Standard Lemma guide

vis

adj · name · noun · verb · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /vɪs/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪs
  • CMU ARPABET: V IH1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Clipping of visual.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, not-comparable

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2

name

Meaning 2

A town on the eponymous island in the Adriatic Sea in southern Croatia. It has a population of 1,934 residents (as of 2011)

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3

name

Meaning 3

An island of the Adriatic Sea.

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Force; energy; might; power.

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5

noun

Meaning 5

Abbreviation of viscount.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of

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6

noun

Meaning 6

Alternative spelling of viss.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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7

noun

Meaning 7

Clipping of visualization.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping

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8

noun

Meaning 8

Clipping of visual.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping

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9

noun

Meaning 9

Clipping of visibility.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping

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10

noun

Meaning 10

plural of VI

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

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11

verb

Meaning 11

Clipping of visualize.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping

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History

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian Vis, from Italian Lissa.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyh1-der. Proto-Indo-European *wéyh1s Proto-Italic *wīs Latin vīsbor. English vis Borrowed from Latin vīs.

From Tamil வீசை (vīcai) and/or Telugu వీసె (vīse).

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 維斯島 /维斯岛 (Wéisīdǎo) — island in the Adriatic Sea
  • Greek: Βις (Vis) — island in the Adriatic Sea
  • Greek: Ίσσα (Íssa) — island in the Adriatic Sea
  • Italian: Lissa — island in the Adriatic Sea
  • Latin: Issa — island in the Adriatic Sea
  • Serbo-Croatian: Вис — island in the Adriatic Sea
  • Serbo-Croatian: Vis — island in the Adriatic Sea