vies

See also: vieš and viés

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aɪz

Verb

vies

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of vie

Anagrams

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

vies

  1. plural of via

Dutch

Etymology

From earlier vijs, of uncertain origin. Cognate with German fies.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -is
  • IPA(key): /vis/
  • (file)

Adjective

vies (comparative viezer, superlative meest vies or viest)

  1. dirty (not clean)
    Synonym: smerig
    Al die vieze potten en pannen hier, bah! ― All those dirty pots and pans here, bleh!
  2. (figurative) dirty, also in a sexual sense
    Synonym: vuil
    Wat een vieze kerel! ― What a dirty guy!
  3. bad-tasting, disgusting
    Synonym: onsmakelijk
    Dit is een vies gerecht! ― This dish tastes bad!
  4. (predicative, with van) disgusted by, not liking or shunning something
    Ik ben vies van kaas. ― I don't like cheese.

Inflection

Inflection of vies
uninflected vies
inflected vieze
comparative viezer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial viesviezerhet viest
het vieste
indefinite m./f. sing. viezeviezerevieste
n. sing. viesviezervieste
plural viezeviezerevieste
definite viezeviezerevieste
partitive viesviezers—

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Berbice Creole Dutch: fisi
  • Javindo: fies
  • Negerhollands: vies
  • Petjo: vies
  • → Papiamentu: fis

References

Franco-Provençal

Noun

vies

  1. plural of via

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vi/

Noun

vies f

  1. plural of vie

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯i.eːs/, [ˈu̯ieːs̠]

Verb

viēs

  1. second-person singular present active indicative of vieō
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