visor
See also: Visor and ViSOR
English
Alternative forms
- vizor
- (obsolete) viser, visere, visier, visiere
Etymology
From Middle English viser, from Anglo-Norman viser and Old French visiere.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈvaɪzɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪzə(ɹ)
Noun
visor (plural visors)
- A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 7:
- A close helmet entirely covers the head, face, and neck, having on the front perforations for the admission of air, and slits through which the wearer may see objects around him, this part which is stiled the visor lifts up by means of a pivot over each ear.
- Coordinate terms: bevor, buffe
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- A mask for the face.
- 1608, William Shakspeare, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, Act IV, Scene IV, line 44.
- No visor does become black villainy
So well as soft and tender flattery.
- No visor does become black villainy
- 1608, William Shakspeare, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, Act IV, Scene IV, line 44.
- The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes.
- A rigid adjustable flap on an automobile windshield that can shield the eyes of a driver from direct sunlight or glare.
Related terms
- vizard
Translations
part of a helmet
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mask — see mask
fore piece of a cap
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Verb
visor (third-person singular simple present visors, present participle visoring, simple past and past participle visored)
- (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, a visor.
- Antonym: unvisor
Latin
Etymology
From videō (“to see, look; watch, observe”), via the radical of its supine vīsum + -tor, from Proto-Italic *widēō (“to see”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯iː.sor/, [ˈu̯iːs̠ɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvi.sor/, [ˈviːs̬or]
Noun
vīsor m (genitive vīsōris); third declension
- one who sees, looks at, watches; a seer, viewer, watcher
- one who scouts, explores; one who performs reconnaissance; a scout
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | vīsor | vīsōrēs |
| Genitive | vīsōris | vīsōrum |
| Dative | vīsōrī | vīsōribus |
| Accusative | vīsōrem | vīsōrēs |
| Ablative | vīsōre | vīsōribus |
| Vocative | vīsor | vīsōrēs |
Verb
vīsor
- first-person singular present passive indicative of vīsō (“to view, look into, stare at; go see, visit”)
References
- “visor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- visor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1684
- visor in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, volume 2, 8th edition, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 3519
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
visor f
- (non-standard since 2012) indefinite plural of visa
- (non-standard since 2012) indefinite plural of vise
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biˈsoɾ/ [biˈsoɾ]
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: vi‧sor
Noun
visor m (plural visores)
- visor
Further reading
- “visor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Noun
visor
- indefinite plural of visa.