visa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "visa"

English

Etymology

From 1831, "official signature or endorsement on a passport," from French visa, from Latin charta vīsa (“paper that has been seen”) from feminine perfect passive of Latin vidēre (“to see”). Compare vision, video, vista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈviː.zə/, /ˈviː.sə/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iːzə, -iːsə

Noun

visa (plural visas)

1. A permit to enter and leave a country, normally issued by the authorities of the country to be visited.

   I came on a six-month tourist visa.

Derived terms

• bridging visa
• e-visa
• exit visa
• golden visa
• prisoner visa
• student visa
• tied visa
• tourist visa
• transit visa
• visa-free
• visaless
• visa-on-arrival
• visa run
• working-holiday visa

 

Related terms

• visé

Translations

permit

• Afrikaans: visum
• Albanian: vizë (sq) f
• Amharic: ቪዛ (viza)
• Arabic: تَأْشِيرَة f (taʔšīra), فِيزَا f (fīzā)

  Gulf Arabic: ڤيزا f (vīza), ڤيزة f (vīza)

  Hijazi Arabic: فيزا f (fīza), ڤيزا f (vīza), ڤيزة f (vīza), تَأْشِيرَة f (taʔšīra)

• Armenian: վիզա (hy) (viza), մուտքի արտոնագիր (mutkʻi artonagir)
• Asturian: visáu m
• Azerbaijani: viza (az)
• Belarusian: ві́за f (víza)
• Bengali: ভিসা (bn) (bhiśa)
• Bulgarian: ви́за f (víza)
• Burmese: ဗီဇာ (my) (bija)
• Catalan: visat (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 簽證 / 签证 (cim¹ zing³)

  Hokkien: 簽證 / 签证 (zh-min-nan) (chhiam-chèng)

  Mandarin: 簽證 / 签证 (zh) (qiānzhèng)

  Wu: 簽證 / 签证 (¹chi-tsen)

• Czech: vízum (cs) n
• Danish: visum (da) n
• Dutch: visum (nl) n
• Esperanto: vizo (eo)
• Estonian: viisa
• Finnish: viisumi (fi)
• French: visa (fr) m
• Galician: visado m
• Georgian: ვიზა (viza)
• German: Visum (de) n
• Greek: βίζα (el) f (víza), θεώρηση (el) f (theórisi)
• Hausa: bīzā̀ f
• Hebrew: וִיזָה (he) f (víza), אֲשֵׁרָה (he) f ('ashrá)
• Hindi: वीज़ा m (vīzā), वीजा m (vījā), वीसा m (vīsā)
• Hungarian: vízum (hu)
• Icelandic: vegabréfsáritun f
• Indonesian: visa (id)
• Irish: víosa f
• Italian: vista (it) f, nulla osta f, permesso (it) m, nullaosta (it) m, visto (it) m
• Japanese: ビザ (ja) (biza), 査証 (ja) (さしょう, sashō)
• Kazakh: виза (viza)
• Khmer: ទិដ្ឋាការ (km) (tɨtthaakaa)
• Korean: 비자 (ko) (bija), 사증(査証) (ko) (sajeung)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: vîze (ku)

• Kyrgyz: виза (viza)
• Lao: ວີຊ້າ (wī sā)
• Latvian: vīza f
• Lithuanian: viza f
• Macedonian: виза f (viza)
• Malay: visa
• Maori: kōkota, pane uruwhenua
• Marathi: व्हिसा (vhisā)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: виз (mn) (viz)

  Mongolian: ᠸᠢᠰᠠ (wisa)

• Nepali: भिसा (bhisā)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: visum n

  Nynorsk: visum n

• Ottoman Turkish: ویزه (vize)
• Pashto: ويزه f (viza)
• Persian: روادید (fa) (ravâdid), ویزا (fa) (vizâ)
• Polish: wiza (pl) f
• Portuguese: visto (pt) m
• Romanian: viză (ro) f
• Russian: ви́за (ru) f (víza)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ви́за f

