verbe

See also: vérbe and vèrbe

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin verbum. Doublet of verve.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛʁb/

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• Homophone: verbes

Noun

verbe m (plural verbes)

1. speech
2. tone of voice
3. way of speaking
4. (grammar) verb

Derived terms

• verbal
• verbe à particule
• verbe absolu
• verbe actif
• verbe auxiliaire
• verbe de perception
• verbe défectif
• verbe d’état
• verbe factitif
• verbe faible
• verbe fort
• verbe impersonnel
• verbe intransitif
• verbe irrégulier
• verbe léger
• verbe mixte
• verbe passif
• verbe pronominal
• verbe simple
• verbe transitif

 

Further reading

• “verbe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• brève

Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French verbe, from Latin verbum, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰh₁om. Doublet of word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛrb(ə)/

Noun

verbe (plural verbes)

1. (grammar) verb

Descendants

• English: verb

References

• “verbe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-3.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin verbum.

Noun

verbe m or f

1. word
2. phrasing; way of expressing something

Descendants

• → English: verb
• French: verbe
• Norman: vèrbe

Romanian

Noun

verbe n pl

1. plural of verb