divisa
Catalan
Etymology 1
Borrowed from LatinCategory:Catalan terms borrowed from Latin#DIVISACategory:Catalan terms derived from Latin#DIVISA dīvīsa, probably via FrenchCategory:Catalan terms borrowed from French#DIVISACategory:Catalan terms derived from French#DIVISA devise.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [diˈβi.zə]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#DIVISA
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [diˈvi.zə]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#DIVISA
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [diˈvi.za]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#DIVISA
Noun
divisa f (plural divises)Category:Catalan lemmas#DIVISACategory:Catalan nouns#DIVISACategory:Catalan countable nouns#DIVISACategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#DIVISACategory:Catalan feminine nouns#DIVISACategory:Pages with entries#DIVISACategory:Pages with 6 entries#DIVISA
Further reading
- Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “divisa”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
- “divisa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “divisa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “divisa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Etymology 2
Verb
divisaCategory:Catalan non-lemma forms#DIVISACategory:Catalan verb forms#DIVISACategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#DIVISACategory:Pages with entries#DIVISACategory:Pages with 6 entries#DIVISA
- inflection of divisar:
French
Pronunciation
Verb
divisaCategory:French non-lemma forms#DIVISACategory:French verb forms#DIVISACategory:French entries with incorrect language header#DIVISACategory:Pages with entries#DIVISACategory:Pages with 6 entries#DIVISA
Anagrams
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From dividere, influenced by French devise.
Noun
divisa f (plural divise)Category:Italian lemmas#DIVISACategory:Italian nouns#DIVISACategory:Italian countable nouns#DIVISACategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#DIVISACategory:Italian feminine nouns#DIVISACategory:Pages with entries#DIVISACategory:Pages with 6 entries#DIVISA
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
divisaCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#DIVISACategory:Italian adjective forms#DIVISACategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#DIVISACategory:Pages with entries#DIVISACategory:Pages with 6 entries#DIVISA
Participle
divisaCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#DIVISACategory:Italian past participle forms#DIVISACategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#DIVISACategory:Pages with entries#DIVISACategory:Pages with 6 entries#DIVISA
Further reading
- 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
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- dīvīsa:
- dīvīsā:
Participle
dīvīsaCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#DIVISACategory:Latin participle forms#DIVISACategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#DIVISACategory:Pages with entries#DIVISACategory:Pages with 6 entries#DIVISA
- inflection of dīvīsus:
References
- "divisa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: di‧vi‧sa
Etymology 1
From diviso, on the model of FrenchCategory:Portuguese terms calqued from French#DIVISACategory:Portuguese terms derived from French#DIVISA devise.
Noun
divisa f (plural divisas)Category:Portuguese lemmas#DIVISACategory:Portuguese nouns#DIVISACategory:Portuguese countable nouns#DIVISACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#DIVISACategory:Portuguese feminine nouns#DIVISACategory:Pages with entries#DIVISACategory:Pages with 6 entries#DIVISA
- border between regions
- (heraldryCategory:pt:Heraldry#DIVISA) motto
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
divisaCategory:Portuguese non-lemma forms#DIVISACategory:Portuguese verb forms#DIVISACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#DIVISACategory:Pages with entries#DIVISACategory:Pages with 6 entries#DIVISA
- inflection of divisar:
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
divisaCategory:Portuguese non-lemma forms#DIVISACategory:Portuguese adjective forms#DIVISACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#DIVISACategory:Pages with entries#DIVISACategory:Pages with 6 entries#DIVISA
Further reading
- “divisa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “divisa”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
- “divisa” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “divisa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “divisa”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “divisa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /diˈbisa/ [d̪iˈβ̞i.sa]Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#DIVISACategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#DIVISA
- Rhymes: -isaCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/isa#DIVISACategory:Rhymes:Spanish/isa/3 syllables#DIVISA
- Syllabification: di‧vi‧sa
Etymology 1
Deverbal from divisarCategory:Spanish deverbals#DIVISA.
Noun
divisa f (plural divisas)Category:Spanish lemmas#DIVISACategory:Spanish nouns#DIVISACategory:Spanish countable nouns#DIVISACategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#DIVISACategory:Spanish feminine nouns#DIVISACategory:Pages with entries#DIVISACategory:Pages with 6 entries#DIVISA
- (financeCategory:es:Finance#DIVISA) foreign currency
- badge, emblem, token
- (heraldryCategory:es:Heraldry#DIVISA) motto
- Synonym: lema
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
divisaCategory:Spanish non-lemma forms#DIVISACategory:Spanish verb forms#DIVISACategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#DIVISACategory:Pages with entries#DIVISACategory:Pages with 6 entries#DIVISA
- inflection of divisar:
Further reading
- “divisa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025