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Webster 1913 Edition

Visa

Vi′sa

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Visaed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Visaing
.]
To indorse, after examination, with the word visé, as a passport; to visé.

Definition 2024

Visa

Visa

See also: visa, vísa, and visā

English

Proper noun

Visa

  1. A credit card company.
    • 2003, "Weird Al" Yankovic, eBay (song)
      Got PayPal or Visa, whatever'll please ya
      As long as I've got the dough.

Noun

Visa ‎(plural Visas)

  1. Visa card

Anagrams

German

Noun

Visa

  1. plural of Visum

visa

visa

See also: vísa, Visa, and visā

English

Noun

visa ‎(plural visas)

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

Related terms

  • student visa
  • tourist visa
  • transit visa
  • working-holiday visa

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. plural indefinite of visum

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

visa

  1. Plural form of visum

Finnish

Noun

visa

  1. A kind of birch (wood), in which the fibers are twisted, resulting in a very hard and decorative wood material.
  2. A 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

Synonyms

Derived terms

Compounds

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vi.sa/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

visa m ‎(plural visas)

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

Etymology 2

Non-lemma forms.

Verb

visa

  1. third-person singular past historic of viser


Anagrams

Indonesian

Noun

visa

  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, f

  1. definite feminine singular of vise

Noun

visa n

  1. indefinite plural of visum

Old Swedish

Etymology

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

Verb

vīsa

  1. to show
  2. to let know

Conjugation

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Conjugation of vīsa (weak)
present past
infinitive vīsa —
participle vīsandi, -e vīsaþer
active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk vīsar vīsi, -e — vīsaþi, -e vīsaþi, -e
þū vīsar vīsi, -e vīsa vīsaþi, -e vīsaþi, -e
han vīsar vīsi, -e — vīsaþi, -e vīsaþi, -e
vīr vīsum, -om vīsum, -om vīsum, -om vīsaþum, -om vīsaþum, -om
īr vīsin vīsin vīsin vīsaþin vīsaþin
þēr vīsa vīsin — vīsaþu, -o vīsaþin
mediopassive voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk vīsas vīsis, -es — vīsaþis, -es vīsaþis, -es
þū vīsas vīsis, -es — vīsaþis, -es vīsaþis, -es
han vīsas vīsis, -es — vīsaþis, -es vīsaþis, -es
vīr vīsums, -oms vīsums, -oms — vīsaþums, -oms vīsaþums, -oms
īr vīsins vīsins — vīsaþins vīsaþins
þēr vīsas vīsins — vīsaþus, -os vīsaþins

Descendants

Portuguese

Verb

visa

  1. third-person singular present indicative of visar
  2. second-person singular imperative of visar

Romanian

Etymology

Either from vis +‎ -a, or from the rare but attested Late Latin visāre, from Latin visum. 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

Related terms

Spanish

Noun

visa f ‎(plural visas)

  1. visa

Swedish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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
Inflection 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
Related terms

See also

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

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