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guisa

See also: Guisa, and guisá

Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *wīsō, related to *wīsaz (“wise”). Cognate with English wise and German Weise.

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Noun

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guisa f (plural guises)

  1. manner, way
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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guisa

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

Galician

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Etymology 1

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13th century. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wīsǭ (“manner, way”), probably through Vulgar Latin.[1] Cognate with, among others, English wise.

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Noun

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guisa f (plural guisas)

  1. (now literary) manner, way
    • 1457, Fernando R. Tato Plaza, editor, Libro de notas de Álvaro Pérez, notario da Terra de Rianxo e Postmarcos, Santiago: Concello da Cultura Galega, page 173:
      Boa tĩta se deue faser en esta guisa: Para hũu neto de tĩta, õça e media de agalla
      The good ink must be prepared in this wise: for preparing a neto of ink, an ounce and a half of oak gall
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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “guisa”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Etymology 2

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Verb

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guisa

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

Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *wîsa, related to *wīsaz (“wise”).

Cognate with English wise and German Weise. Compare Spanish and Portuguese guisa.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡwi.za/
  • Rhymes: -iza
  • Hyphenation: guì‧sa

Noun

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guisa f (plural guise)

  1. (literary) manner, way

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  • guisa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Old Occitan

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Etymology

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From Late Latin [Term?] (compare Old French guise, Italian guisa), from Proto-Germanic *wisa, related to *wīsaz (“wise”).

Cognate with English wise and German Weise. Compare Spanish guisa, Italian guisa.

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Noun

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guisa f (oblique plural guisas, nominative singular guisa, nominative plural guisas)

  1. way, manner
    • c. 1110, Guilhèm de Peitieus, Canso:
      Ma dona m'assai' e·m prueva, / Quossi de qual guiza l'am [...].
      My lady tries to test me to find out how much I love her.

Old Spanish

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Alternative forms

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  • guysa (alternative spelling)

Etymology

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From a Germanic root related to *wīsaz (“wise”), perhaps through Gothic *𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰 (*weisa). Cognate with German Weise (“way, manner”).

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guisa f (plural guisas)

  1. way, manner
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 32v:
      Vio ſaul el albergada de los philiſteos e ouo mẏedo. ⁊ demãdo c̃ſeio al nr̃o ſẽnor. E nol reſpõdio en nulla guẏſa.
      [Then] Saul saw the encampment of the Philistines and he was afraid. And he sought the counsel of Our Lord, [but] He did not respond to him in any way.

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Descendants

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  • Spanish: guisa

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French guise, from Proto-Germanic *wīsą, related to *wīsaz (“wise”).

Cognate with English wise and German Weise. Compare Spanish and Italian guisa.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: gui‧sa

Noun

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guisa f (plural guisas)

  1. manner, habit
    Synonym: maneira
  2. way
    Synonym: modo
    à guisa de ― by way of
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Further reading

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  • “guisa” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Etymology 2

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Verb

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guisa

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

Spanish

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Spanish guisa. Likely from Gothic *𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰 (*weisa, “way, manner”), from Proto-Germanic *wīsō (“way, method, etc.”), related to *wīsaz (“wise”). Compare English wise, guise and German weise.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡisa/ [ˈɡi.sa]
  • Rhymes: -isa
  • Syllabification: gui‧sa

Noun

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guisa f (plural guisas)

  1. manner, guise, way
  2. habit
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Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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guisa

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