verité

See also: verite and vérité

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French verité.

Noun

verité f (plural veritez)

1. truth

Descendants

• French: vérité

Old French

Alternative forms

• verté
• verted

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vēritās, vēritātem. See also the inherited form verté.

Noun

verité oblique singular, f (oblique plural veritez, nominative singular verité, nominative plural veritez)

1. truth
   • c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Sire, quant vos si m'angoissiez,
     La verité vos an dirai,
     Ja plus ne le vos celerai

     Sire, when you scare me so,
     I will tell you the truth,
     I will hide it from you no longer

Descendants

• → English: verity
• Middle French: verité
  • French: vérité