Wiktionary

vers

See also: Vers, verš, and vers.

EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

vers (not comparable)

  1. (BDSM, gay slang) Short for versatile.

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

vers

  1. Abbreviation of versine or versed sine.
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AfrikaansEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Dutch vers, from Middle Dutch vers, from Old Dutch vers, from Latin versus.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

vers (plural verse, diminutive versie)

  1. A verse, a stanza.
  2. A short poem.
  3. A verse; a line, sentence or similarly short passage of a text, usually in prose.

AromanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin versō. Compare Romanian vărsa, vars.

VerbEdit

vers (third-person present indicative viarse, past participle vãrsate)

  1. Alternative form of versu

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CatalanEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from Latin versus (“line, row”). Doublet of bes and ves.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

vers m (plural versos)

  1. verse, poem
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Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from Latin versus (“toward, facing”).

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

vers

  1. (literary) towards (in the direction of)
  2. (literary) towards (in relation to)
  3. (literary) towards (located approximately next to)
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DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin versus

NounEdit

vers n (singular definite verset, plural indefinite vers)

  1. verse (in songs)
  2. single line in poem
    tredje vers i femte strofe
    the third line of the fifth stanza
  3. the format of meter, verse, as opposed to prose
    Det var før i tiden almindeligt at skrive aviser på vers.
    Previously, it was normal to write newspapers in verse.

Usage notesEdit

The first definition is common among layfolk, while the second is used otherwise.

DeclensionEdit

Declension of vers
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vers verset vers versene
genitive vers' versets vers' versenes

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /vɛrs/
  • audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: vers
  • Rhymes: -ɛrs

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle Dutch versch, from Old Dutch *fersk, *frisk, from Proto-West Germanic *frisk, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *preysk-. Doublet of fris.

Cognate with German frisch, West Frisian farsk, English fresh, Danish and Norwegian fersk.

AdjectiveEdit

vers (comparative verser, superlative meest vers or verst)

  1. fresh
InflectionEdit
Inflection of vers
uninflected vers
inflected verse
comparative verser
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial vers verser het verst
het verste
indefinite m./f. sing. verse versere verste
n. sing. vers verser verste
plural verse versere verste
definite verse versere verste
partitive vers versers —
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
  • Afrikaans: vars
  • Negerhollands: versch

Etymology 2Edit

From Middle Dutch vers, from Old Dutch vers, from Latin versus.

NounEdit

vers n (plural verzen, diminutive versje n)

  1. A verse, a stanza.
  2. A short poem.
  3. Verse (poetic form with fixed rhyme and meter).
  4. A verse; a line, sentence or similarly short passage of a text, usually in prose.
Derived termsEdit
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FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

PrepositionEdit

vers

  1. towards
  2. to
    Elle a traduit les paroles de sa chanson préférée du français vers l'anglais.
    She translated the words of her favorite song from French to English.
  3. around, circa (with a date or time)
    Pouvez-vous nous attendre jusque vers midi ?
    Can you wait for us until about noon?

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin versus.

NounEdit

vers m (plural vers)

  1. verse
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

NounEdit

vers m

  1. plural of ver

ReferencesEdit

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

Further readingEdit

HungarianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin versus.[1]

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

vers (plural versek)

  1. verse, poem
    Synonyms: költemény, poéma
  2. (obsolete) race (competition)

DeclensionEdit

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative vers versek
accusative verset verseket
dative versnek verseknek
instrumental verssel versekkel
causal-final versért versekért
translative verssé versekké
terminative versig versekig
essive-formal versként versekként
essive-modal — —
inessive versben versekben
superessive versen verseken
adessive versnél verseknél
illative versbe versekbe
sublative versre versekre
allative vershez versekhez
elative versből versekből
delative versről versekről
ablative verstől versektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		versé verseké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		verséi versekéi
Possessive forms of vers
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. versem verseim
2nd person sing. versed verseid
3rd person sing. verse versei
1st person plural versünk verseink
2nd person plural versetek verseitek
3rd person plural versük verseik

Derived termsEdit

(Compound words):

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ vers in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further readingEdit

  • vers in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

IcelandicEdit

NounEdit

vers

  1. indefinite genitive singular of ver

IdoEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French vers, Italian verso. Decision no. 718, Progreso V.

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

vers

  1. (physical sense) toward, towards, in the direction of

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ReferencesEdit


MalteseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Italian verso and/or Sicilian versu, from Latin versus.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

vers m (dual versejn, plural versi or vrus or vrejjes, diminutive vrejjes)

  1. verse
  2. (figuratively) manner of thinking

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Middle EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From a combination of Old French vers and Old English fers, both from Latin versus.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /vɛrs/, /vɛːrs/, /fɛrs/

NounEdit

vers (plural verses or vers)

  1. A line or passage of a text or work:
    1. A line in a poem; part of a stanza.
    2. A line in a non-poetic literary work.
    3. A Biblical verse, especially of a psalm.
    4. A maxim or similar short phrase.
  2. A larger portion of a text or work:
    1. A stanza; a group of lines equivalent to the prose paragraph.
    2. A portion of a liturgical prayer or recitation.
  3. Verse, poetry; the poetic form and art as a whole.
  4. (rare) A syllable as a poetic unit.
  5. (rare) An array of objects.

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DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Middle FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French vers

PrepositionEdit

vers

  1. toward(s)

Norwegian BokmålEdit

 
Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

EtymologyEdit

From Latin versus and Old Norse vers

NounEdit

vers n (definite singular verset, indefinite plural vers, definite plural versa or versene)

  1. verse

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ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

 
Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse vers, versi, from Latin versus.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

vers n (definite singular verset, indefinite plural vers, definite plural versa)

  1. verse

ReferencesEdit

Old FrenchEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Latin versus (“verse; line (of poetry)”).

NounEdit

vers m (oblique plural vers, nominative singular vers, nominative plural vers)

  1. verse (poetry)
    • circa 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 182 (of the Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, lines 2257-8:
      Seignurs, cest cunte est mult divers,
      e pur ço l'uni par mes vers
      Good sirs, this story is very diverse,
      and for this, I try to bring it together with my verses
DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Latin versus (“turned, changed, having been turned”).

PrepositionEdit

vers

  1. toward(s)
DescendantsEdit

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Old NorseEdit

NounEdit

vers

  1. genitive singular of verr

Old OccitanEdit

NounEdit

vers m (oblique plural vers, nominative singular vers, nominative plural vers)

  1. verse (poetry)

PiedmonteseEdit

NounEdit

vers m (plural vers)

  1. verse

Derived termsEdit

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French vers, Italian verso, Latin versus. Doublet of viers, which was inherited.

NounEdit

vers n (plural versuri)

  1. verse
  2. lyric

DeclensionEdit

Declension of vers
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) vers versul (niște) versuri versurile
genitive/dative (unui) vers versului (unor) versuri versurilor
vocative versule versurilor

Serbo-CroatianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin versus. Compare versificírati / vèrsifikovati.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

vȅrs m (Cyrillic spelling ве̏рс)

  1. (archaic) verse

DeclensionEdit

Declension of vers
singular plural
nominative vȅrs versi
genitive vȅrsa vȇrsā
dative versu versima
accusative vers verse
vocative verse versi
locative versu versima
instrumental versom versima

SynonymsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • “vers” in Hrvatski jezični portal

SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin versus (“turning”)

PronunciationEdit

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

Declension of vers 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative vers versen verser verserna
Genitive vers versens versers versernas

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AnagramsEdit

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