different between vers vs verd

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

Etymology

See vert, verdant.

Noun

verd (uncountable)

1. (obsolete, Britain, law) The privilege of cutting green wood within a forest for fuel.
2. (obsolete, Britain, law) The right of pasturing animals in a forest.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Burrill to this entry?)

3. (obsolete) greenness; freshness

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Nares to this entry?)

Anagrams

• RV'ed, RVed, Revd., derv, rev'd

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan vert and its variants (compare Occitan verd), from Vulgar Latin virdis, virdem (compare French vert, Spanish verde), from Latin viridis, viridem.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?v??t/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?b?rt/

Adjective

verd (feminine verda, masculine plural verds, feminine plural verdes)

1. green

Noun

verd m (uncountable)

1. green

Derived terms

• bròquil verd
• Cap Verd
• de més verdes en maduren
• oliva verda
• verdura

Related terms

• enverdir
• verger

See also

Estonian

Noun

verd

1. partitive singular of veri

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

From Latin viridis.

Adjective

verd m (feminine singular verda, masculine plural verds, feminine plural verdes)

1. green

Friulian

Alternative forms

• vert

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin virdis, virdem, from Latin viridis, viridem.

Adjective

verd

1. green

Related terms

• inverdî
• verda?
• verdôr
• verdure
• verge

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• verjed

Etymology

ver +? -d (personal suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?v?rd]
• Hyphenation: verd

Verb

verd

1. second-person singular subjunctive present definite of ver

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian verde, from Latin viridis.

Adjective

verd

1. green

Middle English

Noun

verd

1. Alternative form of vert

Adjective

verd

1. Alternative form of vert

Middle French

Alternative forms

• vert

Etymology

From Old French vert, with the d to reflect its Latin etymology, viridis.

Noun

verd m (uncountable)

1. green

Adjective

verd m (feminine singular verde, masculine plural verds, feminine plural verdes)

1. green

Descendants

• French: vert
  • Haitian Creole: vèt, vè
  • ? Wolof: wert

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ver?ld, from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz.

Noun

verd f or m (definite singular verda or verden, indefinite plural verder, definite plural verdene)

1. alternative form of verden

Derived terms

• verdslig

Etymology 2

From Old Norse verðr

Adjective

verd (indeclinable)

1. alternative form of verdt

References

• “verd” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ver?ld, from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz. Akin to English world.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æ?r/

Noun

verd f (definite singular verda, indefinite plural verder, definite plural verdene)

1. (definite singular form) world (human collective existence)
2. (definite singular form) the Earth
3. world, planet

Derived terms

• verdshav
• verdsleg
• verdsmeister
• verdsrekord

Etymology 2

From Old Norse verðr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??rd/

Adjective

verd (neuter singular verdt, definite singular and plural verde)

1. worth (equal in value to)

Derived terms

• mindreverd

References

• “verd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan vert and its variants, from Vulgar Latin virdis, virdem, from Latin viridis, viridem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bert/

Adjective

verd m (feminine singular verda, masculine plural verds, feminine plural verdas)

1. green

Noun

verd m (uncountable)

1. green

Related terms

• verdir
• vergièr

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin virdis, virdem, from Latin viridis, viridem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?rd/

Adjective

verd

1. green

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sutsilvan) veard

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin virdis, virdem, from Latin viridis, viridem.

Adjective

verd m (feminine singular verda, masculine plural verds, feminine plural verdas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) green

Noun

verd m

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) green