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From Middle English visioun, from Anglo-Norman visioun, from Old French vision, from Latin vīsiō (“vision, seeing”), noun of action from the perfect passive participle visus (“that which is seen”), from the verb videō (“to see”) + action noun suffix -iō.

251 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: بَصَر (baṣar) — sense or ability of sight
• Arabic: نَظَر (naẓar) — sense or ability of sight
• Armenian: տեսողություն (tesoġutʻyun) — sense or ability of sight
• Asturian: vista — sense or ability of sight
• Asturian: visión — sense or ability of sight
• Azerbaijani: görmə — sense or ability of sight
• Belarusian: зрок (zrok) — sense or ability of sight
• Bulgarian: зре́ние (zrénie) — sense or ability of sight
• Catalan: vista — sense or ability of sight
• Catalan: visió — sense or ability of sight
• Cherokee: ᎠᎪᏩᏛᏗ (agowadvdi) — sense or ability of sight
• Chinese Mandarin: 視力 /视力 (shìlì) — sense or ability of sight
• Chinese Mandarin: 視覺 /视觉 (shìjué) — sense or ability of sight
• Chinese Mandarin: 眼力 (yǎnlì) — sense or ability of sight
• Czech: zrak — sense or ability of sight
• Czech: vidění — sense or ability of sight
• Danish: syn — sense or ability of sight
• Dutch: zicht — sense or ability of sight
• Dutch: gezichtsvermogen — sense or ability of sight
• Dutch: zien — sense or ability of sight
• Egyptian: U2:D4-A-A (mꜣꜣ) — sense or ability of sight
• Esperanto: vidsenso. vidpovo — sense or ability of sight
• Estonian: nägemine — sense or ability of sight
• Finnish: näkö — sense or ability of sight
• Finnish: näkökyky — sense or ability of sight
• Finnish: näköaisti — sense or ability of sight
• French: vision — sense or ability of sight
• French: vue — sense or ability of sight
• Galician: vista — sense or ability of sight
• Galician: visión — sense or ability of sight
• Georgian: მხედველობა (mxedveloba) — sense or ability of sight
• German: Sicht — sense or ability of sight
• German: Sehvermögen — sense or ability of sight
• German: Sehkraft — sense or ability of sight
• German: Augenlicht — sense or ability of sight
• Greek: όραση (órasi) — sense or ability of sight
• Haryanvi: त्योर (tyor) — sense or ability of sight
• Hindi: दृष्टि (dŕṣṭi) — sense or ability of sight
• Hindi: नज़र (nazar) — sense or ability of sight
• Hungarian: látás — sense or ability of sight
• Indonesian: penglihatan — sense or ability of sight
• Indonesian: visi — sense or ability of sight
• Indonesian: visus — sense or ability of sight
• Italian: vista — sense or ability of sight
• Italian: acutezza visiva — sense or ability of sight
• Japanese: 視覚 (shikaku) — sense or ability of sight
• Japanese: 視力 (shiryoku) — sense or ability of sight
• Kazakh: көз (köz) — sense or ability of sight
• Kazakh: көру (köru) — sense or ability of sight
• Korean: 시력 (siryeok) — sense or ability of sight
• Korean: 시각 (sigak) — sense or ability of sight
• Central Kurdish: بینایی (bînayî) — sense or ability of sight
• Kyrgyz: көрүү (körüü) — sense or ability of sight
• Latgalian: redzeiba — sense or ability of sight
• Latvian: redze — sense or ability of sight
• Lithuanian: rega — sense or ability of sight
• Macedonian: вид (vid) — sense or ability of sight
• Macedonian: гледање (gledanje) — sense or ability of sight
• Malayalam: കാഴ്ച (kāḻca) — sense or ability of sight
• Navajo: ootʼį́ — sense or ability of sight
• Norwegian Bokmål: syn — sense or ability of sight
• Norwegian Nynorsk: syn — sense or ability of sight
• Occitan: vista — sense or ability of sight
• Occitan: vision — sense or ability of sight
• Persian: بینش (bineš) — sense or ability of sight
• Persian: بینایی (binâyi) — sense or ability of sight
• Polish: widzenie — sense or ability of sight
• Polish: wzrok — sense or ability of sight
• Portuguese: vista — sense or ability of sight
• Portuguese: visão — sense or ability of sight
• Punjabi: ਨਜ਼ਰ (nazar) — sense or ability of sight
• Punjabi: ਨਿਗਾਹ (nigāh) — sense or ability of sight
• Quechua: qhaway — sense or ability of sight
• Romanian: vedere — sense or ability of sight
• Romanian: văz — sense or ability of sight
• Russian: зре́ние (zrénije) — sense or ability of sight
• Sanskrit: दृष्टि (dṛṣṭi) — sense or ability of sight
• Scottish Gaelic: fradharc — sense or ability of sight
• Scottish Gaelic: lèirsinn — sense or ability of sight
• Scottish Gaelic: sealladh — sense or ability of sight
• Serbo-Croatian: ви̑д — sense or ability of sight
• Serbo-Croatian: vȋd — sense or ability of sight
• Slovak: zrak — sense or ability of sight
• Slovene: vid — sense or ability of sight
