# guisa
## Catalan
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *wīsō, related to *wīsaz (“wise”). Cognate with English wise and German Weise.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡi.zə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈɡi.za]

#### Noun

guisa f (plural guises)
* manner, way

##### Derived terms

* a guisa de
* guisar

#### Further reading

* “guisa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

guisa
* inflection of guisar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Galician
### Etymology 1

13th century. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wīsǭ (“manner, way”), probably through Vulgar Latin. Cognate with, among others, English wise.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡisa̝/

#### Noun

guisa f (plural guisas)
* (now literary) manner, way
** 1457, Fernando R. Tato Plaza, editor, Libro de notas de Álvaro Pérez, notario da Terra de Rianxo e Postmarcos, Santiago: Concello da Cultura Galega, page 173:Boa tĩta se deue faser en esta guisa: Para hũu neto de tĩta, õça e media de agallaThe good ink must be prepared in this wise: for preparing a neto of ink, an ounce and a half of oak gall

##### Derived terms

* aguisar
* guisadeira
* guisado
* guisar
* guiso

#### References

* “guisa”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “guisa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “guisa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “guisa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “guisa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “guisa”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

guisa
* inflection of guisar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *wîsa, related to *wīsaz (“wise”).
Cognate with English wise and German Weise. Compare Spanish and Portuguese guisa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡwi.za/
* Rhymes: -iza
* Hyphenation: guì‧sa

### Noun

guisa f (plural guise)
* (literary) manner, way

### Further reading

* guisa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Old Occitan
### Alternative forms

* guia
* guiza

### Etymology

From Late Latin [Term?] (compare Old French guise, Italian guisa), from Proto-Germanic *wisa, related to *wīsaz (“wise”).
Cognate with English wise and German Weise. Compare Spanish guisa, Italian guisa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡiza/

### Noun

guisa f (oblique plural guisas, nominative singular guisa, nominative plural guisas)
* way, manner
** c. 1110, Guilhèm de Peitieus, Canso:Ma dona m'assai' e·m prueva, / Quossi de qual guiza l'am [...].My lady tries to test me to find out how much I love her.

## Old Spanish
### Alternative forms

* guysa (alternative spelling)

### Etymology

From a Germanic root related to *wīsaz (“wise”), perhaps through Gothic *𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰 (*weisa). Cognate with German Weise (“way, manner”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡiza/

### Noun

guisa f (plural guisas)
* way, manner
** c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 32v:Vio ſaul el albergada de los philiſteos e ouo mẏedo. ⁊ demãdo c̃ſeio al nr̃o ſẽnor. E nol reſpõdio en nulla guẏſa.[Then] Saul saw the encampment of the Philistines and he was afraid. And he sought the counsel of Our Lord, [but] He did not respond to him in any way.

#### Synonyms

* manera f

#### Descendants

* Spanish: guisa

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French guise, from Proto-Germanic *wīsą, related to *wīsaz (“wise”).
Cognate with English wise and German Weise. Compare Spanish and Italian guisa.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡi.zɐ/
* Hyphenation: gui‧sa

#### Noun

guisa f (plural guisas)
* manner, habit
    Synonym: maneira
* way
    Synonym: modo
    à guisa de ― by way of

##### Derived terms

* aguisar

#### Further reading

* “guisa” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

guisa
* inflection of guisar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish guisa. Likely from Gothic *𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰 (*weisa, “way, manner”), from Proto-Germanic *wīsō (“way, method, etc.”), related to *wīsaz (“wise”). Compare English wise, guise and German weise.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡisa/ [ˈɡi.sa]
* Rhymes: -isa
* Syllabification: gui‧sa

#### Noun

guisa f (plural guisas)
* manner, guise, way
** 1585, Miguel de Cervantes, La Galatea 1:el diestro brazo levantado, a guisa de quien esperaba hacer algún recio tiro(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* habit
    Synonyms: hábito, costumbre

##### Derived terms

* a guisa de

#### Further reading

* “guisa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

guisa
* inflection of guisar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative