different between reves vs revers

English

Noun

reves

1. plural of reve

Anagrams

• 'verse, -verse, serve, sever, veers, verse

Middle English

Etymology 1

From reve +? -es.

Noun

reves

1. plural of reve

Etymology 2

From reif +? -es.

Noun

reves

1. plural of reif

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

reves

1. passive form of reve

English

Alternative forms

• rever
• revere

Etymology

Borrowed from French revers (“lapel, reverse side”). Doublet of reverse.

Noun

revers (plural revers)

1. A lapel of a garment, turned back to show the reverse side.

Translations

Noun

revers

1. plural of rever

Anagrams

• server, verser

Czech

Alternative forms

• reverz

Noun

revers m

1. a legal document, in which an inpatient, leaving a hospital against his medical doctor's advice, assumes responsibility for any potential consequences of his leaving
2. reverse, verso, tail

Usage notes

• In the "legal document" sense almost never used otherwise than in these expressions:

  podat revers - to sign the document

  podepsat revers - to sign the document

  odejít na revers - to leave a hospital having signed the document

Danish

Noun

revers c (singular definite reversen, plural indefinite reverser)

1. reverse

Inflection

Noun

revers c or n (singular definite reversen or reverset, plural indefinite reverser, plural definite reverserne)

1. revers

Dutch

Etymology

From French revers and Latin reversus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r??v??r/
• Hyphenation: re?vers

Noun

revers m (plural revers)

1. revers, lapel

Anagrams

• verser

French

Etymology

From Old French revers, from Latin reversus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.v??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

revers m (plural revers)

1. reverse side
2. backhand
3. (tennis) backhand

   Antonym: coup droit

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? English: rever, revers
• ? Romanian: rever

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• resver, verres, verser

Middle English

Adverb

revers

1. In a reverse way or direction; upside-down. [from 14^thc.]

   • they three smote hym at onys with their spearys, and with fors of themselff they smote Sir Launcelottis horse revers to the erthe.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin reversus via French revers

Noun

revers m (definite singular reversen, indefinite plural reverser, definite plural reversene)

1. the reverse side of a coin or medal
2. reverse gear in a vehicle or machine

References

• “revers” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin reversus via French revers

Noun

revers m (definite singular reversen, indefinite plural reversar, definite plural reversane)

1. the reverse side of a coin or medal
2. reverse gear in a vehicle or machine

References

• “revers” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin reversus.

Noun

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

1. reverse; opposite; contrary

Adjective

revers m (oblique and nominative feminine singular reverse)

1. opposite; reverse

Descendants

• French: revers
• ? English: reverse, revers

Romanian

Etymology

From French revers, from Latin Revers.

Noun

revers n (plural reversuri)

1. reverse

Declension