vis

vis

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Vishavan.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Vishavan terms

• IPA^(key): /vɪs/

From Latin vīs.

vis (plural vires)

1. Force; energy; might; power.

• vim
• virial

vis

1. Abbreviation of viscount.

From Tamil வீசை (vīcai) and/or Telugu వీసె (vīse).

• IPA^(key): /vɪs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪs

vis (plural visses)

1. Alternative spelling of viss.

• viz

vis (not comparable)

1. Clipping of visual.

vis (third-person singular simple present vises, present participle vising, simple past and past participle vised)

1. Clipping of visualize.

vis (plural vises)

1. Clipping of visualization.
2. Clipping of visual.
3. Clipping of visibility.

• ISV, IVs, SIV

From Dutch vis, from Middle Dutch visch, from Old Dutch fisc, from Proto-West Germanic *fisk, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.

• IPA^(key): /fəs/

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vis (plural visse, diminutive vissie)

1. fish (aquatic organism)
   • 1998, Trompies, “Kom Push”, in Shosholoza:

     Ons gaan die vis vang

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (collective) fish (multiple fish collectively)

• visser

From Proto-Albanian *uitśi-(ā), from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- (“house, settlement”). Cognate to Sanskrit विश् (víś, “settlement, community, tribe”), Ancient Greek οἰκία (oikía, “house”), Latin vicus (“village”).^[1][2]

• IPA^(key): [vis]

vis m (plural vise, definite visi, definite plural viset)

1. place
2. land
3. country

• visele

• “vis”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[2], 1980

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɪs]
• Rhymes: -ɪs
• Homophone: viz

vis

1. second-person singular imperative of viset

• vsi

From Latin vādō.

• IPA^(key): /βis/

vis

1. (first-person singular indicative present) of zer

From Old Norse vís (in ǫðru vís(i) "otherwise"), from Proto-Germanic *wīsō, *wīsǭ (“manner”). Cognate with Norwegian vis, Swedish vis, English wise, Dutch wijze and German Weise. Another variant of the same word is Danish vise (“song”), Swedish visa, from Old Norse vísa.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋiːˀs]
• Rhymes: -iːˀs

vis c

1. manner, way

   Altså må jeg finde æblerne på anden vis.

   In conclusion, I must find the apples some other way.

• -vis

“vis,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Old Norse víss, from Proto-Germanic *wīsaz (“wise”). Cognates include Norwegian vis, Swedish vis, English wise, and German weise.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋiˀs]
• Rhymes: -iːˀs

vis (neuter vist, plural and definite singular attributive vise)

1. wise

“vis,3” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Old Norse viss, from Proto-Germanic *gawissaz, cognate with Norwegian viss, Swedish viss, German gewiss.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋes]
• Rhymes: -es

vis (neuter vist, plural and definite singular attributive visse)

1. sure, certain

   den visse død

   certain death

2. certain, a

   En vis Hr. Broholm vil tale med Dem.

   A mr. Broholm wishes to speak with you.

“vis,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋiˀs]
• Rhymes: -iːˀs

vis

1. imperative of vise

• IPA^(key): /vɪs/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: vis
• Rhymes: -ɪs

From Middle Dutch visch, from Old Dutch fisc, from Proto-West Germanic *fisk, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.

vis m (plural vissen, diminutive visje n)

1. (countable) fish (aquatic organism)
2. (uncountable) fish (quantity of the above seen as catch, product, meat)

• visch (before 1934)

• Afrikaans: vis
• Berbice Creole Dutch: fesi
• Jersey Dutch: väśe
• Negerhollands: visch, vesch, fes, fis, vis
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: fis (dated)
• Skepi Creole Dutch: fesi, fisse, fiche
• Petjo: fis
• →? Aukan: fisi

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

vis

1. inflection of vissen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Inherited from Old French vis, from Latin vītis f (“vine”).

• IPA^(key): /vis/

• Audio:

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• Homophones: vice, vices, visse, vissent, visses

vis f (plural vis)

1. screw (metal fastener)

• dévisser
• serrer la vis
• tournevis
• visser

• → Catalan: vis
• → Dutch: vijs f
• → Vietnamese: vít

• vis-à-vis

• “vis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /vi/
• Homophones: vie, vies, vit, vît

vis

1. inflection of vivre:
   1. first/second-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
2. first/second-person singular past historic of voir

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwiːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvis]

From Proto-Italic *wīs, from Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁s (“force, vehemence”), from *weyh₁- (“to rush”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἴς (ís, “strength”), Sanskrit वयस् (vayas, “enjoyment, vigor, youth, age”). See also via, invītus, invītō, Ancient Greek οἶμος (oîmos).

vīs f (genitive vīs); irregular, third declension

1. force, power, strength, vigor, faculty, potency

   Synonyms: rōbur, ops, vehementia

   • Sit vīs tēcum.

     May the Force be with you.

   • 160 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Adelphoe 65–67:

     Ō et erat longē mea quidem sententia, / quī imperium crēdat gravius esse et stabilius / vī quod fit quam illud quod amīcitia adiungitur.

