Visa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "visa"

English

Etymology

Coined by the company's founder, Dee Hock, who believed that the word was instantly recognizable in many languages and that it denoted universal acceptance.

Proper noun

Visa

  1. (banking) A credit card company.
    • 2003, "Weird Al" Yankovic, eBay (song)
      Got PayPal or Visa, whatever'll please ya
      As long as I've got the dough.
    • 2019 July 5 (last accessed), “Visa Abroad”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1]:
      Paying with Visa abroad uses the same high-tech, anti-fraud systems as at home, so your payments are safe wherever you are.
  2. Alternative spelling of visa.

Noun

Visa (plural Visas)

  1. (banking) A credit card issued by the credit card company Visa.
  2. (banking) A credit card.

Translations

See also

Anagrams

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋisɑ/, [ˈʋis̠ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -isɑ
  • Syllabification(key): Vi‧sa
  • Hyphenation(key): Vi‧sa

Etymology 1

    < visa (as in visakoivu); perhaps created in the early 20th century

    Proper noun

    Visa

    1. a male given name
    Declension
    Inflection of Visa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
    nominative Visa Visat
    genitive Visan Visojen
    partitive Visaa Visoja
    illative Visaan Visoihin
    singular plural
    nominative Visa Visat
    accusative nom. Visa Visat
    gen. Visan
    genitive Visan Visojen
    Visain rare
    partitive Visaa Visoja
    inessive Visassa Visoissa
    elative Visasta Visoista
    illative Visaan Visoihin
    adessive Visalla Visoilla
    ablative Visalta Visoilta
    allative Visalle Visoille
    essive Visana Visoina
    translative Visaksi Visoiksi
    abessive Visatta Visoitta
    instructive Visoin
    comitative See the possessive forms below.
    Possessive forms of Visa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
    first-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative Visani Visani
    accusative nom. Visani Visani
    gen. Visani
    genitive Visani Visojeni
    Visaini rare
    partitive Visaani Visojani
    inessive Visassani Visoissani
    elative Visastani Visoistani
    illative Visaani Visoihini
    adessive Visallani Visoillani
    ablative Visaltani Visoiltani
    allative Visalleni Visoilleni
    essive Visanani Visoinani
    translative Visakseni Visoikseni
    abessive Visattani Visoittani
    instructive
    comitative Visoineni
    second-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative Visasi Visasi
    accusative nom. Visasi Visasi
    gen. Visasi
    genitive Visasi Visojesi
    Visaisi rare
    partitive Visaasi Visojasi
    inessive Visassasi Visoissasi
    elative Visastasi Visoistasi
    illative Visaasi Visoihisi
    adessive Visallasi Visoillasi
    ablative Visaltasi Visoiltasi
    allative Visallesi Visoillesi
    essive Visanasi Visoinasi
    translative Visaksesi Visoiksesi
    abessive Visattasi Visoittasi
    instructive
    comitative Visoinesi
    first-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative Visamme Visamme
    accusative nom. Visamme Visamme
    gen. Visamme
    genitive Visamme Visojemme
    Visaimme rare
    partitive Visaamme Visojamme
    inessive Visassamme Visoissamme
    elative Visastamme Visoistamme
    illative Visaamme Visoihimme
    adessive Visallamme Visoillamme
    ablative Visaltamme Visoiltamme
    allative Visallemme Visoillemme
    essive Visanamme Visoinamme
    translative Visaksemme Visoiksemme
    abessive Visattamme Visoittamme
    instructive
    comitative Visoinemme
    second-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative Visanne Visanne
    accusative nom. Visanne Visanne
    gen. Visanne
    genitive Visanne Visojenne
    Visainne rare
    partitive Visaanne Visojanne
    inessive Visassanne Visoissanne
    elative Visastanne Visoistanne
    illative Visaanne Visoihinne
    adessive Visallanne Visoillanne
    ablative Visaltanne Visoiltanne
    allative Visallenne Visoillenne
    essive Visananne Visoinanne
    translative Visaksenne Visoiksenne
    abessive Visattanne Visoittanne
    instructive
    comitative Visoinenne
    third-person possessor
    singular plural
    nominative Visansa Visansa
    accusative nom. Visansa Visansa
    gen. Visansa
    genitive Visansa Visojensa
    Visainsa rare
    partitive Visaansa Visojaan
    Visojansa
    inessive Visassaan
    Visassansa
    Visoissaan
    Visoissansa
    elative Visastaan
    Visastansa
    Visoistaan
    Visoistansa
    illative Visaansa Visoihinsa
    adessive Visallaan
    Visallansa
    Visoillaan
    Visoillansa
    ablative Visaltaan
    Visaltansa
    Visoiltaan
    Visoiltansa
    allative Visalleen
    Visallensa
    Visoilleen
    Visoillensa
    essive Visanaan
    Visanansa
    Visoinaan
    Visoinansa
    translative Visakseen
    Visaksensa
    Visoikseen
    Visoiksensa
    abessive Visattaan
    Visattansa
    Visoittaan
    Visoittansa
    instructive
    comitative Visoineen
    Visoinensa
    Statistics
    • Visa is the 362nd most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 919 male individuals (and as a middle name to 196 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

