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viser
viser
Danish
Noun
viser c (singular definite viseren, plural indefinite visere)
Inflection
Inflection of viser
Noun
viser c
- plural indefinite of vise
Verb
viser
- present tense of vise
French
Etymology
From Middle French viser, from Old French viser, from Vulgar Latin *visāre, from Latin visere, present active infinitive of visō, intensive of videō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vi.ze/
Verb
viser
- to aim at, to target
- les 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
- to issue with a visa
Derived terms
Conjugation
Conjugation of viser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | viser | avoir visé | |||||
| gerund | en visant | en ayant visé | |||||
| present participle | visant /vi.zɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | visé /vi.ze/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | visai /vi.ze/ |
visas /vi.za/ |
visa /vi.za/ |
visâmes /vi.zam/ |
visâtes /vi.zat/ |
visèrent /vi.zɛʁ/ |
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| future | viserai /viz.ʁe/ |
viseras /viz.ʁa/ |
visera /viz.ʁa/ |
viserons /viz.ʁɔ̃/ |
viserez /viz.ʁe/ |
viseront /viz.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | viserais /viz.ʁɛ/ |
viserais /viz.ʁɛ/ |
viserait /viz.ʁɛ/ |
viserions /vi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
viseriez /vi.zə.ʁje/ |
viseraient /viz.ʁɛ/ |
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| 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 anterior1 | 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 je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | vise /viz/ |
vises /viz/ |
vise /viz/ |
visions /vi.zjɔ̃/ |
visiez /vi.zje/ |
visent /viz/ |
| imperfect1 |
visasse /vi.zas/ |
visasses /vi.zas/ |
visât /vi.za/ |
visassions /vi.za.sjɔ̃/ |
visassiez /vi.za.sje/ |
visassent /vi.zas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | vise /viz/ |
— | visons /vi.zɔ̃/ |
visez /vi.ze/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
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
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
- French: viser
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Noun
viser m, f
- indefinite plural of vise
Etymology 2
Derived from the verb vise.
Noun
viser m (definite singular viseren, indefinite plural visere, definite plural viserne)
- a hand (on a clock or watch)
Derived terms
See also
- visar (Nynorsk)
Etymology 3
Verb
viser
- present tense of vise
Old French
Alternative forms
- visiere (alternative form or synonym)
Noun
viser m (oblique plural visers, nominative singular visers, nominative plural viser)
References
- viser on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub