vers

• (US) IPA^(key): /vɝs/

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vers (not comparable)

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

   Synonym: (India) double-decker

2. (BDSM slang) Clipping of 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

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

vers

1. masculine plural of ver

• “vers”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

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/

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• 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

Declension of vers
uninflected	vers
inflected	verse
comparative	verser
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		vers	verser	het verst het verste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	verse	versere	verste
	n. sing.	vers	verser	verste
	plural	verse	versere	verste
definite		verse	versere	verste
partitive		vers	versers	—

• (obsolete) versch

• 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)

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• 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 Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (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”)

Declension of vers (type 5/vesi, rt-rr gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	vers	verret
genitive	verren	versiin, versilöin
partitive	verttä	versiä, versilöjä
illative	vertee	versii, versilöihe
inessive	verrees	versiis, versilöis
elative	verrest	versist, versilöist
allative	verrelle	versille, versilöille
adessive	verreel	versiil, versilöil
ablative	verrelt	versilt, versilöilt
translative	verreks	versiks, versilöiks
essive	verteennä, verteen	versiinnä, versilöinnä, versiin, versilöin
exessive1)	vertent	versint, versilöint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• 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 26 May 2019.

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 inan (Cyrillic spelling ве̏рс)

1. (archaic) verse

   Synonym: stȉh

• “vers”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

From Latin versus (“turning”).

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• 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