voir

French

[(v)wɒ(ɾ)]

verb
Definitions
  • to see visually
  • to see to understand
  • to see to visit, to go and see

Etymology

Inherited from Old French veoir inherited from Latin vidēre inherited from Proto-Italic *widēō (see, I see) derived from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (see, know, behold, perceive, find, view, look at).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*weyd-

Gloss

see, know, behold, perceive, find, view, look at

Concept
Semantic Field

Sense perception

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

知

Emoji
🙈 🪚

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