visor

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word visor. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word visor, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say visor in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word visor you have here. The definition of the word visor will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofvisor, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: Visor and ViSOR

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English viser, from Anglo-Norman viser and Old French visiere.

Pronunciation

Noun

visor (plural visors)

  1. A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it.
    Coordinate terms: bevor, buffe
    • 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 7:
      A close helmet entirely covers the head, face, and neck, having on the front perforations for the admission of air, and slits through which the wearer may see objects around him, this part which is stiled the visor lifts up by means of a pivot over each ear.
  2. A mask for the face.
    • 1608, William Shakspeare, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, act IV, scene IV, line 44:
      No visor does become black villainy
      So well as soft and tender flattery.
  3. The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes.
  4. A rigid adjustable flap on an automobile windshield that can shield the eyes of a driver from direct sunlight or glare.

Hyponyms

Translations

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Translations to be checked

Verb

visor (third-person singular simple present visors, present participle visoring, simple past and past participle visored)

  1. (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, a visor.
    Antonym: unvisor

Latin

Etymology

From videō (“to see, look; watch, observe”), via the radical of its supine vīsum +‎ -tor, from Proto-Italic *widēō (“to see”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”).

Pronunciation

Noun

vīsor m (genitive vīsōris); third declension

  1. one who sees, looks at, watches; a seer, viewer, watcher
  2. one who scouts, explores; one who performs reconnaissance; a scout

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vīsor vīsōrēs
Genitive vīsōris vīsōrum
Dative vīsōrī vīsōribus
Accusative vīsōrem vīsōrēs
Ablative vīsōre vīsōribus
Vocative vīsor vīsōrēs

Verb

vīsor

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of vīsō (“to view, look into, stare at; go see, visit”)

References

  • “visor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • visor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1684.
  • visor in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 3519

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

visor f

  1. (non-standard since 2012) indefinite plural of visa
  2. (non-standard since 2012) indefinite plural of vise

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biˈsoɾ/
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: vi‧sor

Noun

visor m (plural visores)

  1. visor

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

visor

  1. indefinite plural of visa
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia