verset
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English verset, from Old French verset; equivalent to verse + -et.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈvɜːsɪt/, /ˈvɜːsət/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈvɚsɪt/, /ˈvɚsət/
Noun edit
verset (plural versets)
- (music) A very short organ interlude or prelude.
- (obsolete) A verse.
- 1641, John Milton, Animadversions upon the Remonstrants Defence against Smectymnuus; republished in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, […], Amsterdam [actually London: s.n.], 1698, →OCLC:
- they bear an equal part with the Priest in many places , and have their cues and versets as well as he
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “verset”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
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French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French verset. By surface analysis, vers + -et.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
verset m (plural versets)
- Diminutive of vers
- verse (of religious text)
Further reading edit
- “verset”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Hungarian edit
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verset
Latin edit
Verb edit
verset
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Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French verset; equivalent to vers + -et.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
verset (plural versetis)
Descendants edit
- English: verset
References edit
- “verset, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-05-27.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
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verset n
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
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verset n
Piedmontese edit
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verset m (plural verset)
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Romanian edit
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Noun edit
verset n (plural versete)
Declension edit
Declension of verset
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) verset | versetul | (niște) versete | versetele |
genitive/dative | (unui) verset | versetului | (unor) versete | versetelor |
vocative | versetule | versetelor |