vez

Portuguese

/veʃ/, /ve(j)s/

noun
Definitions
  • time; occasion
  • move chance to use something shared in sequence with others
  • (games) turn; move one’s chance to make a move in a game having two or more players

Etymology

Inherited from Old Portuguese vez inherited from Latin vicis (change, alternation, turn, alteration, reciprocity, diversity) derived from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (contain, separate, bend, curve, become equal, consecrate, wind, overcome, twist, exchange, choose, sacrifice, separate out, set aside as holy, fight, turn, revolve, weed out, envelop, hallow, swing, cull, conquer, divide, weave, make holy, yield).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*weyk-

Gloss

contain, separate, bend, curve, become equal, consecrate, wind, overcome, twist, exchange, choose, sacrifice, separate out, set aside as holy, fight, turn, revolve, weed out, envelop, hallow, swing, cull, conquer, divide, weave, make holy, yield

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織

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