References

• “vig” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

vig

1. imperative of vige

Romanian

Etymology

From Hungarian vég

Noun

vig n (plural viguri)

1. bolt of fabric

Declension

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i??

Verb

vig

1. imperative of viga.

Adjective

vig (comparative vigare, superlative vigast)

1. (of a person) limber, supple

Anagrams

• giv

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vi?]

Noun

vig (nominative plural vigs)

1. week
2. sennight, sevennight

Declension