divisa

See also: divisá

Catalan

Alternative forms

• devisa (dated)

Etymology

From Latin dīvīsa, probably via French devise.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /diˈvi.zə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /diˈbi.zə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /diˈvi.za/

Noun

divisa f (plural divises)

1. badge, emblem, token
2. foreign currency, foreign exchange

Further reading

• “divisa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “divisa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “divisa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “divisa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.vi.za/

Verb

divisa

1. third-person singular past historic of diviser

Anagrams

• vidais

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˈvi.za/
• Rhymes: -iza
• Hyphenation: di‧vì‧sa

Etymology 1

From dividere, influenced by French devise.

Noun

divisa f (plural divise)

1. uniform

   Synonym: uniforme

2. livery

   Synonyms: livrea, tenuta

3. (economics) currency
4. (heraldry) badge, emblem, token

   Synonyms: insegna, emblema, impresa

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

divisa f sg

1. feminine singular of diviso

Participle

divisa f sg

1. feminine singular of diviso

Further reading

• divisa in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• divisa in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• divisa in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• divisa in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• divisa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• disvia

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Latin

Pronunciation

• dīvīsa: (Classical) IPA^(key): /diːˈu̯iː.sa/, [d̪iːˈu̯iːs̠ä]
• dīvīsa: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /diˈvi.sa/, [d̪iˈviːs̬ä]
• dīvīsā: (Classical) IPA^(key): /diːˈu̯iː.saː/, [d̪iːˈu̯iːs̠äː]
• dīvīsā: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /diˈvi.sa/, [d̪iˈviːs̬ä]

Participle

dīvīsa

1. inflection of dīvīsus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

dīvīsā

1. ablative feminine singular of dīvīsus

References

• divisa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈvi.zɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈvi.zɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈvi.za/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /diˈvi.zɐ/

• Hyphenation: di‧vi‧sa

Etymology 1

From diviso, on the model of French devise.

Noun

divisa f (plural divisas)

1. border between regions
2. (heraldry) motto

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

divisa

1. inflection of divisar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

divisa

1. feminine singular of diviso

Further reading

• “divisa” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “divisa” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “divisa” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “divisa” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
• “divisa” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “divisa” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˈbisa/ [d̪iˈβ̞i.sa]
• Rhymes: -isa
• Hyphenation: di‧vi‧sa

Etymology 1

From divisar.

Noun

divisa f (plural divisas)

1. (finance) foreign currency
2. badge, emblem, token
3. (heraldry) motto

   Synonym: lema

Derived terms

• mercado de divisas

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

divisa

1. inflection of divisar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “divisa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014