visir

Borrowed from French vizir, from Ottoman Turkish وزیر (vezir), from Arabic وَزِير (wazīr, “helper, aide, minister”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [biˈzir]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [viˈzir]

visir m (plural visirs)

1. vizier

• visire, visirre

From Arabic وَزِير (wazīr, “helper, aide, minister”).

visir m (invariable)

1. vizier

Borrowed from Old French visière or Italian visiera through German Visier. Derived from Old French vis (“face”).^[1]

visir n (definite singular visiret, indefinite plural visir or visirer, definite plural visira or visirene)

1. a visor

• “visir” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Borrowed from Old French visière or Italian visiera through German Visier. Derived from Old French vis (“face”).^[1]

visir n (definite singular visiret, indefinite plural visir, definite plural visira)

1. a visor

visir f

1. (Midlandsnormalen) indefinite plural of vis

• “visir” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• rivis

From Andalusian Arabic وزير (wazír), from Arabic وَزِير (wazīr, “minister”). Compare alguacil.

• IPA^(key): /biˈsiɾ/ [biˈsiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: vi‧sir

visir m (plural visires)

1. vizier

• alguacil

• “visir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

• IPA^(key): /vɪˈsiːr/
• Hyphenation: vi‧sir
• Rhymes: -iːr

visir n

1. a visor