divisa

Borrowed from Latin dīvīsa, probably via French devise.

• devisa (dated)

• IPA^(key): (Central) [diˈβi.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [diˈvi.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [diˈvi.za]

divisa f (plural divises)

1. badge, emblem, token
2. foreign currency, foreign exchange

• “divisa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “divisa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “divisa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “divisa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

divisa

1. inflection of divisar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /di.vi.za/

divisa

1. third-person singular past historic of diviser

• vidais

• IPA^(key): /diˈvi.za/
• Rhymes: -iza
• Hyphenation: di‧vì‧sa

From dividere, influenced by French devise.

divisa f (plural divise)

1. uniform

   Synonym: uniforme

2. livery

   Synonyms: livrea, tenuta

3. (economics) currency

   Synonyms: moneta, valuta

4. (heraldry) badge, emblem, token

   Synonyms: insegna, emblema, impresa

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

divisa f sg

1. feminine singular of diviso

divisa f sg

1. feminine singular of diviso

• divisa in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• divisa in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• divisa in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• divisa in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• divisa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• disvia

• dīvīsa: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /diːˈu̯iː.sa/, [d̪iːˈu̯iːs̠ä]
• dīvīsa: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /diˈvi.sa/, [d̪iˈviːs̬ä]
• dīvīsā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /diːˈu̯iː.saː/, [d̪iːˈu̯iːs̠äː]
• dīvīsā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /diˈvi.sa/, [d̪iˈviːs̬ä]

dīvīsa

1. inflection of dīvīsus:
   1. nominative/ablative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

• divisa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

• Hyphenation: di‧vi‧sa

From diviso, on the model of French devise.

divisa f (plural divisas)

1. border between regions
2. (heraldry) motto

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

divisa

1. inflection of divisar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

divisa

1. feminine singular of diviso

• “divisa”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “divisa”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “divisa” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “divisa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “divisa”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “divisa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

• IPA^(key): /diˈbisa/ [d̪iˈβ̞i.sa]
• Rhymes: -isa
• Syllabification: di‧vi‧sa

Deverbal from divisar.

divisa f (plural divisas)

1. (finance) foreign currency
2. badge, emblem, token
3. (heraldry) motto

   Synonym: lema

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

divisa

1. inflection of divisar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “divisa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28