ouvert
See also: ouvèrt
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French ouvert. Doublet of apert and overt.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ouvert (plural ouverts)
- (ballet) A position in which the feet are apart, or a movement which brings them apart.
- (fashion) An open-crotch undergarment.
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French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French ouvert, from Old French overt, from Vulgar Latin *opertus, from Latin apertus. Doublet of apert.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
ouvert (feminine ouverte, masculine plural ouverts, feminine plural ouvertes)
Derived terms edit
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Participle edit
ouvert (feminine ouverte, masculine plural ouverts, feminine plural ouvertes)
- past participle of ouvrir
Descendants edit
- Antillean Creole: ouvè
- Haitian Creole: ouvè
- Louisiana Creole: ouvèr
- Mauritian Creole: ouver, uver
- Seychellois Creole: ouver
- → English: ouvert
- → German: ouvert
Further reading edit
- “ouvert”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French overt.
Verb edit
ouvert
- past participle of ouvrir
Descendants edit
- French: ouvert (see there for further descendants)
Norman edit
Adjective edit
ouvert m
- Alternative form of ouvaert