vers - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

• (US) IPA^(key): /vɝs/

vers (not comparable)

1. (LGBT slang) Willing to take either a penetrative (top) or receptive (bottom) role in anal sex.

   Synonym: (India) double-decker

2. (BDSM slang) Short for versatile.

vers

1. Abbreviation of versine or versed sine.

• versin

vers

1. plural of ver

• vers de societe
• vers-librist

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

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

• IPA^(key): /fɛːrs/

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.

From Latin versō. Compare Romanian vărsa, vars.

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

1. Alternative form of versu

• vãrsari
• vãrsat
• vãrsãture

• dãpun
• vom
• tor

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

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbɛrs]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈvɛrs]

vers m (plural versos)

1. verse, poem

• versar

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

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbɛrs]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈvers]

vers

1. (literary) towards (in the direction of)

   Synonyms: envers, devers

2. (literary) towards (in relation to)
3. (literary) towards (located approximately next to)

• invers
• versus

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

From Latin versus.

vers n (singular definite verset, plural indefinite vers)

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

   tredje vers i femte strofe

   the third line of the fifth stanza

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

   Det var før i tiden almindeligt at skrive aviser på vers.

   Previously, it was normal to write newspapers in verse.

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

• (single line): verselinje

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

• IPA^(key): /vɛrs/
• Hyphenation: vers
• Rhymes: -ɛrs

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 fersk, Norwegian Bokmål fersk, Swedish färsk.

vers (comparative verser, superlative meest vers or verst)

1. fresh

• versheid
• ovenvers

• Afrikaans: vars
• Negerhollands: versch

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

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

• versregel

• Afrikaans: vers
• Negerhollands: vaers

• IPA^(key): /vɛʁ/
• IPA^(key): /vɛʁ.z‿/ (optional liaison, but rare and discouraged)
• Homophones: vair, vairs, ver, verre, verrent, verres, vert, verts
• Rhymes: -ɛʁ

From Latin versus (past participle of vertere).^[1] Cognate to Italian verso (preposition). Doublet of versus.

vers

1. towards
2. to

   Elle a traduit les paroles de sa chanson préférée du français vers l’anglais.

   She translated the lyrics of her favorite song from French to English.

3. around, circa (with a date or time)

   Pouvez-vous nous attendre jusque vers midi ?

   Can you wait for us until about noon?

From Latin versus.

vers m (plural vers)

1. verse

• vers libre

vers m

1. plural of ver

• “vers”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Wikisource ^hu

Borrowed from Latin versus.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛrʃ]
• Rhymes: -ɛrʃ

vers (plural versek)

1. verse, poem

   Synonyms: költemény, poéma

2. (obsolete) race (competition)

• versel
• verses
• versike

(Compound words):

• tájvers
• versfeldolgozás
• versszak

• vers in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

vers

1. indefinite genitive singular of ver

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

• IPA^(key): /vɛrs/

vers

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

• ad

From Proto-Finnic *virci. Cognates include Finnish virsi and Estonian virs.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋers/, [ˈʋe̞rz̠]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋers/, [ˈʋe̞rʒ̥]
• Rhymes: -ers
• Hyphenation: vers

vers

1. poem, traditional song

   laulaa verttä ― to sing a folk poem

2. Short for kirkkovers (“psalm”).

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 657

Borrowed from Italian verso and/or Sicilian versu, from Latin versus.

• IPA^(key): /vɛrs/

vers m (dual versejn, plural versi or vrus or vrejjes, diminutive vrejjes)

1. verse
2. (figuratively) manner of thinking

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

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

• IPA^(key): /vɛrs/, /vɛːrs/, /fɛrs/

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.

• verset
• versicle
• versifien
• versifiour

• English: verse
• Scots: varse (obsolete)

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

From Old French vers.

vers

1. toward(s)

From Latin versus and Old Norse vers.

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

1. verse

• synge på siste verset

• “vers” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse vers, versi, from Latin versus.

• IPA^(key): /ʋɛrs/

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

1. verse

• “vers” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

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

1. verse (poetry)

   • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 182, lines 2257–8:

     Seignurs, cest cunte est mult divers,
     e pur ço l'uni par mes vers

     Good sirs, this story is very diverse,
     and for this, I try to bring it together with my verses

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

• vers on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

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

vers

1. toward(s)

• Middle French: vers
  • French: vers

• vers on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

vers

1. genitive singular of verr

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

1. verse (poetry)

vers m (plural vers)

1. verse

• verset

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

vers n (plural versuri)

1. verse
2. lyric

• vȅrz

From Latin versus. Compare versificírati / vèrsifikovati.

• IPA^(key): /ʋêrs/

vȅrs m (Cyrillic spelling ве̏рс)

1. (archaic) verse

   Synonym: stȉh

• “vers” in Hrvatski jezični portal

From Latin versus (“turning”).

• Rhymes: -æʂ

vers c

1. verse (as opposed to prose)

   Antonym: prosa

   Han skriver vers

   He writes in verse

   Julhälsningen var skriven på vers

   The Christmas greeting was written in verse

2. a verse (of a song)

   Synonym: (rare) strof

   Andra versen i visan är rätt snuskig

   The second verse of the song is pretty dirty

   Jag gillar gitarrspelet i versen

   I like the guitar playing in the verse

3. (technical) a stich (line of poetry)
4. (informal) a stanza (of a poem)

   Synonym: strof

5. (informal, by extension) a (short) poem

   Han har skrivit en vers till mig

   He has written a poem for me

6. 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

• sjunga på sista versen
• versmått

• verserad

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

• vers in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vers in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vers in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• revs