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verre

See also: vérre, vèrre, vérré, and verrë

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛ.rə/
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  • Hyphenation: ver‧re
  • Rhymes: -ɛrə

Adverb

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verre

  1. Archaic form of ver.

Adjective

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verre

  1. inflection of ver:
    1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
    2. definite neuter singular attributive
    3. plural attributive

Estonian

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Noun

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verre

  1. illative singular of veri

French

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Middle French voirre (most probably pronounced /ˈvwɛːrə/), from Old French voirre, from Latin vitrum. Doublet of vitre.

The irregular evolution of /wɛ/ into /ɛ/ in this word is "early but normal after labials"; the influence of derivatives with an etymological first-syllable /ɛ/ may also be relevant. Compare François vs. Français, roide vs. raide.

Noun

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verre m (plural verres)

  1. (usually uncountable) glass (substance)
    verre de couleur ― colored glass
    1. symbol of fragility
      Ça casse comme le verre. ― That breaks like glass.
    2. symbol of transparency
      Une maison de verre. ― A house of glass.
  2. (countable) Object of this substance
    1. (optics) lens, glass
      un verre de lunettes ― a glasses lens, an eyeglass lens
      un verre grossissant ― a magnifying glass, a magnifying lens
      Synonym: lentille
    2. glass (drinking vessel)
      un verre en cristal ― a crystal glass
    3. the content of such a vessel
      On va boire un verre! ― Let's go have a drink!
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Haitian Creole: vè
  • Louisiana Creole: vè, vèr, vær

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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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verre

  1. inflection of verrer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Latin

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Noun

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verre

  1. ablative singular of verrēs

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch ferro, from Proto-Germanic *ferrô.

Adverb

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verre

  1. far, at great distance
  2. far, towards a great distance
  3. far into the future
  4. far, to a great extent
  5. by far

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Adjective

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verre

  1. far, faraway, at great distance

Inflection

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From Old French verai.

Alternative forms

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Adjective

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verre (superlative verrest)

  1. true
Quotations
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For quotations using this term, see Citations:verre.

Etymology 2

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Noun

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verre

  1. Alternative form of firre

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse verri.

Pronunciation

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  • (Fredrikstad dialect) IPA(key): [ˈʋɛ̝̂ɾ.ɾɛ̝]

Adjective

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verre

  1. worse; comparative degree of vond
  2. comparative degree of ille
  3. comparative degree of ond

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