     Oh and it’s really going too far, in my opinion, when anyone believes a command which is made by force to be more weighty and durable than that which is joined with affection.

2. (in the plural) strength, might (physical)

   omnibus vīribus ― with all his strength; with all her might; with all their force

3. violence, assault

   Synonyms: aggressiō, impressiō, assultus, invāsiō, concursus, impetus, appetītus, occursiō, oppugnātiō, incursus, incursiō, petītiō, ictus, procella

   • the Wikipedia page Martin Luther on Catholic church reform

     Nōn vī, sed verbō.

     Not through violence, but the word.

   ad vim atque ad arma confugere ― appeal to violence and fighting

4. (figuratively) meaning, significance, nature, essence and value of a word
5. (figuratively) assault, affront
6. (figuratively) quantity, flood
7. (New Latin, physics) energy, force

• The genitive and dative singular are not in common use (with exceptional attestations being analogical) and substituted with forms of rōbur (rōboris, rōborī).
• The plural forms of this noun are often treated as a separate plurale tantum noun, with a distinct meaning of physical force. An analogical nominative/accusative vīs is occasionally found, beginning with Lucretius.^[1]

Third-declension noun (irregular, defective).

• → English: vis, vim

From Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁si, second-person singular present of *wéyh₁ti. This particular form is suppletive, in contrast to the other forms of volō, which derive from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-. (Proto-Italic *wels became a separate word (vel (“or, and/or”), to be specific) in Latin.)

vīs

1. second-person singular present active indicative of volō

The verb nōlle originally had the form nēvīs for the second person singular present indicative active. However, that form was rendered obsolete along with nēvolt and nōltis, rendering it defective; for the second person singular in particular, vīs is used instead with the particle nōn.

• quantusvīs
• sī vīs
• quīvīs

• “vis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "vis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• vis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • there is a storm at sea: mare ventorum vi agitatur et turbatur
    
  • straight on: rectā (viā)
    
  • to wish any one a prosperous journey: aliquem proficiscentem votis ominibusque prosequi (vid. sect. VI. 11, note Prosequi...)
    
  • to be robust, vigorous: bonis esse viribus
    
  • as well as I can; to the best of my ability: pro viribus or pro mea parte
    
  • to burst into a flood of tears: lacrimas, vim lacrimarum effundere, profundere
    
  • to enjoy good health: bona (firma, prospera) valetudine esse or uti (vid. sect. VI. 8., note uti...)
    
  • to lay hands on oneself: manus, vim sibi afferre
    
  • to perform the last offices of affection: supremis officiis aliquem prosequi (vid sect. VI. 11., note Prosequi...)
    
  • to have considerable influence on a question: magnam vim habere ad aliquid
    
  • to be favoured by Fortune; to bask in Fortune's smiles: fortunae favore or prospero flatu fortunae uti (vid. sect. VI. 8., note uti...)
    
  • to wish prosperity to an undertaking: aliquid optimis ominibus prosequi (vid. sect. VI. 11., note Prosequi...)
    
  • to honour, show respect for, a person: aliquem honore afficere, augere, ornare, prosequi (vid. sect. VI. 11., note Prosequi...)
    
  • to strain every nerve, do one's utmost in a matter: omnibus viribusor nervis contendere, ut
    
  • to strain every nerve, do one's utmost in a matter: omni ope atque opera or omni virium contentione eniti, ut
    
  • to strain every nerve, do one's utmost in a matter: pro viribus eniti et laborare, ut
    
  • there seems a prospect of armed violence; things look like violence: res spectat ad vim (arma)
    
  • to express clearly, make a lifelike representation of a thing: exprimere aliquid verbis or oratione (vid. sect. VI. 3, note adumbrare...)
    
  • to possess presence of mind: praesenti animo uti (vid. sect. VI. 8, note uti...)
    
  • to behave with cruelty: crudelitate uti (vid. sect. VI. 8, note uti...)
    
  • to use insulting expressions to any one: contumeliosis vocibus prosequi aliquem (vid. sect. VI. 11, note Prosequi...)
    
  • to use violence against some one: vim adhibere, facere alicui
    
  • to do violence to a person: vim inferre alicui
    
  • to kill with violence: vim et manus afferre alicui (Catil. 1. 8. 21)
    
  • to meet force by force: vim vi depellere
    
  • to meet force by force: vi vim illatam defendere
    
  • to vote (in the popular assembly): suffragium ferre (vid. sect. VI. 4, note Not sententiam...)
    
  • to accuse a person of violence, poisoning: accusare aliquem de vi, de veneficiis
    
  • to procure a very large supply of corn: frumenti vim maximam comparare
    
  • by force of arms: vi et armis
    
  • to force a way, a passage: iter tentare per vim (cf. sect. II. 3)
    
  • to have recourse to force of arms: ad vim et arma descendere (vid. sect. V. 9, note Similarly...)
    
