vist

Catalan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *visitus, from Latin visus. Compare Italian and Spanish visto.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈvist/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈbist/

Participle

vist (feminine vista, masculine plural vists or vistos, feminine plural vistes)

1. past participle of veure

Danish

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋesd̥]
• Homophones: vidst, whist

Adjective

vist ("certain")

1. neuter singular of vis

Adverb

vist

1. I think
2. I suppose
3. probably, no doubt

Synonyms

• antagelig
• formentlig
• vistnok

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋiˀsd̥]

Adjective

vist ("wise")

1. neuter singular of vis

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋiˀsd̥]

Verb

vist

1. past participle of vise

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɪst

Verb

vist

1. inflection of vissen:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. (archaic) plural imperative

Estonian

Etymology 1

Adverb

vist (not comparable)

1. probably, possibly

Etymology 2

From German Whist, from English whist.

Noun

vist (genitive visti, partitive visti)

1. whist (card game)

Declension

Declension of vist (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	vist	vistid
accusative	visti	vistid
genitive	visti	vistide
partitive	visti	viste vistisid
illative	visti vistisse	vistidesse vistesse
inessive	vistis	vistides vistes
elative	vistist	vistidest vistest
allative	vistile	vistidele vistele
adessive	vistil	vistidel vistel
ablative	vistilt	vistidelt vistelt
translative	vistiks	vistideks visteks
terminative	vistini	vistideni
essive	vistina	vistidena
abessive	vistita	vistideta
comitative	vistiga	vistidega

Faroese

Etymology

From English whist.

Noun

vist f (genitive singular vistar, uncountable)

1. (card games) whist

Declension

Declension of vist (singular only)
f2s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	vist	vistin
accusative	vist	vistina
dative	vist	vistini
genitive	vistar	vistarinnar

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɪst/
• Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

vist f (genitive singular vistar, nominative plural vistir)

1. stay

   Synonyms: dvöl, vera

2. abode

Declension

declension of vist

f-s2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vist	vistin	vistir	vistirnar
accusative	vist	vistina	vistir	vistirnar
dative	vist	vistinni	vistum	vistunum
genitive	vistar	vistarinnar	vista	vistanna

Derived terms

• vistfræði (“ecology”)

Middle High German

Verb

vist

1. To fist (to fart quietly).

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

vist

1. neuter singular of vis

Verb

vist

1. past participle of vise

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

vist

1. neuter singular of vis

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wistiz (“food; stay”), from *wesaną (“to be”) +‎ *-þiz and *wesaną (“to graze”) +‎ *-þiz. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (“to dwell”) and Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to graze”) respectively.

Noun

vist f

1. a stay

   hann fór til vistar til Hlíðarenda

   he went to stay at Hlíðarenda

   hann var vistum með fǫður sínum

   he stayed with his father

2. an abode
3. food, provisions

   ønga vista þarf hann

   he requires no food

   Hrapp þraut vistir í hafi

   Hrapp ran short of provisions at sea

Declension

  Declension of vist (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vist	vistin	vistir	vistirnar
accusative	vist	vistina	vistir	vistirnar
dative	vist	vistinni	vistum	vistunum
genitive	vistar	vistarinnar	vista	vistanna

Derived terms

• vista (“to lodge”)
• vistabyrðingr m (“store-ship”)
• vistafang n (“provisions, stores”)
• vistafar n (“domicile”)
• vistaferli n (“domicile”)
• vistafátt (“running short of provisions”)
• vistafæð f (“lack of provisions”)
• vistagjald n (“contribution in food”)
• vistagnótt (“plenty of provisions”)
• vistalauss (“without provisions”)
• vistaleysi n (“lack of provisions”)
• vistamalr m (“provision-bag”)
• vistarfar n (“domicile”)
• vistargørð f (“fare”)
• vistarlaun n pl (“board-wages”)
• vistarmaðr m (“lodger”)
• vistartaka f (“foraging”)
• vistartekja f (“sojourning, boarding”)
• vistarveizla f (“boarding or housing of a person”)
• vistarvera f (“sojourn”)
• vistaskip n (“provision-ship”)
• vistaskortr m (“want of provisions”)
• vistfang n (“provisions”)
• vistfastr (“having a fixed abode”)
• vistlauss (“homeless”)

 

References

• “vist”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Swedish

Verb

vist

1. past participle of vita

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English whist or French whist.

Noun

vist n (uncountable)

1. whist

Declension

declension of vist (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) vist	vistul
genitive/dative	(unui) vist	vistului
vocative	vistule

Swedish

Adjective

vist

1. indefinite neuter singular of vis

Anagrams

• svit, vits

Zazaki

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Iranian *HwiHcati.

Noun

vist

1. twenty