  Roman: víza (sh) f

• Sindhi: please add this translation if you can
• Sinhalese: වීසා (wīsā)
• Slovak: vízum n
• Slovene: vizum (sl) m
• Spanish: visa (es) f (Latin America), visado (es) m
• Swahili: viza (sw)
• Swedish: visum (sv) n
• Tagalog: bisa
• Tajik: виза (viza)
• Tamil: விசா (vicā)
• Tatar: виза (wiza)
• Telugu: వీసా (vīsā)
• Thai: วีซา (wii-sâa)
• Tibetan: ཐོངས་མཆན (thongs mchan), ཝི་ཛ (wi dza)
• Turkish: vize (tr)
• Turkmen: wiza
• Ukrainian: ві́за (uk) f (víza)
• Urdu: ویزا m (vīzā)
• Uyghur: ۋىزا (wiza)
• Uzbek: viza (uz)
• Vietnamese: thị thực (vi) (視實), giấy xuất cảnh
• Welsh: teitheb f
• Yiddish: וויזע f (vize)
• Yoruba: físà, ìwé àṣẹ ìwọ̀lú

Verb

visa (third-person singular simple present visas, present participle visaing, simple past and past participle visaed)

1. (transitive, dated) To endorse (a passport, etc.).

Anagrams

• Avis, IVAs, Siva, Vias, avis, vias

Catalan

Verb

visa

1. inflection of visar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viːsa/, [ˈviːsa]

Noun

visa n

1. indefinite plural of visum

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.zaː/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

visa

1. plural of visum

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *visa (“hard?”). Cognate with Estonian visa, Karelian visa and Livonian vizā. The original adjective "hard, difficult, demanding" is now exclusively found in dialects (and some derivations, like visakoivu); the modern sense "quiz" is a backformation of visailla, itself derived from that adjective.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋisɑ/, [ˈʋis̠ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -isɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): vi‧sa

Noun

visa

1. Synonym of visakoivu (“wood obtained from a mutation of the silver birch”)
2. quiz (competition in the answering of questions)

Declension

Inflection of visa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		visa	visat
genitive		visan	visojen
partitive		visaa	visoja
illative		visaan	visoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		visa	visat
accusative	nom.	visa	visat
	gen.	visan
genitive		visan	visojen visain rare
partitive		visaa	visoja
inessive		visassa	visoissa
elative		visasta	visoista
illative		visaan	visoihin
adessive		visalla	visoilla
ablative		visalta	visoilta
allative		visalle	visoille
essive		visana	visoina
translative		visaksi	visoiksi
abessive		visatta	visoitta
instructive		—	visoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of visa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative visani visani accusative nom. visani visani gen. visani genitive visani visojeni visaini rare partitive visaani visojani inessive visassani visoissani elative visastani visoistani illative visaani visoihini adessive visallani visoillani ablative visaltani visoiltani allative visalleni visoilleni essive visanani visoinani translative visakseni visoikseni abessive visattani visoittani instructive — — comitative — visoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative visasi visasi accusative nom. visasi visasi gen. visasi genitive visasi visojesi visaisi rare partitive visaasi visojasi inessive visassasi visoissasi elative visastasi visoistasi illative visaasi visoihisi adessive visallasi visoillasi ablative visaltasi visoiltasi allative visallesi visoillesi essive visanasi visoinasi translative visaksesi visoiksesi abessive visattasi visoittasi instructive — — comitative — visoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative visamme visamme accusative nom. visamme visamme gen. visamme genitive visamme visojemme visaimme rare partitive visaamme visojamme inessive visassamme visoissamme elative visastamme visoistamme illative visaamme visoihimme adessive visallamme visoillamme ablative visaltamme visoiltamme allative visallemme visoillemme essive visanamme visoinamme translative visaksemme visoiksemme abessive visattamme visoittamme instructive — — comitative — visoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative visanne visanne accusative nom. visanne visanne gen. visanne genitive visanne visojenne visainne rare partitive visaanne visojanne inessive visassanne visoissanne elative visastanne visoistanne illative visaanne visoihinne adessive visallanne visoillanne ablative visaltanne visoiltanne allative visallenne visoillenne essive visananne visoinanne translative visaksenne visoiksenne abessive visattanne visoittanne instructive — — comitative — visoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative visansa visansa accusative nom. visansa visansa gen. visansa genitive visansa visojensa visainsa rare partitive visaansa visojaan visojansa inessive visassaan visassansa visoissaan visoissansa elative visastaan visastansa visoistaan visoistansa illative visaansa visoihinsa adessive visallaan visallansa visoillaan visoillansa ablative visaltaan visaltansa visoiltaan visoiltansa allative visalleen visallensa visoilleen visoillensa essive visanaan visanansa visoinaan visoinansa translative visakseen visaksensa visoikseen visoiksensa abessive visattaan visattansa visoittaan visoittansa instructive — — comitative — visoineen visoinensa

