Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word vis. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in vis.
Definitions and meaning of vis
vis
Etymology 1
From Latinvis.
Noun
vis (pluralvires)
Force; energy; might; power.
Derived terms
Related terms
vim
virial
Etymology 2
Noun
vis
Abbreviation of viscount.
Etymology 3
From Tamilவீசை(vīcai) and/or Teluguవీసె(vīse)
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /vɪs/
Noun
vis (pluralvisses)
Alternative spelling of viss
Anagrams
ISV, IVs, SIV
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutchvis, from Middle Dutchvisch, from Old Dutchfisc, from Proto-West Germanic*fisk, from Proto-Germanic*fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European*pisḱ-.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /fəs/
Noun
vis (pluralvisse, diminutivevissie)
fish (aquatic organism)
(collective) fish (multiple fish collectively)
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian*uitśi-(ā), from Proto-Indo-European*weyḱ-(“house, settlement”). Cognate to Sanskritविश्(víś, “settlement, community, tribe”), Ancient Greekοἰκία(oikía, “house”), Latinvicus(“village”).
From Old Norsevís (in ǫðru vís(i) "otherwise"), from Proto-Germanic*wīsō, *wīsǭ(“manner”). Cognate with Norwegianvis, Swedishvis, Englishwise, Dutchwijze and GermanWeise. Another variant of the same word is Danishvise(“song”), Swedishvisa, from Old Norsevísa.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈʋiːˀs]
Rhymes: -iːˀs
Noun
visc
manner, way
Derived terms
-vis
References
“vis,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2
From Old Norsevíss, from Proto-Germanic*wīsaz(“wise”). Cognates include Norwegianvis, Swedishvis, Englishwise, and Germanweise.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈʋiˀs]
Rhymes: -iːˀs
Adjective
vis
wise
Inflection
References
“vis,3” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 3
From Old Norseviss, from Proto-Germanic*gawissaz, cognates with Norwegianviss, Swedishviss, Germangewiss.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈʋes]
Rhymes: -es
Adjective
vis (neutervist, plural and definite singular attributivevisse)
sure, certain
certain, a
References
“vis,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈʋiˀs]
Rhymes: -iːˀs
Verb
vis
imperative of vise
Dutch
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /vɪs/
Hyphenation: vis
Rhymes: -ɪs
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutchvisch, from Old Dutchfisc, from Proto-West Germanic*fisk, from Proto-Germanic*fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European*pisḱ-.
Noun
vism (pluralvissen, diminutivevisjen)
fish (aquatic organism)
(collective) fish (multiple fish collectively)
Alternative forms
(before 1934)visch
Derived terms
Descendants
Afrikaans: vis
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
vis
first-person singular present indicative of vissen
imperative of vissen
French
Etymology 1
From Old Frenchviz, from Latinvītis(“vine”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /vis/
Homophones: visse, visses, vissent
Noun
visf (pluralvis)
screw (metal fastener)
Derived terms
dévisser
serrer la vis
tournevis
visser
Etymology 2
See vivre.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /vi/
Homophones: vit, vie, vies
Verb
vis
inflection of vivre:
first/second-person singular present indicative
second-person singular present imperative
Etymology 3
See voir.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /vi/
Homophones: vit, vie, vies
Verb
vis
first/second-person singular past historic of voir
Further reading
“vis” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Pronunciation
(Classical) IPA(key): /wiːs/, [wiːs̠]
(Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /vis/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Italic*wīs, from Proto-Indo-European*wéyh₁s(“force, vehemence”), from *weyh₁-(“to rush”). Cognate with Ancient Greekἴς(ís, “strength”). See also via, invītus, invītō, Ancient Greek οἶμος(oîmos).
Noun
vīsf (irregular, genitive*vīs); third declension
force, power, strength, vigor, faculty, potency
(in the plural) strength, might (physical)
violence, assault
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The plural forms of this noun are often treated as a separate plurale tantum noun. Genitive and dative are replaced with the ones of robur (roboris, robori)
Declension
Third-declension noun (irregular, defective).
Derived terms
vindex
violēns/ violentus
violō
Descendants
English: vis, vim
Etymology 2
From volō(“wish”).
Verb
vīs
second-person singular present active indicative of volō
Derived terms
quantusvīs
sī vīs
References
vis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
vis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
vis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
vis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
vis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
vis in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
vis in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag
Further reading
Vis medicatrix naturae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Latvian
Particle
vis(invariable)
Used to strengthen denying of the verb
Adverb
vis
very, most (synonym of word pats)
Middle French
Alternative forms
viz
Etymology
From Old Frenchvis.
Noun
vism (pluralvis)
face
Descendants
French: vis
Norman
Verb
vis
first-person singular preterite of vaie
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norsevíss
Adjective
vis (neuter singularvist, definite singular and pluralvise, comparativevisere, indefinite superlativevisest, definite superlativeviseste)
wise
Derived terms
visdom
Etymology 2
Verb
vis
imperative of vise
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ʋiːs/
Etymology 1
From Old Norsevíss. Akin to Englishwise.
Adjective
vis (masculine and femininevis, neutervist, definite singular and pluralvise, comparativevisare, indefinite superlativevisast, definite superlativevisaste)
wise
Han er ein vis mann.
He is a wise man.
Etymology 2
From Old Norsevís. Akin to Englishwise.
Noun
visf or m or n (definite singularvisenorvisaorviset, indefinite pluralvisarorviserorvis, definite pluralvisaneorviseneorvisa) vism or f or n (definite singularvisenorvisaorviset, indefinite pluralvisarorviserorvis, definite pluralvisaneorviseneorvisa)