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English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /v??t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /v?t/
• Rhymes: -??(r)t

Etymology 1

From Middle English vert, from Old French vert, from Latin viridis. Doublet of virid.

Noun

vert (countable and uncountable, plural verts)

1. (heraldry) A green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees counter-clockwise.

2. (archaic) Green undergrowth or other vegetation growing in a forest, as a potential cover for deer.
3. (archaic) The right to fell trees or cut shrubs in a forest.

Translations

See also

• vt. in heraldic contexts.

Adjective

vert (comparative more vert, superlative most vert)

1. (heraldry) In blazon, of the colour green.

Related terms

• verdant

Translations

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of vertical.

Noun

vert (plural verts)

1. (colloquial) In sport, a type of bicycle stunt competition.
2. A vertical surface used by skateboarders or skiers.

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of vertebrate.

Noun

vert (plural verts)

1. (biology, informal) vertebrate

See also

• Appendix:Colors

Anagrams

• Trev, Tver, trev

French

Etymology

From Old French vert, from Vulgar Latin virdis, virdem, from Latin viridis, viridem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v??/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /va???/
• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): /væ(r)/
• Homophones: ver, verre, verres, vers, verts, vair, vaire
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

vert m (plural verts)

1. green

Adjective

vert (feminine singular verte, masculine plural verts, feminine plural vertes)

1. green

Derived terms

Related terms

• verdâtre
• verdir
• verger

Descendants

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

See also

Further reading

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

Friulian

Alternative forms

• verd

Etymology

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

Adjective

vert

1. green

Related terms

• verze

Hungarian

Etymology

ver +? -t

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?v?rt]
• Hyphenation: vert
• Rhymes: -?rt

Verb

vert

1. third-person singular indicative past indefinite of ver

Participle

vert

1. past participle of ver

Middle English

Alternative forms

• wert, verte, verd

Etymology

From Old French vert, from Latin viridis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?rt/

Adjective

vert (uncountable)

1. (cooking, heraldry) Green-coloured.

Related terms

• vergeous
• vert sauce

References

• “vert, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Noun

vert (uncountable)

1. (law) Any plant having green leaves.
2. (rare, especially heraldry) green

References

• “vert, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German wert.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æ?/
• Homophones: hvert, verdt, vært
• Rhymes: -æ?

Noun

vert m (definite singular verten, indefinite plural verter, definite plural vertene)

1. a host (also in biology)
2. a landlord

Derived terms

• togvert
• vertsby
• vertsmaskin

References

• “vert” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German wert.

Noun

vert m (definite singular verten, indefinite plural vertar, definite plural vertane)

1. a host (also in biology)
2. a landlord

Derived terms

• vertsby

Verb

vert

1. present tense of verta/verte
2. imperative of verta/verte

References

• “vert” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vert/, (later) /v?rt/

Noun

vert m (oblique plural verz or vertz, nominative singular verz or vertz, nominative plural vert)

1. green

Adjective

vert m (oblique and nominative feminine singular vert)

1. green, of a green color

Declension

Related terms

• vergier

Descendants

• Bourguignon: vord
• Middle French: verd, vert
  • French: vert
    • Haitian Creole: vèt, vè
    • ? Wolof: wert
• Picard: verd
• Norman: vaert, vèrt
• Walloon: vert
• ? Middle English: vert
  • English: vert

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French vert, from Vulgar Latin virdis, virdem, from Latin viridis, viridem.

Adjective

vert

1. green

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.

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3. (obsolete) greenness; freshness

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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