vies

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See also: vieš and viés

English

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Verb

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vies

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of vie

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Catalan

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Noun

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vies

  1. plural of via

Dutch

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Etymology

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From earlier vijs, of uncertain origin. Cognate with German fies.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -is
  • IPA(key): /vis/
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Adjective

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vies (comparative viezer, superlative meest vies or viest)

  1. dirty (not clean)
    Synonym: smerig
    Al die vieze potten en pannen hier, bah!All those dirty pots and pans here, bleh!
  2. (figurative) dirty, also in a sexual sense
    Synonym: vuil
    Wat een vieze kerel!What a dirty guy!
  3. bad-tasting, disgusting
    Synonym: onsmakelijk
    Dit is een vies gerecht!This dish tastes bad!
  4. (predicative, with van) disgusted by, not liking or shunning something
    Ik ben vies van kaas.I don't like cheese.

Declension

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Declension of vies
uninflected vies
inflected vieze
comparative viezer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial vies viezer het viest
het vieste
indefinite m./f. sing. vieze viezere vieste
n. sing. vies viezer vieste
plural vieze viezere vieste
definite vieze viezere vieste
partitive vies viezers

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Berbice Creole Dutch: fisi
  • Javindo: fies
  • Negerhollands: vies
  • Petjo: vies
  • Papiamentu: fis

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Franco-Provençal

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Noun

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vies

  1. plural of via

French

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vies f

  1. plural of vie

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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(Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈu̯i.eːs/, [ˈu̯ieːs̠]

Verb

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viēs

  1. second-person singular present active indicative of vieō