verre

See also: vèrre and verrë

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛrə/

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Adjective

verre

1. Inflected form of ver

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French

Etymology

From Old French voirre most probably pronounced /vwɛr/, 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛʁ/

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• Homophones: vair, ver, verres, vers, vert, verts
• Rhymes: -ɛʁ

Noun

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 in this substance
   1. (optics) glass

      des verres de lunettes ― spectacles

   2. lens

      des verres grossissants ― magnifying lenses

   3. glass (drinking vessel)

      un verre en cristal ― a crystal glass

   4. its content

      On va boire un verre! ― Let's go have a drink!

Derived terms

Derived terms

• cliché-verre
• cul-de-verre
• essuie-verres
• papier de verre
• prendre un verre

• sous-verre
• verre-mort
• verrée
• verrerie
• verrier

• verrière
• verrillon
• verrine or vérine
• verrophone
• verroterie

Related terms

• vitre

Further reading

• “verre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• rêver

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwer.re/, [ˈwɛr.rɛ]

Noun

verre

1. ablative singular of verrēs

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Adverb

verre

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

Descendants

• Dutch: ver

Adjective

verre

1. far, faraway, at great distance

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: ver

Further reading

• “verre (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “verre (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “verre (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
• “verre (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• verai, veray, verra, verray, verrei, verrey, verri, verry, very
• werai, werrai, wery

Etymology

From Old French verai

Adjective

verre (superlative verrest)

1. true

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:verre.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• værre (possibly used in Riksmål, after Danish værre)
• vondere

Etymology

From Old Norse verri

Pronunciation

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Adjective

verre

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

Derived terms

• forverre

References

• “verre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.