• Lower Sorbian: wiźenje — sense or ability of sight
• Spanish: vista — sense or ability of sight
• Spanish: visión — sense or ability of sight
• Swedish: syn — sense or ability of sight
• Tagalog: paningin — sense or ability of sight
• Tajik: биниш (biniš) — sense or ability of sight
• Tajik: биноӣ (binoyi) — sense or ability of sight
• Tajik: босира (bosira) — sense or ability of sight
• Tamil: பார்வை (pārvai) — sense or ability of sight
• Telugu: దృష్టి (dr̥ṣṭi) — sense or ability of sight
• Thai: การมองเห็น — sense or ability of sight
• Turkish: görme — sense or ability of sight
• Udmurt: адӟон (addźon) — sense or ability of sight
• Ukrainian: зір (zir) — sense or ability of sight
• Unami: nemëwakàn — sense or ability of sight
• Uyghur: كۆرۈش (körüsh) — sense or ability of sight
• Uzbek: koʻrish — sense or ability of sight
• Vietnamese: thị giác — sense or ability of sight
• Belarusian: ба́чанне (báčannje) — something seen
• Finnish: näky — something seen
• Finnish: nähtävä — something seen
• Hungarian: látvány — something seen
• Latin: visus — something seen
• Portuguese: vista — something seen
• Portuguese: visão — something seen
• Russian: виде́ние (vidénije) — something seen
• Ukrainian: виді́ння (vydínnja) — something seen
• Ukrainian: ба́чення (báčennja) — something seen
• Asturian: visión — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Belarusian: пры́від (prývid) — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Bulgarian: виде́ние (vidénie) — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Catalan: visió — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Chinese Mandarin: 前景 (qiánjǐng) — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Chinese Mandarin: 願景 /愿景 (yuànjǐng) — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Chinese Mandarin: 展望 (zhǎnwàng) — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Czech: vidění — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Czech: vidina — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Dutch: droombeeld — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Dutch: visioen — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Dutch: geestesverschijning — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Estonian: nägemus — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Finnish: näky — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Finnish: kangastus — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Finnish: näköharha — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• French: vision — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Galician: visión — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Georgian: წარმოდგენა (c̣armodgena) — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• German: Trugbild — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• German: (optische) Täuschung — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• German: Sinnestäuschung — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• German: Vision — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• German: Einbildung — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Greek: όραμα (órama) — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Hindi: भ्रम (bhram) — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Hungarian: képzeletbeli — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Indonesian: visi — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Indonesian: visiun — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Italian: visione — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Italian: allucinazione — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Italian: miraggio — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Japanese: 幻視 (genshi) — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Japanese: 幻覚 (genkaku) — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Korean: 환시 (hwansi) — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Korean: 환각 (hwan'gak) — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Latin: somnium — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Macedonian: привидение (prividenie) — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Portuguese: visão — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Romanian: viziune — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Russian: виде́ние (vidénije) — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Russian: привиде́ние (prividénije) — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Spanish: visión — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Swahili: jazanda — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Swedish: syn — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Swedish: vision — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Swedish: hägring — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Telugu: భ్రమ (bhrama) — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Ukrainian: виді́ння (vydínnja) — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Ukrainian: при́вид (prývyd) — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Ukrainian: приви́ддя (pryvýddja) — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Uzbek: xulyo — something imaginary one thinks one sees
