vers

AdjectiveEdit

vers (not comparable)

1. Abbreviation of versatile.

NounEdit

vers

1. Abbreviation of versine or versed sine.

SynonymsEdit

• versin

AnagramsEdit

• ERVs, revs

PronunciationEdit

• Rhymes: -ɛrs
• IPA^(key): /vɛrs/

• audio

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Etymology 1Edit

From Middle Dutch versch, from Old Dutch *fersk, *frisk, from Frankish *fersk, *frisk, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *preisk-. Compare German frisch, West Frisian farsk, English fresh, Danish and Norwegian fersk. Doublet of fris.

AdjectiveEdit

vers (comparative verser, superlative meest vers or verst)

1. fresh

DeclensionEdit

Derived termsEdit

• versheid

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

vers f (plural verzen, diminutive versje n)

1. verse, stanza
2. poem

PronunciationEdit

• audio

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• IPA^(key): /vɛʁ/
• Homophones: vair, vaire, ver, verre, verres, vert, verts
• Rhymes: -ɛʁ

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin versus (past participle of vertere).^[1] Cognate to Italian verso (preposition).

PrepositionEdit

vers

1. towards
2. around, circa (with a date)

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin versus.

NounEdit

vers m (plural vers)

1. verse

Etymology 3Edit

NounEdit

vers m

1. plural form of ver

ReferencesEdit

1. ^ 2009, Jacqueline Picoche; Jean-Claude Rolland, Dictionnaire étymologique du français (in French), Paris: Dictionnaires Le Robert:

External linksEdit

• "vers" in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛrʃ/

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin versus

NounEdit

vers (plural versek)

1. verse
2. poem

DeclensionEdit

SynonymsEdit

• költemény
• poéma

Etymology 2Edit

Of unknown origin.

NounEdit

vers (plural versek)

1. (obsolete) race

DeclensionEdit

Derived termsEdit

• verseng
• verseny

PrepositionEdit

vers

1. toward

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French vers, Italian verso, Latin versus.

NounEdit

vers n (plural versuri)

1. verse
2. lyric

DeclensionEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• vȅrz

EtymologyEdit

From Latin versus. Compare versificírati / vèrsifikovati.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ʋêrs/

NounEdit

vȅrs m (Cyrillic spelling ве̏рс)

1. (archaic) verse

DeclensionEdit

SynonymsEdit

• stȉh

ReferencesEdit

• “vers” in Hrvatski jezični portal

PronunciationEdit

• Audio

  (file)

NounEdit

vers c

1. verse, poetry, rhyme

   han skriver vers

   he writes poetry

   julhälsningen var skriven på vers

   the Christmas greeting was written in verse

2. a poem

   han har skrivit en vers till mig

   he has written a poem to me

3. a verse (of a song)
4. a verse (of the Bible)

   Den gyllene regeln står i Matteusevangeliet, kapitel 7, vers 12

   The golden rule is found in the gospel of Matthew, chapter 7, verse 12

DeclensionEdit

Related termsEdit

• verserad
• versmått

See alsoEdit

• dikt
• poem
• poesi
• rim
• refräng
• sång
• visa