visir

visir

See also: vísir and visír

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /viˈzi/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /biˈzir/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /viˈziɾ/

Noun

visir m (plural visirs)

1. vizier

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Italian

Alternative forms

• visire, visirre

Etymology

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

Noun

visir m (invariable)

1. vizier

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French visière or Italian visiera through German Visier. Derived from Old French vis (“face”).[1]

Noun

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

1. a visor

References

1. “visir” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

• “visir” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French visière or Italian visiera through German Visier. Derived from Old French vis (“face”).[1]

Noun

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

1. a visor

Noun

visir f

1. (Midlandsnormalen) indefinite plural of vis

References

1. “visir” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

• “visir” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• rivis

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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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

visir n

1. a visor

Declension

Declension of visir
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	visir	visiret	visir	visiren
Genitive	visirs	visirets	visirs	visirens