  • to fight hand-to-hand, at close quarters: collatis signis (viribus) pugnare
    
  • (ambiguous) the frost set in so severely that..: tanta vis frigoris insecuta est, ut
    
  • (ambiguous) bodily strength: vires corporis or merely vires
    
  • (ambiguous) to gain strength: vires colligere
    
  • (ambiguous) to lose strength: vires aliquem deficiunt
    
  • (ambiguous) as long as one's strength holds out: dum vires suppetunt
    
  • (ambiguous) to become old and feeble: vires consenescunt
    
  • (ambiguous) vivid, lively imagination: ingenii vis or celeritas
    
  • (ambiguous) what do you mean to do: quid tibi vis?
    
  • (ambiguous) oratorical power: vis dicendi
    
  • (ambiguous) what is the meaning, the original sense of this word: quae est vis huius verbi?
    
  • (ambiguous) the fundamental meaning of a word: vis et notio verbi, vocabuli
    
  • (ambiguous) enthusiasm: ardor, inflammatio animi, incitatio mentis, mentis vis incitatior
    
• “vis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “vis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• “vis”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag
• Dizionario Latino, Olivetti

• Vis medicatrix naturae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

vis (invariable)

1. Used to strengthen denying of the verb

   nav vis ― not at all

   es neiešu vis ― I shall not go

vis

1. very, most (synonym of word pats)

• viz

From Old French vis.

vis m (plural vis)

1. face

• French: vis

vis

1. first-person singular preterite of vaie

From Old Norse víss.

vis (neuter singular vist, definite singular and plural vise, comparative visere, indefinite superlative visest, definite superlative viseste)

1. wise

• visdom

vis

1. imperative of vise

• IPA^(key): /ʋiːs/

From Old Norse víss, from Proto-Germanic *wīsaz. Akin to English wise.

vis (neuter vist, definite singular and plural vise, comparative visare, indefinite superlative visast, definite superlative visaste)

1. wise

   Han er ein vis mann.

   He is a wise man.

From Old Norse vís, from Proto-Germanic *wīsō. Akin to English wise.

vis f or m or n (definite singular visen or visa or viset, indefinite plural visar or viser or vis, definite plural visane or visene or visa)

1. a way, manner

   Synonym: måte

   Dette har vore gjort på ulike vis.

   This has been done in different ways.

   Her gjer med det på dette viset.

   We do it in this manner here.

• The by far most common gender in use is neuter.

vis

1. imperative of visa

• “vis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• siv, svi

Inherited from Latin vīsus m.

vis oblique singular, m (oblique plural vis, nominative singular vis, nominative plural vis)

1. (anatomy) face

   Synonyms: visage m, face f

2. opinion

• ⇒ French: visage m, avis m

• “vis-à-vis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

vis

1. inflection of vif (“alive”):
   1. oblique plural
   2. nominative singular

Inherited from Latin vitis f (“vine”).

vis oblique singular, f (oblique plural viz, nominative singular viz, nominative plural vis)

1. screw

• French: vis f
  • → Catalan: vis
  • → Dutch: vijs f
  • → Vietnamese: vít
• → Irish: bís, vís
• → Middle English: vis, vys
  • English: vise, vice (British English)
    • → Japanese: バイス

From Latin vītis.

• IPA^(key): /vis/

vis f (plural vis)

1. vine

• IPA^(key): /ˈvis/

From Proto-Slavic *vьśь.

vis m

1. all

• vės

This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.

From Proto-Slavic *osь.

vis f

1. axis

g=f

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• Lehr-Spławiński, Tadeusz (1994) Słownik etymołogiczny języka drzewian połabskich. Zeszyt 6. (in Polish), Warszawa: Energia, pages 991-992.

vis

1. masculine/feminine plural of vil

Inherited from Latin vīsum.

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vis n (plural visuri or vise)

1. dream; vision

• visa
• vedea

• вис (vis) (Moldavian spelling)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vysь.

• IPA^(key): /ʋîːs/

vȋs m inan (Cyrillic spelling ви̑с)

1. (expressive, in the literature) height

   dići u vis ― to raise, elevate

   skok u vis ― high jump

2. summit (of a hill)

• “vis”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

• IPA^(key): /viːs/

• Audio:

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From Old Norse víss, from Proto-Germanic *wīsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weydstos (“knowledgeable”).

vis (comparative visare, superlative visast)

1. wise

   en vis man

   a wise man

   gammal och vis

   old and wise

"De tre vise männen (“the three wise men”)" uses an archaic weak masculine plural form vise.

• visdom

• klok

From Old Norse vís, from Proto-Germanic *wīsą. Cognate with Old English wise, archaic English wise.

vis n

1. (usually with på) a way (manner in which something is done or happens)

   Near-synonym: sätt

   Det fungerade inte, så vi får göra på något annat vis

   It didn't work, so we'll have to do it some other way

   Hon gör det på sitt eget lilla vis

   She does it in her own little way

   Det ska inte gå att göra mål på det viset

   It should be impossible to score like that [in that way]

   disco på finskt vis

   disco the Finnish way

   ... på så vis att ...

   ... in such wise that ... [archaic English – "... in such a way that ..."]

• på så vis
• på sätt och vis

• sätt
• -vis

• vis in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vis in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vis in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• Siv

From Middle Dutch visch, from Old Dutch fisc, from Proto-West Germanic *fisk, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.

vis m (plural [please provide])

1. fish