wise

Signification

Adj

1. Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.
2. (colloquial) Disrespectful.
3. (colloquial) Aware, informed (to something).

Verb

1. To become wise.
2. (slang) Usually with "up", to inform or learn.

Noun

Way, manner, or method.

Verb

1. To instruct.
2. To advise; induce.
3. To show the way, guide.
4. To direct the course of, pilot.
5. To cause to turn.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/waɪz/

Étymologie

From Middle English wis, wys, from Old English wīs (“wise”), from Proto-Germanic *wīsaz (“wise”), from Proto-Indo-European *weydstos, *weydtos, a participle form of *weyd-.
Cognate with Dutch wijs, German weise, Norwegian and Swedish vis. Compare wit.

Phrases

Wisdom is the wealth of the wise .

La sagesse est la richesse des sages.