vist

Catalan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *visitus, from Latin visus. Compare Italian and Spanish visto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbist]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈvist]

Participle

vist (feminine vista, masculine plural vists or vistos, feminine plural vistes)

1. past participle of veure
2. past participle of veure's

Danish

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋesd̥]
• Homophones: vidst, whist

Adjective

vist ("certain")

1. neuter singular of vis

Adverb

vist

1. I think
2. I suppose
3. probably, no doubt

Synonyms

• antagelig
• formentlig
• vistnok

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋiˀsd̥]

Adjective

vist ("wise")

1. neuter singular of vis

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋiˀsd̥]

Verb

vist

1. past participle of vise

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪst

Verb

vist

1. inflection of vissen:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. (archaic) plural imperative

Estonian

Etymology 1

Adverb

vist (not comparable)

1. probably, possibly

Etymology 2

From German Whist, from English whist.

Noun

vist (genitive visti, partitive visti)

1. whist (card game)

Declension

Declension of vist (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		vist	vistid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	visti
genitive			vistide
partitive		visti	viste vistisid
illative		visti vistisse	vistidesse vistesse
inessive		vistis	vistides vistes
elative		vistist	vistidest vistest
allative		vistile	vistidele vistele
adessive		vistil	vistidel vistel
ablative		vistilt	vistidelt vistelt
translative		vistiks	vistideks visteks
terminative		vistini	vistideni
essive		vistina	vistidena
abessive		vistita	vistideta
comitative		vistiga	vistidega

Faroese

Etymology

From English whist.

Noun

vist f (genitive singular vistar, uncountable)

1. (card games) whist

Declension

f2s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	vist	vistin
accusative	vist	vistina
dative	vist	vistini
genitive	vistar	vistarinnar

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɪst/
• Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

vist f (genitive singular vistar, nominative plural vistir)

1. stay

   Synonyms: dvöl, vera

2. abode
3. (plural only) provisions, foodstuffs

Declension

Declension of vist (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vist	vistin	vistir	vistirnar
accusative	vist	vistina	vistir	vistirnar
dative	vist	vistinni	vistum	vistunum
genitive	vistar	vistarinnar	vista	vistanna

Derived terms

• vistfræði (“ecology”)
• vistkerfi (“ecosystem”)

 

References

• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2024), “vist”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
• Mörður Árnason (2019) ““vist””, in Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

vist

1. neuter singular of vis

Verb

vist

1. past participle of vise

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

vist

1. neuter singular of vis

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wistiz (“food; stay”), from *wesaną (“to be”) +‎ *-þiz and *wesaną (“to graze”) +‎ *-þiz. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (“to dwell”) and Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to graze”) respectively.

Noun

vist f

1. a stay

   hann fór til vistar til Hlíðarenda

   he went to stay at Hlíðarenda

   hann var vistum með fǫður sínum

   he stayed with his father

2. an abode
3. food, provisions

   ønga vista þarf hann

   he requires no food

   Hrapp þraut vistir í hafi

   Hrapp ran short of provisions at sea

Declension

  Declension of vist (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vist	vistin	vistir	vistirnar
accusative	vist	vistina	vistir	vistirnar
dative	vist	vistinni	vistum	vistunum
genitive	vistar	vistarinnar	vista	vistanna

Derived terms

• vista (“to lodge”)
• vistabyrðingr m (“store-ship”)
• vistafang n (“provisions, stores”)
• vistafar n (“domicile”)
• vistaferli n (“domicile”)
• vistafátt (“running short of provisions”)
• vistafæð f (“lack of provisions”)
• vistagjald n (“contribution in food”)
• vistagnótt (“plenty of provisions”)
• vistalauss (“without provisions”)
• vistaleysi n (“lack of provisions”)
• vistamalr m (“provision-bag”)
• vistarfar n (“domicile”)
• vistargørð f (“fare”)
• vistarlaun n pl (“board-wages”)
• vistarmaðr m (“lodger”)
• vistartaka f (“foraging”)
• vistartekja f (“sojourning, boarding”)
• vistarveizla f (“boarding or housing of a person”)
• vistarvera f (“sojourn”)
• vistaskip n (“provision-ship”)
• vistaskortr m (“want of provisions”)
• vistfang n (“provisions”)
• vistfastr (“having a fixed abode”)
• vistlauss (“homeless”)

 

References

• “vist”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Swedish

Verb

vist

1. past participle of vita

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English whist or French whist.

Noun

vist n (uncountable)

1. whist

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	vist	vistul
genitive-dative	vist	vistului
vocative	vistule

Swedish

Adjective

vist

1. indefinite neuter singular of vis

Anagrams

• svit, vits

Talysh

Etymology

Cognate with Persian بیست (bist).

Numeral

vist

1. twenty

Zazaki

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Iranian *HwiHcati.

Noun

vist

1. twenty