viser

Danish

Noun

viser c (singular definite viseren, plural indefinite visere)

  1. pointer, hand

Inflection
Declension of viser
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative viser viseren visere viserne
genitive visers viserens viseres visernes

Noun

viser c

  1. indefinite plural of vise

Verb

viser

  1. present of vise

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vi.ze/
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Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French viser, from Old French viser, from Late Latin vīsāre, from Latin vīsere, intensive of videō. Compare voir.

Verb

viser

  1. to aim, to target
    une loi qui vise à améliorer la situation
    a law which aims to improve the situation
    des mesures visant à réduire la fréquence et la gravité des accidents de la route
    measures aiming to reduce the frequency and gravity of road accidents
    • 2009 September 5, “Pakistan : 43 militants islamiques tués”, in Le Figaro‎:
      L’offensive pakistanaise, appuyée par des hélicoptères et de l’artillerie, visait un quartier-général du Lashkar-e-Islam (Armée de l’Islam) dans la vallée de Tirrah, a précisé à l’AFP un responsable de sécurité à Peshawar.
      A security officer at Peshawar specified to AFP that the Pakistani offensive, supported by helicopters and artillery, targeted a Lashkar-e-Islam (Army of Islam) headquarters in the Tirrah Valley.
  2. (colloquial) to watch, to stare
    Synonym: regarder
Conjugation
Conjugation of viser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple viser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple visant
/vi.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle visé
/vi.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present vise
/viz/		 vises
/viz/		 vise
/viz/		 visons
/vi.zɔ̃/		 visez
/vi.ze/		 visent
/viz/
imperfect visais
/vi.zɛ/		 visais
/vi.zɛ/		 visait
/vi.zɛ/		 visions
/vi.zjɔ̃/		 visiez
/vi.zje/		 visaient
/vi.zɛ/
past historic2 visai
/vi.ze/		 visas
/vi.za/		 visa
/vi.za/		 visâmes
/vi.zam/		 visâtes
/vi.zat/		 visèrent
/vi.zɛʁ/
future viserai
/viz.ʁe/		 viseras
/viz.ʁa/		 visera
/viz.ʁa/		 viserons
/viz.ʁɔ̃/		 viserez
/viz.ʁe/		 viseront
/viz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional viserais
/viz.ʁɛ/		 viserais
/viz.ʁɛ/		 viserait
/viz.ʁɛ/		 viserions
/vi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/		 viseriez
/vi.zə.ʁje/		 viseraient
/viz.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present vise
/viz/		 vises
/viz/		 vise
/viz/		 visions
/vi.zjɔ̃/		 visiez
/vi.zje/		 visent
/viz/
imperfect2 visasse
/vi.zas/		 visasses
/vi.zas/		 visât
/vi.za/		 visassions
/vi.za.sjɔ̃/		 visassiez
/vi.za.sje/		 visassent
/vi.zas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — vise
/viz/		 — visons
/vi.zɔ̃/		 visez
/vi.ze/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Portuguese: visar

Etymology 2

From visa +‎ -er.

Verb

viser

  1. to issue with a visa
Conjugation
Conjugation of viser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple viser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple visant
/vi.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle visé
/vi.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present vise
/viz/		 vises
/viz/		 vise
/viz/		 visons
/vi.zɔ̃/		 visez
/vi.ze/		 visent
/viz/
imperfect visais
/vi.zɛ/		 visais
/vi.zɛ/		 visait
/vi.zɛ/		 visions
/vi.zjɔ̃/		 visiez
/vi.zje/		 visaient
/vi.zɛ/
past historic2 visai
/vi.ze/		 visas
/vi.za/		 visa
/vi.za/		 visâmes
/vi.zam/		 visâtes
/vi.zat/		 visèrent
/vi.zɛʁ/
future viserai
/viz.ʁe/		 viseras
/viz.ʁa/		 visera
/viz.ʁa/		 viserons
/viz.ʁɔ̃/		 viserez
/viz.ʁe/		 viseront
/viz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional viserais
/viz.ʁɛ/		 viserais
/viz.ʁɛ/		 viserait
/viz.ʁɛ/		 viserions
/vi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/		 viseriez
/vi.zə.ʁje/		 viseraient
/viz.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present vise
/viz/		 vises
/viz/		 vise
/viz/		 visions
/vi.zjɔ̃/		 visiez
/vi.zje/		 visent
/viz/
imperfect2 visasse
/vi.zas/		 visasses
/vi.zas/		 visât
/vi.za/		 visassions
/vi.za.sjɔ̃/		 visassiez
/vi.za.sje/		 visassent
/vi.zas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — vise
/viz/		 — visons
/vi.zɔ̃/		 visez
/vi.ze/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Anagrams

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French viser, from Vulgar Latin *visāre, from Latin visere, present active infinitive of visō, intensive of videō.

Verb

viser

  1. to aim at, to target

Conjugation
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of viser
infinitive simple viser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple visant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle visé
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present vise vises vise visons visez visent
imperfect visois, visoys visois, visoys visoit, visoyt visions, visyons visiez, visyez visoient, visoyent
past historic visa visas visa visasmes visastes viserent
future viserai, viseray viseras visera viserons viserez viseront
conditional viserois, viseroys viserois, viseroys viseroit, viseroyt viserions, viseryons viseriez, viseryez viseroient, viseroyent
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present vise vises vise visons visez visent
imperfect visasse visasses visast visassions visassiez visassent
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — vise — visons visez —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

viser m or f

  1. indefinite plural of vise

Etymology 2

Derived from the verb vise.

Noun

viser m (definite singular viseren, indefinite plural visere, definite plural viserne)

  1. a hand (on a clock or watch)
Derived terms

See also

Verb

viser

  1. present tense of vise

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms
  • Visor, visor, visur (weak noun, obsolete and archaic spellings)
  • Viser, visir (strong noun, obsolete spellings, both feminine)
    • vis (neuter plural)
    • visar (masculine plural)

Noun

viser f

  1. (weak) indefinite plural of vise
  2. (strong) indefinite plural feminine of vis

Verb

viser

  1. present of visa

Anagrams

Old French

Alternative forms
  • visiere (alternative form or synonym)

Noun

viser oblique singular, m (oblique plural visers, nominative singular visers, nominative plural viser)

  1. (Anglo-Norman) visor

References
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