vise

See also: Vise, visé, više, and vise-

English

A bench vise

Alternative forms

  • vice (British English)

Etymology

From Middle English vis, vys, vice (“screw”), from Anglo-Norman vyz, vice, from Old French vis, viz, from Latin vītis (“vine”); probably akin to English withy.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Homophone: vice
  • Rhymes: -aɪs

Noun

vise (plural vises)

  1. (US) An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing.

Translations

References

  • vise in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse vísa.

Adjective

vise

  1. plural and definite singular attributive of vis

Noun

vise c (singular definite visen, plural indefinite viser)

  1. song, ballad, ditty

Declension

Verb

vise (imperative vis, infinitive at vise, present tense viser, past tense viste, perfect tense har vist)

  1. to show
  2. (mathematics) prove
  3. (reflexive) show off

French

Verb

vise

  1. first-person singular present indicative of viser
  2. third-person singular present indicative of viser
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of viser
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of viser
  5. second-person singular imperative of viser

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

vise

  1. first-person singular preterite subjunctive of ver
  2. third-person singular preterite subjunctive of ver

Latin

Participle

vīse

  1. vocative masculine singular of vīsus

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Inflected form of vis.

Adjective

vise

  1. definite singular of vis
  2. plural of vis

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vísa (“a manner of singing”), related to vis.

Noun

vise f, m (definite singular visa or visen, indefinite plural viser, definite plural visene)

  1. Lyrical or epic poem with plain content and plain melody.
    • En strofisk dikt med strofisk melodi såväl litterärt som musikalisk oftast präglad av en viss enkelhet i stilen. Bengt R. Jonsson (Swedish)
      A stanzaic poem with a stanzaic melody both literary and musically usually characterized by to some degree a simplicity of style.
Usage notes

The Scandinavian term vise is less comprehensive than the English song (Norwegian Bokmål sang), the German Lied or the French chanson. The term sang is often citing a collective whereas the vise more commonly refers to an I.

Derived terms
  • folkevise
  • skillingsvise

Verb

vise (imperative vis, present tense viser, passive vises, simple past viste, past participle vist, present participle visende)

  1. to show
    vise fram til vennene våre
    show to our friends
  2. to send someone on their way
    vise noen til en dyktig lege
    send someone to a proficient physician
    vise bort
    turn away
Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

vise

  1. definite of vis
  2. plural of vis

Adjective

vise

  1. neuter singular of visen

Portuguese

Verb

vise

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of visar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of visar
  3. first-person singular imperative of visar
  4. third-person singular imperative of visar

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA(key): [ˈvi.se]

Noun

vise n pl

  1. plural of vis

Synonyms

Spanish

Verb

vise

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of visar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of visar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of visar.
  4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of visar.

Swedish

Adjective

vise

  1. absolute definite natural masculine form of vis.
  2. (dated) absolute plural form of vis.
    de tre vise männen
    the three wise men, the Biblical Magi

Noun

vise c

  1. a queen bee

Declension

Declension of vise 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative vise visen visar visarna
Genitive vises visens visars visarnas
  • visebur
  • visecell
  • visefall
  • visefallen
  • viselös

References

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