vise

See also visé, and više

English

Wikipedia

A bench vise

Alternative forms

• vice (British English)

Etymology

From French vis (“screw, winding stairs”), from Old French vis, viz, from Latin vitis (“vine”); probably akin to English withy.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vaɪs/
• Homophone: vice
• Rhymes: -aɪs

Noun

vise (plural vises)

1. (US) An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing.

Translations

two-jawed instrument for holding work

• Albanian: morsë (sq) f pl
• Catalan: cargol de banc (ca) m
• Czech: svěrák (cs) m
• Danish: skruestik (da) c, skruetvinge (da) c
• Dutch: bankschroef (nl)
• Finnish: ruuvipuristin (fi)
• French: étau (fr) m
• German: Schraubstock (de) m
• Greek: μέγγενη (el) (méngeni) f

• Hungarian: satu (hu)
• Italian: morsa (it) f
• Norwegian: tvinge (no) f and m; skrustikke (no) f and m
• Polish: imadło (pl) n
• Portuguese: torno, morsa (pt) m
• Russian: тиски (ru) (tiski) pl
• Serbo-Croatian: mengele (sh) f pl
• Spanish: torno (es) m
• Swedish: skruvstäd (sv) n

References

• vise in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• vies

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Danish

Adjective

vise

1. definite of vis
2. plural of vis

Etymology

From Old Norse vísa.

Noun

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vise c (singular definite visen, plural indefinite viser)

1. song, ballad, ditty

Inflection

    Inflection of vise

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	vise	visen	viser	viserne
genitive	vises	visens	visers	visernes

Verb

vise (imperative vis, infinitive at vise, present tense viser, past tense viste, past participle har vist)

1. to show

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French

Verb

vise

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

Anagrams

• sévi
• vies

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Galician

Verb

vise

1. first-person singular preterite subjunctive of ver
2. third-person singular preterite subjunctive of ver

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Latin

Participle

vīse

1. vocative masculine singular of vīsus

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Inflected form of vis.

Adjective

vise

1. plural form of vis

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vísa (“a manner of singing”), related to Old Norse vis.

Noun

vise f, m (definite singular visa/visen; indefinite plural viser; definite plural visene)

1. Lyrical or epic poem with plain content and plain melody.
   • En strofisk dikt med strofisk melodi såväl litterärt som musikalisk oftast präglad av en viss enkelhet i stilen. Bengt R. Jonsson (Swedish)

     A stanzaic poem with a stanzaic melody both literary and musically ususally characterized by to some degree a simplicity of style.

Usage notes

The Scandinavian term vise is less comprehensive than the English song (Norwegian Bokmål sang), the German Lied or the French chanson. The term sang is often citing a collective whereas the vise more commonly refers to an I.

Derived terms

• folkevise
• skillingsvise

Related terms

• sang

Verb

vise (present tense viser; past tense viste; past participle vist)

1. to show
2. to send someone on their way

   vise noen til en dyktig lege

   send someone to a proficient physician

   vise bort

   turn away

References

• “vise” in The Bokmål Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

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Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA: ['vi.se]

Noun

vise n pl

1. Plural form of vis

Synonyms

• visuri

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Swedish

Adjective

vise

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of vis.
2. (dated) absolute plural form of vis.

   de tre vise männen

   the three wise men, the Biblical Magi

Noun

vise c

1. a queen bee

Declension

Declension of vise

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vise	visen	visar	visarna
genitive	vises	visens	visars	visarnas

Related terms

• visebur
• visecell
• visefall
• visefallen
• viselös

References

• vise in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)

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Portuguese

Verb

vise

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of visar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of visar
3. first-person singular imperative of visar
4. third-person singular imperative of visar