vis
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Latin
[edit] Noun
vis (pl. vires)
- Force; power.
[edit] Initialism
vis.
- viscount
[edit] Anagrams
[edit] Afrikaans
[edit] Noun
vis
[edit] Danish
[edit] Noun
vis c.
[edit] Adjective
vis (neuter vist, definite and plural vise, comparative visere, superlative visest)
[edit] Adjective
vis (neuter vist, definite and plural visse)
[edit] Verb
vis
- Imperative of vise.
[edit] Dutch
[edit] Noun
vis m. (plural: vissen, diminutive visje)
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Verb
vis
[edit] French
[edit] Etymology 1
Old French viz, from Latin vitis (“‘vine’”).
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
vis f. (plural vis)
- screw (metal fastener)
[edit] Etymology 2
Inflected forms.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /vi/
[edit] Verb
vis
- First-person singular indicative present form of vivre.
- Second-person singular indicative present form of vivre.
- Second-person singular imperative present form of vivre.
- First-person singular indicative past historic form of voir.
- Je le vis.
- I saw him.
- Je le vis.
- Second-person singular indicative past historic form of voir.
- Tu la vis.
- You saw her.
- Tu la vis.
[edit] Latin
[edit] Etymology 1
From volō (“‘wish’”).
[edit] Verb
vīs
- second-person singular present active indicative of volō.
[edit] Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-European *weyǝ- (“power”).
[edit] Noun
vīs (genitive vīs); f, third declension
- force, power
- violence
- Ad vim atque ad arma confugere.
- To fly to violence and fighting.
- Ad vim atque ad arma confugere.
[edit] Usage notes
- The plural forms of this noun are often treated as a separate plurale tantum noun.
[edit] Inflection
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vīs | vīrēs |
| genitive | - | vīrium |
| dative | - | vīribus |
| accusative | vim | vīrēs |
| ablative | vī | vīribus |
| vocative | vīs | vīrēs |
[edit] Norwegian
[edit] Adjective
vis (masculine vis; feminine vis; neuter vist; plural vise; comparative visere; superlative visest)
[edit] Verb
vis
- Imperative of vise
[edit] Romanian
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
vis n. (plural visuri or vise)
[edit] Declension
declension of vis
declension of vis
[edit] See also
- вис (Moldavian spelling)
[edit] Swedish
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Adjective
| Inflections of vis |
Absolute | Comparative | Superlative | ||
| Attributive | Predicative | ||||
| Indefinite singular |
Common | vis | visare | visast | |
| Neuter | vist | ||||
| Definite singular |
Masc. | vise | visaste | ||
| All | visa | visaste | |||
| Plural | visa | visaste | |||
vis
[edit] Noun
vis
| Inflection for vis | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neuter | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite |
| Nominative | vis | viset | vis | visen |
| Genitive | vis | visets | vis | visens |
- way; manner in which something is done or happens
[edit] Synonyms
Categories: Danish nouns | Danish adjectives | Danish verb forms | Dutch nouns | Dutch verb forms | nl:Fish | fr:Old French derivations | fr:Latin derivations | French nouns | French feminine nouns | French plurals | French verb forms | Latin verb forms | la:Proto-Indo-European derivations | Latin nouns | Norwegian adjectives | Norwegian verb forms | ro:Latin derivations | Romanian nouns | ro:Thinking | Swedish adjectives | Swedish nouns