visir

See also: vísir and visír

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French vizir, from Ottoman Turkish وزیر (vezir), from Arabic وَزِير (wazīr, “helper, aide, minister”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [biˈzir]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [viˈzir]

Noun

visir m (plural visirs)

1. vizier

Italian

Alternative forms

• visire, visirre

Etymology

From Arabic وَزِير (wazīr, “helper, aide, minister”).

Noun

visir m (invariable)

1. vizier

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French visière or Italian visiera through German Visier. Derived from Old French vis (“face”).

Noun

visir n (definite singular visiret, indefinite plural visir or visirer, definite plural visira or visirene)

1. a visor

References

• “visir” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French visière or Italian visiera through German Visier. Derived from Old French vis (“face”).

Noun

visir n (definite singular visiret, indefinite plural visir, definite plural visira)

1. a visor

Etymology 2

Noun

visir f

1. (Midlandsnormalen) indefinite plural of vis

References

• “visir” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• rivis

Spanish

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic وزير (wazír), from Arabic وَزِير (wazīr, “minister”). Compare alguacil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈsiɾ/ [biˈsiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: vi‧sir

Noun

visir m (plural visires)

1. vizier

Derived terms

• gran visir

 

See also

• alguacil

Further reading

• “visir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɪˈsiːr/
• Hyphenation: vi‧sir
• Rhymes: -iːr

Noun

visir n

1. a visor

Declension

Declension of visir

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	visir	visirs
	definite	visiret	visirets
plural	indefinite	visir	visirs
	definite	visiren	visirens