devis

English

Noun

devis

1. plural of devi

Cornish

Etymology

Borrowed from English device.

Noun

devis m (plural devisyow)

1. device
2. notion

Derived terms

• deviser, devisores (“inventor”)
• devisya (“devise, invent, plan, scheme, engineer”, verb)
• devisyek (“resourceful”)

Verb

devis

1. third-person singular present indicative/future indicative of devisya
2. second-person singular imperative of devisya

Mutation

Mutation of devis

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
devis	dhevis	unchanged	tevis	tevis

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdevis/

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• Rhymes: -evis
• Syllabification: de‧vis

Verb

devis

1. past of devi

French

Etymology

Deverbal from deviser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /də.vi/

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• Rhymes: -i

Noun

devis m (invariable)

1. quote, cost estimate

Related terms

• devise

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• vides, vidés

Ido

Verb

devis

1. past of devar

Latvian

Participle

devis (definite devušais)

1. having given; indefinite past active participle of dot

Declension

Indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of devis

	masculine (vīriešu dzimte)			feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)		singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative	devis	devuši		devusi	devušas
genitive	devuša	devušu		devušas	devušu
dative	devušam	devušiem		devušai	devušām
accusative	devušu	devušus		devušu	devušas
instrumental	devušu	devušiem		devušu	devušām
locative	devušā	devušos		devušā	devušās
vocative	—	—		—	—

Old French

Etymology

From Latin dīvīsus.

Noun

devis oblique singular, m (oblique plural devis, nominative singular devis, nominative plural devis)

1. division (act of dividing into multiple parts; result of this division)
2. separation (quality of being separated, of not being a single unit)
3. difference (quality of being different, of being non-identical)

Adjective

devis m (oblique and nominative feminine singular devise)

1. divided; divided up

Declension

	Case	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	subject	devis	devise	devis
	oblique	devis			devise	devis
plural	subject	devis	devises		devis
	oblique	devis			devises	devis

Swedish

Etymology

Cognate with German Devise, English device, French devise, used in Swedish since 1705.

Noun

devis c

1. a slogan, a motto
2. an inscription (of a motto on a building), a (heraldic) device, an emblem, a symbol (on a building, having a similar purpose as a motto)

Declension

Declension of devis

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	devis	devis
	definite	devisen	devisens
plural	indefinite	deviser	devisers
	definite	deviserna	devisernas

Synonyms

• motto
• slagord
• slogan
• tänkespråk
• valspråk

References

• “devis”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “devis”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “devis”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)