Definition of vir
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós. Cognates include Sanskrit वीर (vīrá), Old Prussian wijrs, Old Irish fer, Old Norse verr, Ossetian ир (ir, “Ossetians”) and Old English wer (English were-).
Pronunciation
Noun
vir (genitive virī); m, second declension
- man, male human
- grown man
- brave man, hero
- husband
- (in military contexts) footsoldier
- vocative singular of vir
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