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vis¹

  • /vɪs/

noun vires

  1. Force; energy; might; power.

vis²

  • /vɪs/

noun

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of viscount

vis³

  • /vɪs/

Rhymes with -ɪs

Where it comes from

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

noun visses

  1. alternative Alternative spelling of viss

vis⁴

  • /vɪs/

adjective viz

  1. abbreviation, clipping, not comparable Clipping of visual

verb vises · vising · vised · viz

  1. abbreviation, clipping Clipping of visualize

noun vises · viz

  1. abbreviation, clipping Clipping of visualization
  2. abbreviation, clipping Clipping of visual
  3. abbreviation, clipping Clipping of visibility

Vis⁵

Where it comes from

From Serbo-Croatian Vis, from Italian Lissa.

proper noun

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

VIs⁶

noun

  1. plural plural of VI

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: cardinal, sextet, hexad, sextuplet, half dozen, six, sestet, sise, sixer, captain hicks, live, living, increasing, fashion, wise, manner

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name island in the Adriatic Sea

中文維斯島 /维斯岛 Wéisīdǎo
ItalianoLissa
ΕλληνικάΒις Vis, Ίσσα Íssa

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Chicago

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@misc{vis_2026,
  title = {vis},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vis},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}