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revers

See also: Revers and revers'

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French revers (“lapel, reverse side”). Doublet of reverse.

Noun

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revers (plural revers)

  1. A lapel of a garment, turned back to show the reverse side.

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Noun

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revers

  1. plural of rever

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Czech

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Revers.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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revers m inan

  1. a legal document, in which an inpatient, leaving a hospital against his medical doctor's advice, assumes responsibility for any potential consequences of his leaving
  2. reverse, verso, tail

Usage notes

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  • In the "legal document" sense almost never used other than in these expressions:
    podat revers ― to sign the document
    podepsat revers ― to sign the document
    odejít na revers ― to leave a hospital having signed the document

Declension

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Declension of revers (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative revers reversy
genitive reversu reversů
dative reversu reversům
accusative revers reversy
vocative reverse reversy
locative reversu reversech
instrumental reversem reversy

Further reading

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  • revers in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • revers in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

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Noun

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revers c (singular definite reversen, plural indefinite reverser)

  1. reverse

Inflection

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Declension of revers
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative revers reversen reverser reverserne
genitive revers' reversens reversers reversernes

Noun

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revers c or n (singular definite reversen or reverset, plural indefinite reverser, plural definite reverserne)

  1. revers

Dutch

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Etymology

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From French revers and Latin reversus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /rəˈvɛːr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: re‧vers

Noun

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revers m (plural revers)

  1. revers, lapel

Further reading

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  • “revers” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French revers, from Latin reversus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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revers m (plural revers)

  1. reverse side
  2. backhand
    • 1836, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, chapter XXXV, in Louis Viardot, transl., L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, volume I, Paris: J[acques]-J[ulien] Dubochet et Cie, éditeurs, […], →OCLC:
      Au secours, seigneurs, au secours ! venez à l’aide de mon seigneur, qui est engagé dans la plus formidable et la plus sanglante bataille que mes yeux aient jamais vue. Vive Dieu ! il a porté un tel revers au géant ennemi de madame la princesse Micomicona, qu’il lui a tranché la tête à rasibus des épaules, comme si c’eût été un navet.
      Help, good sirs, help! Come to the help of my master, who is engaged in the most formidable and the most bloody battle that my eyes have ever seen. By God! He delivered such a backhand to the giant enemy of the lady princess of Micomicona that he sliced off his head cleanly from the shoulders, as if it had been a turnip.
  3. (tennis) backhand
    Antonym: coup droit

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → English: rever, revers
  • → Romanian: rever
  • → Swedish: revär

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Middle English

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Adverb

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revers

  1. In a reverse way or direction; upside-down. [from 14thc.]
    • 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book XVIII, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC:
      they three smote hym at onys with their spearys, and with fors of themselff they smote Sir Launcelottis horse revers to the erthe.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Latin reversus via French revers.

Noun

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revers m (definite singular reversen, indefinite plural reverser, definite plural reversene)

  1. the reverse side of a coin or medal
  2. reverse gear in a vehicle or machine
    sette bilen i revers ― put the car in reverse

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Latin reversus via French revers.

Noun

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revers m (definite singular reversen, indefinite plural reversar, definite plural reversane)

  1. the reverse side of a coin or medal
  2. reverse gear in a vehicle or machine
    setje bilen i revers ― put the car in reverse

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Old French

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Etymology

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From Latin reversus.

Noun

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revers oblique singular, m (oblique plural revers, nominative singular revers, nominative plural revers)

  1. reverse; opposite; contrary
    veez cy le fet qe prove le revers
    see here the fact that proves the contrary

Adjective

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revers m (oblique and nominative feminine singular reverse)

  1. opposite; reverse

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French revers, from Latin Revers.

Noun

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revers n (plural reversuri)

  1. reverse

Declension

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Declension of revers
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) revers reversul (niște) reversuri reversurile
genitive/dative (unui) revers reversului (unor) reversuri reversurilor
vocative reversule reversurilor
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