visse

See also: Visse and vissé

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfə.sə/

Noun

visse

1. plural of vis

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vise.

Noun

visse

1. (botany) broom, shrub in the genus genista

Etymology 2

Adjective

visse

1. definite of vis
2. plural of vis

Dutch

Etymology 1

Verb

visse

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of vissen

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch visse (“polecat”), borrowed via Old French from Latin vissio (“weasel”) (see French vison (“mink”)). Cognate to English fitchew, English fitch and English fitchet.

(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

visse f (plural vissen, diminutive vissetje n or visseke n)

1. (Southern, dialectal) European polecat, Mustela putorius.
   • 1907, Vlaanderen: algemeen Vlaamsch maandschrift, volume V, 486:

     't Zal een ratte zijn of een visse, gromde hij.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1938, Biekorf, volumes 44, 113:

     Bij 't speuren van een konijnenpijpe was daar een visse uitgesprongen

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

• bunzing
• stinkmarter

Further reading

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “visse”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

visse

1. inflection of visser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative
2. first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of voir

Anagrams

• sévis, vises, visés

Galician

Verb

visse

1. (reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ver

Italian

Verb

visse

1. third-person singular past historic of vivere

Anagrams

• vessi

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

visse

1. definite singular of viss
2. plural of viss

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vissa.

Noun

visse f (definite singular vissa, indefinite plural visser, definite plural vissene)

1. certainty

Etymology 2

From viss (“certain”) +‎ -e.

Verb

visse (present tense vissar, past tense vissa, past participle vissa, passive infinitive vissast, present participle vissande, imperative visse/viss)

1. (transitive) to assure

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

visse

1. inflection of viss:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

• vissent

Adjective

visse

1. neuter singular of vissen

References

• “visse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• sveis

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.si/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.si/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.se/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.sɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.sɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.sɨ/

Verb

visse

1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ver

Swedish

Adjective

visse

1. definite natural masculine singular of viss

Anagrams

• vi ses, vises