vide

English

Etymology 1

Aphæretic form of divide by aphesis.

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: vīd, IPA: /vaɪd/, SAMPA: /vaId/

Verb

vide (third-person singular simple present vides, present participle viding, simple past and past participle vided)

1. (US, black English) divide (separate into parts, cleave asunder)

Verb

vide! (plural imperative verb; no conjugation)

1. (Parliamentary jargon) Divide! (ordering the members of a legislative assembly to divide into two groups (the ayes and the nays) for the counting of the members’ votes)

Etymology 2

From Latin vidē (“see!”), second-person singular present active imperative form of videō (“I see”).

Alternative forms

v. (uncommon, abbreviation)

vid. (abbreviation)

vidê

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: vīʹdĭ, vĭʹdā, vēʹdā, IPA: /ˈvaɪdɪ/, /ˈvɪdeɪ/, /ˈviːdeɪ/, SAMPA: /"vaIdI/, /"vIdeI/, /"vi:deI/

  or as in post-Classical Latin

Verb

vide (singular imperative verb; plural videte)

1. See; consult; refer to! A remark directing the reader to look to the specified place for epexegesis.
   • 1968, report of the royal commission on Pilotage, part 2, Study of Canadian pilotage: Pacific coast and Churchill, page 353:

     (For comments, vide page 151).

Usage notes

Grammatically, this is the singular form, used to address one person. It is sometimes used invariantly to address more than one person, but a plural form also exists for this, videte.

Anagrams

• Devi
• dive
• I'd've
• vied

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Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vita (“to know”), from Proto-Germanic *witanan, from Proto-Indo-European *woidh₂e, originally a perfect form of *weyd- (“see”).

Verb

vide (imperative vid, infinitive at vide, present tense ved, past tense vidste, past participle har vidst)

1. know (be certain or sure about (something))

Etymology 2

From Old Norse víða (“widen”), verbalization of víðr (“wide”), from Proto-Germanic *wīdaz.

Verb

vide (imperative vid, infinitive at vide, present tense vider, past tense videde, past participle har videt)

1. widen

Etymology 3

See vid.

Adjective

vide

1. definite of vid
2. plural of vid

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Esperanto

Adverb

vide

1. visually, by sight

Related terms

• vida (“visual”)
• vidi (“to see”)
• vido (“sight, vision”)

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French

Etymology

From Old French vuit, from Vulgar Latin *vocitus, related to vocuus, from Latin vacuus, from vacō. Cf. also *vocivus, from vacivus. Compare Italian vuoto, Spanish vacío.

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

• IPA: /vid/, SAMPA: /vid/

Adjective

vide m. (f. vide, m. plural vides, f. plural vides)

1. empty
2. blank (page, tape)
3. vacant; unfurnished (apartment)

Noun

vide m. (plural vides)

1. (empty) space
2. vacuum, void

   L'appel du vide.

   Call of the void.

3. emptiness
4. gap

Related terms

• vider

Verb

vide

1. first-person singular present indicative of vider
2. third-person singular present indicative of vider
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of vider
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of vider
5. second-person singular imperative of vider

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Galician

Noun

vide f. (plural vides)

1. grapevine

Verb

vide

1. second-person plural imperative of vir

Alternative forms

• vinde

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Interlingua

Verb

vide

1. present of vider
2. imperative of vider

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Italian

Verb form

vide

1. third-person singular past historic of vedere

Anagrams

• devi, dive, vedi

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈwideː/, SAMPA: /"wide:/
• (post-Classical) IPA: /ˈvideː/, SAMPA: /"vide:/

Verb

vidē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of videō
   1. "see thou, perceive thou; look thou (at)"
   2. "observe thou, note thou"
   3. "understand thou, perceive thou, comprehend thou"
   4. "look thou (at), consider thou, reflect thou (upon)"
   5. "look thou out for, see thou to, care thou for, provide thou, make thou sure"

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Swedish

Adjective

vide

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of vid.

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Venetian

Noun

vide f.

1. Plural form of vida.