Derived terms

• visailla
• visainen
• visautua
• visu (possibly)

 

compounds

• tietovisa
• visakallo
• visakoivu
• visapuu

 

Further reading

• “visa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

Anagrams

• savi

French

Etymology 1

From Latin visa, neuter plural of Latin visus (“having been seen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.za/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -za

Noun

visa m (plural visas)

1. a mark or stamp attesting to the performance of an official action
2. a travel visa

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.za/

Verb

visa

1. third-person singular past historic of viser

Further reading

• “visa”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• avis, vais

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch visa, from French visa, from Latin visa, short form of charta visa (“paper that has been seen”), plural of visum (“something seen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvisa/
• Rhymes: -sa, -a
• Hyphenation: vi‧sa

Noun

visa (plural visa-visa)

1. visa: A permit to enter and leave a country, normally issued by the authorities of the country to be visited.

Alternative forms

• visum

Derived terms

• bervisa

 

• visa diplomatik
• visa ganda
• visa masuk
• visa transit
• visa wisatawan

 

Related terms

• visum
• visus

 

Further reading

• “visa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Etymology 1

Inflected form of visum (“vision, mental image”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯iː.sa/, [ˈu̯iːs̠ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.sa/, [ˈviːs̬ä]

Noun

vīsa

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of vīsum

Etymology 2

Inflected form of vīsus (“seen, having been seen”), perfect passive participle of videō (“see”).

Pronunciation

• vīsa: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯iː.sa/, [ˈu̯iːs̠ä]
• vīsa: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.sa/, [ˈviːs̬ä]
• vīsā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯iː.saː/, [ˈu̯iːs̠äː]
• vīsā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.sa/, [ˈviːs̬ä]

Participle

vīsa

1. inflection of vīsus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

vīsā

1. ablative feminine singular of vīsus

References

• visa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Latvian

Adjective

visa

1. inflection of viss:
   1. genitive singular masculine
   2. nominative singular feminine

Pronoun

visa

1. inflection of viss:
   1. genitive singular masculine
   2. nominative singular feminine

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• visen (of vise)
• visumer (of visum)

Noun

visa m or f

1. definite feminine singular of vise

Noun

visa n

1. indefinite plural of visum

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vísa, from Proto-Germanic *wīsōną.

Alternative forms

• vise (e and split infinitives)

Verb

visa (present tense viser, past tense viste, past participle vist, passive infinitive visast, present participle visande, imperative vis)

1. (transitive) to show, point out
2. (transitive) to send away
3. (transitive) to demonstrate, to give proof of
4. (intransitive) to be visible

Synonyms

• (most senses): syna/syne

Derived terms

• vise bort
• vise døra
• vise tilbake på
• vise til rette

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vísa.

Noun

visa f (definite singular visa, indefinite plural viser or visor, definite plural visene or visone)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of vise
2. definite singular of vise

Declension

Historical inflection of vise indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural Aasen1 Visa Visa Visor Visorna 1901 visa (vise) visa visor (visur) visorne (visune) 1917 visa, vise visa viser, visor visene, visone 1938 vise visa viser [visor] visene [visone] 1959 vise visa viser [visor] visene [visone] 1983 vise [visa] visa viser [visor] visene [visone] 2012 (current) vise visa viser visene Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen. 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century. Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen. 1Aasen seems unsure of this form.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

visa

1. definite plural of vis n
2. definite singular of vis f

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

visa n

1. (non-standard since 2012) indefinite plural of visum
2. (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of visum

References

• “visa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse vísa, from Proto-Germanic *wīsōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈviːˌsa/

