viser

Danish

Noun

viser c (singular definite viseren, plural indefinite visere)

pointer, hand

Inflection

Declension of viser

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	viser	viseren	visere	viserne
genitive	visers	viserens	viseres	visernes

Noun

viser c

(deprecated template usage) indefinite plural of vise

Verb

viser

(deprecated template usage) present of vise

French

Etymology 1

From Middle French viser, from Old French viser, from Late Latin vīsāre, from Latin vīsere, present active infinitive of vīsō, intensive of videō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vi.ze/
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Verb

viser

to aim at, target
des mesures visant à réduire la fréquence et la gravité des accidents de la route ― measures aiming to reduce the frequency and gravity of road accidents

Conjugation

Conjugation of viser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	viser
present participle or gerund¹	simple	visant /vi.zɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		visé /vi.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	vise /viz/	vises /viz/	vise /viz/	visons /vi.zɔ̃/	visez /vi.ze/	visent /viz/
	imperfect	visais /vi.zɛ/	visais /vi.zɛ/	visait /vi.zɛ/	visions /vi.zjɔ̃/	visiez /vi.zje/	visaient /vi.zɛ/
	past historic²	visai /vi.ze/	visas /vi.za/	visa /vi.za/	visâmes /vi.zam/	visâtes /vi.zat/	visèrent /vi.zɛʁ/
	future	viserai /viz.ʁe/	viseras /viz.ʁa/	visera /viz.ʁa/	viserons /viz.ʁɔ̃/	viserez /viz.ʁe/	viseront /viz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	viserais /viz.ʁɛ/	viserais /viz.ʁɛ/	viserait /viz.ʁɛ/	viserions /vi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	viseriez /vi.zə.ʁje/	viseraient /viz.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior²	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	vise /viz/	vises /viz/	vise /viz/	visions /vi.zjɔ̃/	visiez /vi.zje/	visent /viz/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	visasse /vi.zas/	visasses /vi.zas/	visât /vi.za/	visassions /vi.za.sjɔ̃/	visassiez /vi.za.sje/	visassent /vi.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	vise /viz/	—	visons /vi.zɔ̃/	visez /vi.ze/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
¹ The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
² In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Portuguese: visar

Etymology 2

From visa.

Verb

viser

to issue with a visa

Anagrams

ivres, revis, rives, rivés, servi, sévir, vires, virés

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French viser, from Vulgar Latin *visāre, from Latin visere, present active infinitive of visō, intensive of videō.

Verb

viser

to aim at, to target

Conjugation

Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of viser

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	viser
present participle¹ or gerund²	simple	visant
present participle¹ or gerund²	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		visé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	vise	vises	vise	visons	visez	visent
	imperfect	visois, visoys	visois, visoys	visoit, visoyt	visions, visyons	visiez, visyez	visoient, visoyent
	past historic	visa	visas	visa	visasmes	visastes	viserent
	future	viserai, viseray	viseras	visera	viserons	viserez	viseront
	conditional	viserois, viseroys	viserois, viseroys	viseroit, viseroyt	viserions, viseryons	viseriez, viseryez	viseroient, viseroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	vise	vises	vise	visons	visez	visent
(simple tenses)	imperfect	visasse	visasses	visast	visassions	visassiez	visassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	vise	—	visons	visez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
¹ The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
² The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

French: viser

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