"devise" meaning in French

See devise in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /də.viz/ Audio: Fr-devise.ogg Forms: devises [plural]
Etymology: From Old French devise (“division, separation; heraldic band, emblem”), from deviser. The financial sense is a semantic loan from German Devise. Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|fro|devise|t=division, separation; heraldic band, emblem}} Old French devise (“division, separation; heraldic band, emblem”), {{semantic loan|fr|de|Devise|nocap=1}} semantic loan from German Devise Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} devise f (plural devises)
  1. (heraldry) motto Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Heraldry
    Sense id: en-devise-fr-noun-hugphEey Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
  2. (finance) assets in foreign currency Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Finance
    Sense id: en-devise-fr-noun-z7FqJjw2 Topics: business, finance
  3. (finance, by extension) currency Tags: broadly, feminine Categories (topical): Finance
    Sense id: en-devise-fr-noun-Rm5bnNV~ Topics: business, finance

Verb

IPA: /də.viz/ Audio: Fr-devise.ogg
Etymology: From Old French devise (“division, separation; heraldic band, emblem”), from deviser. The financial sense is a semantic loan from German Devise. Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|fro|devise|t=division, separation; heraldic band, emblem}} Old French devise (“division, separation; heraldic band, emblem”), {{semantic loan|fr|de|Devise|nocap=1}} semantic loan from German Devise Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} devise
  1. inflection of deviser:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: deviser
    Sense id: en-devise-fr-verb-VAbGNxoI Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 0 11 1 13 2 1 0 2 1 2 6 1 1 11 8 17 3 17 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 12 1 14 1 1 0 1 1 1 6 1 1 12 6 19 2 19 2 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 26 4 5 44 21
  2. inflection of deviser:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: deviser
    Sense id: en-devise-fr-verb-rvBGIz0m

Inflected forms

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