Verb

vīsa

1. to show
2. to let know

Conjugation

Conjugation of vīsa (weak)

	present			past
infinitive	vīsa			—
participle	vīsandi, -e			vīsaþer
active voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	vīsar	vīsi, -e	—	vīsaþi, -e	vīsaþi, -e
þū	vīsar	vīsi, -e	vīsa	vīsaþi, -e	vīsaþi, -e
han	vīsar	vīsi, -e	—	vīsaþi, -e	vīsaþi, -e
vīr	vīsum, -om	vīsum, -om	vīsum, -om	vīsaþum, -om	vīsaþum, -om
īr	vīsin	vīsin	vīsin	vīsaþin	vīsaþin
þēr	vīsa	vīsin	—	vīsaþu, -o	vīsaþin
mediopassive voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	vīsas	vīsis, -es	—	vīsaþis, -es	vīsaþis, -es
þū	vīsas	vīsis, -es	—	vīsaþis, -es	vīsaþis, -es
han	vīsas	vīsis, -es	—	vīsaþis, -es	vīsaþis, -es
vīr	vīsums, -oms	vīsums, -oms	—	vīsaþums, -oms	vīsaþums, -oms
īr	vīsins	vīsins	—	vīsaþins	vīsaþins
þēr	vīsas	vīsins	—	vīsaþus, -os	vīsaþins

Descendants

• Swedish: visa

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀯𑀺𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• विस (Devanagari script)
• ৰিস (Bengali script)
• විස (Sinhalese script)
• ဝိသ (Burmese script)
• วิส or วิสะ (Thai script)
• ᩅᩥᩈ (Tai Tham script)
• ວິສ or ວິສະ (Lao script)
• វិស (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄨𑄥 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit विष (viṣa).

Noun

visa n

1. poison
2. venom

Declension

Declension table of "visa" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	visaṃ	visāni
Accusative (second)	visaṃ	visāni
Instrumental (third)	visena	visehi or visebhi
Dative (fourth)	visassa or visāya or visatthaṃ	visānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	visasmā or visamhā or visā	visehi or visebhi
Genitive (sixth)	visassa	visānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	visasmiṃ or visamhi or vise	visesu
Vocative (calling)	visa	visāni

Descendants

• → Thai: วิสา (wí-sǎa)

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “visa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Portuguese

Verb

visa

1. inflection of visar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Either from vis +‎ -a, or from the rare but attested Late Latin vīsō, vīsāre, from Latin vīsum. Compare Sardinian bizare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [viˈsa]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

a visa (third-person singular present visează, past participle visat) 1st conjugation

1. to dream

Conjugation

    conjugation of visa (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a visa
gerund			visând
past participle			visat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	visez	visezi	visează	visăm	visați	visează
	imperfect	visam	visai	visa	visam	visați	visau
	simple perfect	visai	visași	visă	visarăm	visarăți	visară
	pluperfect	visasem	visaseși	visase	visaserăm	visaserăți	visaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să visez	să visezi	să viseze	să visăm	să visați	să viseze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		visează			visați
	negative		nu visa			nu visați

Derived terms

• visător

Related terms

• vis

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbisa/ [ˈbi.sa]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -isa
• Syllabification: vi‧sa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French visa, from Latin visa.

Noun

visa f (plural visas)

1. (Latin America) visa

   Synonym: visado

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

visa

1. inflection of visar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “visa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

visa

1. plural of kisa

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈviːˌsa/

• Audio:

  (file)

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

visa

1. inflection of vis:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish vīsa, from Old Norse vísa (“strophe, stanza”), from Proto-Germanic *wīsǭ.

Noun

visa c

1. a song, a tune, particularily one with a simple melody, where the primary focus is the lyrics

Declension

Declension of visa

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	visa	visas
	definite	visan	visans
plural	indefinite	visor	visors
	definite	visorna	visornas

Derived terms

• ord och inga visor

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

visa

1. indefinite plural of visum

Etymology 4

From Old Swedish vīsa, from Old Norse vísa, from Proto-Germanic *wīsōną.

Verb

visa (present visar, preterite visade, supine visat, imperative visa)

1. (sometimes with a particle like upp or fram) to show, to display

   Han visade dem sin samling

   He showed them his collection

   Han visade (upp) sin samling för dom

   He showed them his collection

2. to show (provide with information)

   Visa någon vägen

   Show someone the way

3. to show, to prove

   Visa att x > 5

   Show that x > 5

Conjugation

Conjugation of visa (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	visa		visas
Supine	visat		visats
Imperative	visa		—
Imper. plural1	visen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	visar	visade	visas	visades
Ind. plural1	visa	visade	visas	visades
Subjunctive2	vise	visade	vises	visades
	Participles
Present participle	visande
Past participle	visad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• visa var skåpet ska stå

Related terms

• hänvisa
• visning

See also

• ambassadör

References

• visa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• visa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• visa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• avis