different between vers vs vars

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /v?s/

Adjective

vers (not comparable)

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

Etymology 2

Noun

vers

1. Abbreviation of versine or versed sine.

Synonyms

• versin

Anagrams

• ERVs, Serv., VREs, revs, serv, serv.

Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin vers?. Compare Romanian v?rsa, vars.

Verb

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

1. Alternative form of versu

Related terms

• vãrsari
• vãrsat
• vãrsãture

See also

• dãpun
• vom
• tor

Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?rs/

Noun

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.

Catalan

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?v?rs/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?b?rs/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?v??s/

Noun

vers m (plural versos)

1. verse, poem

Related terms

• versar

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?vers/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?bers/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?ve?s/

Preposition

vers

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

Synonyms

• (direction): envers, devers

Related terms

• invers
• versus

Further reading

• “vers” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Danish

Etymology

From Latin versus

Noun

vers n (singular definite verset, plural indefinite vers)

1. verse (in songs)
2. single line in poem

3. the format of meter, verse, as opposed to prose

Usage notes

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

Declension

Synonyms

• (single line): verselinje

Further reading

• “vers” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “vers” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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.

Adjective

vers (comparative verser, superlative meest vers or verst)

1. fresh

Inflection

Derived terms

• versheid
• ovenvers

Descendants

• Afrikaans: vars

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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 terms

• versregel

Descendants

• Afrikaans: vers

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v??/, (liaison) /v??z?/
• Homophones: vair, vaire, ver, verre, verres, vert, verts
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

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

Preposition

vers

1. towards
2. to
3. around, circa (with a date or time)

Etymology 2

From Latin versus.

Noun

vers m (plural vers)

1. verse

Derived terms

• vers libre

Etymology 3

Noun

vers m

1. plural of ver

References

Further reading

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

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin versus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?v?r?]
• Rhymes: -?r?

Noun

vers (plural versek)

1. verse, poem

   Synonyms: költemény, poéma

2. (obsolete) race (competition)

Declension

Derived terms

• versel
• verses
• versike

(Compound words):

• tájvers
• versfeldolgozás
• versszak

References

Further reading

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

Icelandic

Noun

vers

1. indefinite genitive singular of ver

Ido

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?rs/

Preposition

vers

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

See also

• ad

References

Maltese

Etymology

From Italian verso or a Sicilian equivalent, from Latin versus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?rs/

Noun

vers m (plural versi or vrus)

1. verse

Middle English

Alternative forms

• ferrs, werse, veerce, wers, verse, verce

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?rs/, /v??rs/, /f?rs/

Noun

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.

Related terms

• verset
• versicle
• versifien
• versifiour

Descendants

• English: verse
• Scots: varse (obsolete)

References

• “vers(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-05-26.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French vers

Preposition

vers

1. toward(s)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin versus and Old Norse vers

Noun

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

1. verse

Derived terms

• synge på siste verset

References

• “vers” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse vers, versi, from Latin versus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??rs/

Noun

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

1. verse

References

• “vers” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

1. verse (poetry)

Descendants

• ? Middle English: vers, ferrs, werse, veerce, wers, verse, verce
  • English: verse
  • Scots: varse (obsolete)
• Middle French: vers
  • French: vers

References

• vers on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Etymology 2

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

Preposition

vers

1. toward(s)

Descendants

• Middle French: vers
  • French: vers

References

• vers on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Old Occitan

Noun

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

1. verse (poetry)

Piedmontese

Noun

vers m (plural vers)

1. verse

Derived terms

• verset

Romanian

Etymology

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

Noun

vers n (plural versuri)

1. verse
2. lyric

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• v?rz

Etymology

From Latin versus. Compare versificírati / vèrsifikovati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?êrs/

Noun

v?rs m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. (archaic) verse

Declension

Synonyms

• st?h

References

• “vers” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin versus (“turning”)

Pronunciation

Noun

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

Declension

Related terms

• verserad
• versmått

See also

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

Anagrams

• revs

English

Noun

vars

1. plural of var

Anagrams

• ARVs, VRSA, ravs

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch vers.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fars/

Adjective

vars (attributive varse, comparative varser, superlative varste)

1. fresh

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *varci. Cognate with Finnish varsi.

Noun

vars (genitive varre, partitive vart)

1. stalk
2. shaft

Inflection

Derived terms

• käsivars

Icelandic

Noun

vars

1. indefinite genitive singular of var

Latgalian

Noun

vars m

1. copper

Romanian

Verb

vars

1. first-person singular present indicative of v?rsa
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of v?rsa

Swedish

Etymology 1

From an older interrogative adverb hvarest (“whereto, whither”), see varest, from Old Swedish hvaris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v??rs/, [v???]
• IPA^(key): /vars/, [va?]

Adverb

vars

1. (dialectal, Northern Sweden) where

Usage notes

• Used both with motion and direction, where standard Swedish would use var and vart, respectively.

Etymology 2

Clipping of bevars, itself a contraction of (Gud) bevare oss (”may God save us”), from the present subjunctive of bevara (“to save, to keep”), and oss (“us”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vars/, [va?]

Interjection

vars

1. (colloquial) Added to an answering interjection to signify that the answer does not have full validity

Etymology 3

See main entry var.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v??rs/, [v???]

Noun

vars

1. indefinite genitive plural of var
2. indefinite genitive singular of var

Etymology 4

• (relative pronoun) From Old Swedish hvars, genitive of hvar (“which, every”).
• (distributive pronoun) From a reanalysis of varsin, varsitt (“one each”) (from var +? sin, sitt) as consisting of vars + en, ett (“one”) and then expanded to further numerals, e.g. vars två (”two each”), standard Swedish två var.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (relative pronoun, distributive pronoun) /v??rs/, [v???], [v???s]
• IPA^(key): (relative pronoun) /vars/, [va?]

Pronoun

vars

1. (relative pronoun) whose (of whom)
2. (distributive pronoun, dialectal, Scania) each

Usage notes

• Not used as an interrogative pronoun, in which case vems (singular) or vilkas (plural) is used.
• The use of vars with a plural referent was earlier proscribed in favour of vilkas, but is now accepted, e.g.:

References

• vars in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vars in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Vars. Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore. 21 October 2013.

Anagrams

• arvs, sarv, svar