different between france vs gers

Esperanto

Adverb

france

1. in the French language
2. in the manner of a French person

Related terms

• franca (“French”)
• Francio (“France”)
• franco (“a French person”)

Latin

Adjective

france

1. vocative masculine singular of francus

References

• france in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??rs/
• Hyphenation: gers
• Rhymes: -?rs

Etymology

Unknown.

Adjective

gers (comparative gerser, superlative meest gers or gerst)

1. (Rotterdam) cool, nice

Icelandic

Noun

gers

1. indefinite genitive singular of ger

Lithuanian

Verb

gers

1. third-person singular future of gerti
2. third-person plural future of gerti

Middle Dutch

Noun

gers n

1. Alternative form of gras

Middle English

Noun

gers

1. Alternative form of gras

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• gres

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gras?.

Noun

gers n

1. grass

Inflection

Descendants

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: gäärs

  Sylt: G?rs

• Saterland Frisian: Gäärs
• West Frisian: gers, gjers, jers

Samogitian

Adjective

gers

1. good

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian gers, gres, from Proto-Germanic *gras?, from Proto-Indo-European *g?reH?- (“to grow, become green”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???s/

Noun

gers n (plural gerzen, diminutive gerske)

1. (Clay) grass

Alternative forms

• gjers (Wood)

Derived terms

• gersmoanne

Further reading

• “gers”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011