noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈvɪz.ɪ.ɡɒθ/
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General-American:/ˈvɪz.ɪˌɡɑθ/
CMU ARPABET:V IH1 Z AH0 G AA0 TH
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Any member of an ancient East Germanic tribe, one branch of the Goths (the Ostrogoths being the other), which participated in several wars with Rome and established a kingdom with Toulouse for its capital.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
a member of the western group of Goths who sacked Rome and created a kingdom in present-day Spain and southern France
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Goth
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin Visigothus, from Gothic. According to Mallory & Adams, possibly a tribal name derived from Proto-Germanic *wesuz (reflected in personal names such as Old High German *wisu), from Proto-Indo-European *h1wésus (“good, excellent”). If so, related to Proto-Celtic *wesus (found in personal names), the Italic goddess Vesuna, and Sanskrit वसु (vasu, “good, excellent”). The term was coined by Cassiodorus under the misapprehension that it meant "west Goths".
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
قُوطِيّ غَرْبِيّ
(qūṭiyy ḡarbiyy)
— member of an East Germanic tribe
Catalan:
visigot
— member of an East Germanic tribe
Catalan:
visigoda
— member of an East Germanic tribe
Chinese Mandarin:
西哥特人
(Xī Gētè rén)
— member of an East Germanic tribe
Chinese Mandarin:
西哥德人
(Xī Gēdé rén)
— member of an East Germanic tribe
Danish:
vestgoter
— member of an East Germanic tribe
Esperanto:
visigoto
— member of an East Germanic tribe
French:
wisigoth
— member of an East Germanic tribe
French:
Wisigoth
— member of an East Germanic tribe
Georgian:
ვესტგოთი
(vesṭgoti)
— member of an East Germanic tribe
German:
Westgote
— member of an East Germanic tribe
Greek:
Βησιγότθος
(Visigótthos)
— member of an East Germanic tribe
Hungarian:
vizigót
— member of an East Germanic tribe
Hungarian:
nluyfashiJXOKZP'Lyugati gót
— member of an East Germanic tribe
Irish:
Viseagotach
— member of an East Germanic tribe
Italian:
visigoto
— member of an East Germanic tribe
Norwegian Bokmål:
vestgoter
— member of an East Germanic tribe
Norwegian Bokmål:
visigoter
— member of an East Germanic tribe
Norwegian Nynorsk:
vestgotar
— member of an East Germanic tribe
Polish:
Wizygot
— member of an East Germanic tribe
Polish:
Wizygotka
— member of an East Germanic tribe
Portuguese:
visigodo
— member of an East Germanic tribe
Romanian:
vizigot
— member of an East Germanic tribe
Romanian:
vizigotă
— member of an East Germanic tribe
Russian:
визиго́т
(vizigót)
— member of an East Germanic tribe
Russian:
вестго́т
(vestgót)
— member of an East Germanic tribe
Spanish:
visigodo
— member of an East Germanic tribe
Swedish:
västgot
— member of an East Germanic tribe
Swedish:
visigot
— member of an East Germanic tribe
Tagalog:
Bisigodo
— member of an East Germanic tribe
Ukrainian:
вестго́т
(vesthót)
— member of an East Germanic tribe
Ukrainian:
візіго́т
(vizihót)
— member of an East Germanic tribe