    Etymology 2

      Possibly from vernacular forms of Latin Vincentius, of the Scandinavian (Old Swedish) name Vismund and/or place names with visa.[1]

      Proper noun

      Visa

      1. a Finnish surname
      Declension
      Inflection of Visa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
      nominative Visa Visat
      genitive Visan Visojen
      partitive Visaa Visoja
      illative Visaan Visoihin
      singular plural
      nominative Visa Visat
      accusative nom. Visa Visat
      gen. Visan
      genitive Visan Visojen
      Visain rare
      partitive Visaa Visoja
      inessive Visassa Visoissa
      elative Visasta Visoista
      illative Visaan Visoihin
      adessive Visalla Visoilla
      ablative Visalta Visoilta
      allative Visalle Visoille
      essive Visana Visoina
      translative Visaksi Visoiksi
      abessive Visatta Visoitta
      instructive Visoin
      comitative See the possessive forms below.
      Possessive forms of Visa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
      first-person singular possessor
      singular plural
      nominative Visani Visani
      accusative nom. Visani Visani
      gen. Visani
      genitive Visani Visojeni
      Visaini rare
      partitive Visaani Visojani
      inessive Visassani Visoissani
      elative Visastani Visoistani
      illative Visaani Visoihini
      adessive Visallani Visoillani
      ablative Visaltani Visoiltani
      allative Visalleni Visoilleni
      essive Visanani Visoinani
      translative Visakseni Visoikseni
      abessive Visattani Visoittani
      instructive
      comitative Visoineni
      second-person singular possessor
      singular plural
      nominative Visasi Visasi
      accusative nom. Visasi Visasi
      gen. Visasi
      genitive Visasi Visojesi
      Visaisi rare
      partitive Visaasi Visojasi
      inessive Visassasi Visoissasi
      elative Visastasi Visoistasi
      illative Visaasi Visoihisi
      adessive Visallasi Visoillasi
      ablative Visaltasi Visoiltasi
      allative Visallesi Visoillesi
      essive Visanasi Visoinasi
      translative Visaksesi Visoiksesi
      abessive Visattasi Visoittasi
      instructive
      comitative Visoinesi
      first-person plural possessor
      singular plural
      nominative Visamme Visamme
      accusative nom. Visamme Visamme
      gen. Visamme
      genitive Visamme Visojemme
      Visaimme rare
      partitive Visaamme Visojamme
      inessive Visassamme Visoissamme
      elative Visastamme Visoistamme
      illative Visaamme Visoihimme
      adessive Visallamme Visoillamme
      ablative Visaltamme Visoiltamme
      allative Visallemme Visoillemme
      essive Visanamme Visoinamme
      translative Visaksemme Visoiksemme
      abessive Visattamme Visoittamme
      instructive
      comitative Visoinemme
      second-person plural possessor
      singular plural
      nominative Visanne Visanne
      accusative nom. Visanne Visanne
      gen. Visanne
      genitive Visanne Visojenne
      Visainne rare
      partitive Visaanne Visojanne
      inessive Visassanne Visoissanne
      elative Visastanne Visoistanne
      illative Visaanne Visoihinne
      adessive Visallanne Visoillanne
      ablative Visaltanne Visoiltanne
      allative Visallenne Visoillenne
      essive Visananne Visoinanne
      translative Visaksenne Visoiksenne
      abessive Visattanne Visoittanne
      instructive
      comitative Visoinenne
      third-person possessor
      singular plural
      nominative Visansa Visansa
      accusative nom. Visansa Visansa
      gen. Visansa
      genitive Visansa Visojensa
      Visainsa rare
      partitive Visaansa Visojaan
      Visojansa
      inessive Visassaan
      Visassansa
      Visoissaan
      Visoissansa
      elative Visastaan
      Visastansa
      Visoistaan
      Visoistansa
      illative Visaansa Visoihinsa
      adessive Visallaan
      Visallansa
      Visoillaan
      Visoillansa
      ablative Visaltaan
      Visaltansa
      Visoiltaan
      Visoiltansa
      allative Visalleen
      Visallensa
      Visoilleen
      Visoillensa
      essive Visanaan
      Visanansa
      Visoinaan
      Visoinansa
      translative Visakseen
      Visaksensa
      Visoikseen
      Visoiksensa
      abessive Visattaan
      Visattansa
      Visoittaan
      Visoittansa
      instructive
      comitative Visoineen
      Visoinensa
      Derived terms
      Statistics
      • The surname Visa belongs to 115 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

      References

      1. ^ Mikkonen, Pirjo; Paikkala, Sirkka (2000), Sukunimet, Helsinki: Otava, →ISBN

      German

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈviːza/
      • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

      Noun

      Visa

      1. plural of Visum

      Noun

      Visa n (strong, genitive Visas, plural Visa or Visas or Visen)

      1. (informal, otherwise obsolete) alternative form of Visum

      Declension

      Noun

      Visa f (genitive Visa, plural Visas)

      1. (informal) a Visa card

      Declension