vise

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 References 1.5 Anagrams 2 Danish 2.1 Adjective 2.2 Etymology 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Inflection 2.4 Verb 3 French 3.1 Verb 3.2 Anagrams 4 Galician 4.1 Verb 5 Norwegian 5.1 Etymology 1 5.1.1 Adjective 5.2 Etymology 2 5.2.1 Noun 5.2.1.1 Usage notes 5.2.1.2 Derived terms 5.2.1.3 Related terms 5.2.2 Verb 5.2.2.1 References 6 Romanian 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Noun 6.2.1 Synonyms

[edit] English

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[edit] Alternative spellings

• vice (Commonwealth English)

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] Translations

[edit] References

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

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of eisv
• vies

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Adjective

vise

1. Definite of vis.
2. Plural of vis.

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse vísa.

[edit] Noun

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vise c. (singular definite visen, plural indefinite viser)

1. song, ballad, ditty

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[edit] Verb

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

1. to show

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[edit] French

[edit] 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.

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of eisv
• sévi
• vies

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[edit] Galician

[edit] Verb

vise

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

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Etymology 1

Inflected form of vis.

[edit] Adjective

vise

1. Plural form of vis.

[edit] Etymology 2

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

[edit] Noun

vise m. and f. (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.

[edit] Usage notes

The Scandinavian term vise is less comprehensive than the English song (Norwegian 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.

[edit] Derived terms

• folkevise
• skillingsvise

[edit] Related terms

• sang

[edit] Verb

vise (present tense viser; past tense viste; past participle vist; present participle visende; imperative vis)

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

[edit] References

• “vise” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: ['vi.se] ^{help, file}

[edit] Noun

vise n. pl.

1. Plural form of vis. dreams

[edit] Synonyms

• visuri