visa

See also: VISA, vísa, Visa, visā, and виса

English

Etymology

From 1831, "official signature or endorsement on a passport," from French visa, from Latin charta visa (meaning "paper that has been seen") from feminine perfect passive of Latin videre ("to see").

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈviːzə/
  • Rhymes: -iːzə

Noun

visa (plural visas)

  1. A permit to enter and leave a country, normally issued by the authorities of the country to be visited.

Translations

Verb

visa (third-person singular simple present visas, present participle visaing, simple past and past participle visaed)

  1. (transitive, dated) To endorse (a passport, etc.).

Anagrams


Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /viːsa/, [ˈviːsa]

Noun

visa n

  1. indefinite plural of visum

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

visa

  1. Plural form of visum

Finnish

Noun

visa

  1. Synonym of visakoivu.
  2. (chiefly in compounds) Synonym of visailu (quiz).

Declension

Inflection of visa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative visa visat
genitive visan visojen
partitive visaa visoja
illative visaan visoihin
singular plural
nominative visa visat
accusative nom. visa visat
gen. visan
genitive visan visojen
visainrare
partitive visaa visoja
inessive visassa visoissa
elative visasta visoista
illative visaan visoihin
adessive visalla visoilla
ablative visalta visoilta
allative visalle visoille
essive visana visoina
translative visaksi visoiksi
instructive visoin
abessive visatta visoitta
comitative visoineen

Derived terms

Compounds

Anagrams


French

Etymology 1

From Latin visa, neuter plural of Latin visus (having been seen).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vi.za/
  • (file)

Noun

visa m (plural visas)

  1. a mark or stamp attesting to the performance of an official action
  2. a travel visa

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vi.za/

Verb

visa

  1. third-person singular past historic of viser

Anagrams


Indonesian

Noun

visa (plural visa-visa, first-person possessive visaku, second-person possessive visamu, third-person possessive visanya)

  1. visa

Latin

Etymology 1

Inflected form of visum (vision, mental image).

Pronunciation

Noun

visa

  1. nominative plural of visum
  2. accusative plural of visum
  3. vocative plural of visum

Etymology 2

Inflected form of vīsus (seen, having been seen), perfect passive participle of videō (see).

Pronunciation

Participle

vīsa

  1. nominative feminine singular of vīsus
  2. nominative neuter plural of vīsus
  3. accusative neuter plural of vīsus
  4. vocative feminine singular of vīsus
  5. vocative neuter plural of vīsus

Pronunciation

Participle

vīsā

  1. ablative feminine singular of vīsus

References


Latvian

Adjective

visa

  1. genitive singular masculine form of viss
  2. nominative singular feminine form of viss

Pronoun

visa

  1. genitive singular masculine form of viss
  2. nominative singular feminine form of viss

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

visa m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of vise

Noun

visa n

  1. indefinite plural of visum

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

visa f

  1. singular definite of vis


visa n

  1. plural definite of vis

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse vísa, from Proto-Germanic *wīsōną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈviːˌsa/

Verb

vīsa

  1. to show
  2. to let know

Conjugation

Descendants


Portuguese

Verb

visa

  1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of visar
  2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of visar

Romanian

Etymology

Either from vis + -a, or from the rare but attested Late Latin vīsō, vīsāre, from Latin vīsum. Compare Logudorese Sardinian bizare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [viˈsa]

Verb

a visa (third-person singular present visează, past participle visat) 1st conj.

  1. to dream

Conjugation

Derived terms


Spanish

Etymology

From French visa, from Latin visa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbisa/

Noun

visa f (plural visas)

  1. (Latin America) visa
    Synonym: visado

Further reading


Swahili

Noun

visa

  1. plural of kisa

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

visa

  1. absolute singular definite and plural form of vis.

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish vīsa, from Old Norse vísa, from Proto-Germanic *wīsǭ.

Noun

visa c

  1. a song, a tune; in particular with a simple melody to accompany the lyrics, which is the more interesting part.
  2. indefinite plural of visum
Declension
Declension of visa 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative visa visan visor visorna
Genitive visas visans visors visornas

Etymology 3

From Old Swedish vīsa, from Old Norse vísa, from Proto-Germanic *wīsōną.

Verb

visa

  1. to show, to display
  2. to prove
  3. to point at
Conjugation

See also

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