vis

See also: Vis, vís, viš, víš, -vis, Vis., and вис

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Symbol

vis

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Vishavan.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Vishavan terms

English

 vis on Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɪs/

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Etymology 1

From Latin vīs.

Noun

vis (plural vires)

1. Force; energy; might; power.

Derived terms

• vis absoluta
• vis activa
• vis a tergo
• vis comica
• vis compulsiva
• vis impressa
• vis inertiae
• vis major
• vis medicatrix naturae
• vis mortua
• vis motrix
• vis passiva
• vis vitae
• vis vitalis
• vis viva

Related terms

• vim
• virial

Etymology 2

Noun

vis

1. Abbreviation of viscount.

Etymology 3

From Tamil வீசை (vīcai) and/or Telugu వీసె (vīse).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɪs/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪs

Noun

vis (plural visses)

1. Alternative spelling of viss.

Etymology 4

Alternative forms

• viz

Adjective

vis (not comparable)

1. Clipping of visual.

Verb

vis (third-person singular simple present viss, present participle vising, simple past and past participle vised)

1. Clipping of visualize.

Noun

vis (plural vises)

1. Clipping of visualization.
2. Clipping of visual.
3. Clipping of visibility.

Derived terms

• hi-vis
• pre-vis

Anagrams

• ISV, IVs, SIV

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch vis, from Middle Dutch visch, from Old Dutch fisc, from Proto-West Germanic *fisk, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fəs/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

vis (plural visse, diminutive vissie)

1. fish (aquatic organism)
   • 1998, Trompies, “Kom Push”, in Shosholoza:

     Ons gaan die vis vang

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (collective) fish (multiple fish collectively)

Related terms

• visser