viser

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Danish

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Noun

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viser c (singular definite viseren, plural indefinite visere)

  1. pointer, hand

Inflection

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Noun

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viser c

  1. indefinite plural of vise

Verb

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viser

  1. present of vise

French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /vi.ze/
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Middle French viser, from Old French viser, from Late Latin vīsāre, from Latin vīsere, intensive of videō. Compare voir.

Verb

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viser

  1. to aim, to target
    une loi qui vise à améliorer la situation
    a law which aims to improve the situation
    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
    • 2009 September 5, “Pakistan : 43 militants islamiques tués”, in Le Figaro[1]:
      L’offensive pakistanaise, appuyée par des hélicoptères et de l’artillerie, visait un quartier-général du Lashkar-e-Islam (Armée de l’Islam) dans la vallée de Tirrah, a précisé à l’AFP un responsable de sécurité à Peshawar.
      A security officer at Peshawar specified to AFP that the Pakistani offensive, supported by helicopters and artillery, targeted a Lashkar-e-Islam (Army of Islam) headquarters in the Tirrah Valley.
  2. (colloquial) to watch, to stare
    Synonym: regarder
Conjugation
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Portuguese: visar

Etymology 2

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From visa +‎ -er.

Verb

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viser

  1. to issue with a visa
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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Middle French

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Etymology

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

Verb

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viser

  1. to aim at, to target

Conjugation

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

Descendants

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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viser m or f

  1. indefinite plural of vise

Etymology 2

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Derived from the verb vise.

Noun

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viser m (definite singular viseren, indefinite plural visere, definite plural viserne)

  1. a hand (on a clock or watch)
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See also

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Etymology 3

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Verb

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viser

  1. present tense of vise

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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  • Visor, visor, visur (weak noun, obsolete and archaic spellings)
  • Viser, visir (strong noun, obsolete spellings, both feminine)
    • vis (neuter plural)
    • visar (masculine plural)

Noun

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viser f

  1. (weak) indefinite plural of vise
  2. (strong) indefinite plural feminine of vis

Verb

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viser

  1. present of visa

Anagrams

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Old French

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Alternative forms

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  • visiere (alternative form or synonym)

Noun

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viser oblique singularm (oblique plural visers, nominative singular visers, nominative plural viser)

  1. (Anglo-Norman) visor

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