• Finnish: näky — something unreal
• Finnish: hourekuva — something unreal
• Italian: fantasticheria — something unreal
• Japanese: 空想 (kūsō) — something unreal
• Belarusian: ба́чанне (báčannje) — ideal or goal
• Bulgarian: ви́зия (vízija) — ideal or goal
• Chinese Mandarin: 展望 (zhǎnwàng) — ideal or goal
• Czech: vize — ideal or goal
• Dutch: visie — ideal or goal
• Dutch: kijk — ideal or goal
• Estonian: nägemus — ideal or goal
• Finnish: näkemys — ideal or goal
• Finnish: visio — ideal or goal
• Finnish: haave — ideal or goal
• Finnish: päämäärä — ideal or goal
• Finnish: tavoite — ideal or goal
• French: aspiration — ideal or goal
• Georgian: ოცნება (ocneba) — ideal or goal
• Georgian: ზმანება (zmaneba) — ideal or goal
• German: Vision — ideal or goal
• German: Vorstellung — ideal or goal
• German: Zukunftsbild — ideal or goal
• German: Traumbild — ideal or goal
• Greek: όραμα (órama) — ideal or goal
• Hebrew: חָזוֹן (khazón) — ideal or goal
• Hindi: दर्शन (darśan) — ideal or goal
• Indonesian: visi — ideal or goal
• Italian: visione — ideal or goal
• Italian: aspirazione — ideal or goal
• Italian: veduta — ideal or goal
• Japanese: 像 (zō) — ideal or goal
• Japanese: 目標 (mokuhyō) — ideal or goal
• Japanese: 展望 (tembō) — ideal or goal
• Korean: 목표 (mokpyo) — ideal or goal
• Korean: 전망 (jeonmang) — ideal or goal
• Macedonian: визија (vizija) — ideal or goal
• Malay: wawasan — ideal or goal
• Malayalam: ദർശനം (daṟśanaṁ) — ideal or goal
• Persian: چشمانداز (čašm-andâz) — ideal or goal
• Polish: wizja — ideal or goal
• Portuguese: visão — ideal or goal
• Romanian: viziune — ideal or goal
• Romanian: obiectiv — ideal or goal
• Russian: ви́дение (vídenije) — ideal or goal
• Spanish: visión — ideal or goal
• Swedish: vision — ideal or goal
• Telugu: దర్శనం (darśanaṁ) — ideal or goal
• Thai: วิสัยทัศน์ (wí-sǎi-tát) — ideal or goal
• Ukrainian: ба́чення (báčennja) — ideal or goal
• Bulgarian: виде́ние (vidénie) — religious or mystical experience
• Chinese Mandarin: 異象 /异象 (yìxiàng) — religious or mystical experience
• Dutch: visioen — religious or mystical experience
• Esperanto: vizio — religious or mystical experience
• Estonian: ilmutus — religious or mystical experience
• Finnish: ilmestys — religious or mystical experience
• Finnish: näky — religious or mystical experience
• French: vision — religious or mystical experience
• French: apparition — religious or mystical experience
• Georgian: ხილვა (xilva) — religious or mystical experience
• German: Erscheinung — religious or mystical experience
• German: Vision — religious or mystical experience
• German: Gesicht — religious or mystical experience
• Greek: όραμα (órama) — religious or mystical experience
• Hungarian: látomás — religious or mystical experience
• Italian: visione — religious or mystical experience
• Japanese: 啓示 (keiji) — religious or mystical experience
• Latin: somnium — religious or mystical experience
• Lutuv: muocuo — religious or mystical experience
• Macedonian: привидение (prividenie) — religious or mystical experience
• Malayalam: ദർശനം (daṟśanaṁ) — religious or mystical experience
• Māori: matakite — religious or mystical experience
• Norwegian Bokmål: åpenbaring — religious or mystical experience
• Polish: wizja — religious or mystical experience
• Portuguese: visão — religious or mystical experience
• Romanian: vedenie — religious or mystical experience
• Romanian: viziune — religious or mystical experience
• Romanian: apariție — religious or mystical experience
• Russian: виде́ние (vidénije) — religious or mystical experience
• Spanish: visión — religious or mystical experience
• Swahili: kizuka — religious or mystical experience
• Swedish: syn — religious or mystical experience
• Ugaritic: 𐎏𐎅𐎗𐎚 (ḏhrt) — religious or mystical experience
• Finnish: näky — person or thing of beauty
• Italian: visione — person or thing of beauty
• Portuguese: beleza — person or thing of beauty
• Portuguese: joia — person or thing of beauty
• Swedish: syn — person or thing of beauty