vies
See also: vieš and viés
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aɪz
Verb
vies
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vie
Anagrams
- Ives, Vise, vise, visé
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ˈvi.əs/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈbi.əs/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈvi.es/
Noun
vies
- plural of via
Dutch
Etymology
From earlier vijs, of uncertain origin. Cognate with German fies.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -is
- IPA(key): /vis/
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Adjective
vies (comparative viezer, superlative meest vies or viest)
- dirty (not clean)
- Al die vieze potten en pannen hier, bah! ― All those dirty pots and pans here, bleh!
- Synonym: smerig
- (figurative) dirty, also in a sexual sense
- Wat een vieze kerel! ― What a dirty guy!
- Synonym: vuil
- bad-tasting, disgusting
- Dit is een vies gerecht! ― This dish tastes bad!
- Synonym: onsmakelijk
- (predicative, with van) disgusted by, not liking or shunning something
- Ik ben vies van kaas. ― I don't like cheese.
Inflection
| Inflection of vies | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | vies | |||
| inflected | vieze | |||
| comparative | viezer | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | vies | viezer | het viest het vieste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | vieze | viezere | vieste |
| n. sing. | vies | viezer | vieste | |
| plural | vieze | viezere | vieste | |
| definite | vieze | viezere | vieste | |
| partitive | vies | viezers | — | |
Derived terms
- viespeuk
- viezerik
Descendants
- Berbice Creole Dutch: fisi
- Javindo: fies
- Negerhollands: vies
- Petjo: vies
- → Papiamentu: fis
References
- M. Philippa (2003-2009) Etymologisch Woordenboek van het Nederlands
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vi/
Noun
vies f
- plural of vie
Anagrams
- sévi, vise, visé
Latin
Pronunciation
(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯i.eːs/, [ˈu̯ieːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvi.es/, [ˈviːes]
Verb
viēs
- second-person singular present active indicative of vieō