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. plural indefinite of vise

Verb

viser

  1. present of vise

French

Etymology 1

From Middle French viser, from Old French viser, from Late Latin vīsāre, from Latin vīsere, present active infinitive of vīsō, intensive of videō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vi.ze/
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Verb

viser

  1. to aim at, target
    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

Conjugation
Conjugation of viser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle visant
/vi.zɑ̃/
past participle visé
/vi.ze/
infinitive
simple viser
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple visant
/vi.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle 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 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

From visa.

Verb

viser

  1. to issue with a visa

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
simple compound
infinitive viser avoir visé
gerund en visant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle visant
past participle visé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (may be i' before a vowel) tu il 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 Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que ie que tu qu'il 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 Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— vise — visons visez —

Descendants

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 3

Verb

viser

  1. present tense of vise

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

viser f

  1. plural indefinite of vis

Old French

Alternative forms
  • visiere (alternative form or synonym)

Noun

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

  1. (Anglo-Norman) visor

References
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