English Online Dictionary. What means verse? What does verse mean?
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈvɝs/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈvɜːs/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s
Etymology 1
From Middle English vers, from a mixture of Old English fers and Old French vers; both from Latin versus (“a line in writing, and in poetry a verse; (originally) row, furrow”), from vertō (“to turn around”).
Noun
verse (countable and uncountable, plural verses)
- A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.
- Synonym: poetry
- Poetic form in general.
- One of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed.
- Synonym: stanza
- A small section of a holy book (Bible, Quran etc.)
- Holonym: chapter
- (music) A portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part.
Derived terms
Related terms
- versification
- versify
Translations
Verb
verse (third-person singular simple present verses, present participle versing, simple past and past participle versed)
- (obsolete) To compose verses.
- (transitive) To tell in verse, or poetry.
- (transitive, figurative) to educate about, to teach about.
Etymology 2
Back-formation from versus, misconstrued as a third-person singular verb verses.
Verb
verse (third-person singular simple present verses, present participle versing, simple past and past participle versed)
- (colloquial, sometimes proscribed) To oppose, to compete against, especially in a video game.
Further reading
- “verse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “verse”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “verse”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
- reves, serve, sever, veers
Afrikaans
Noun
verse
- plural of vers
Dutch
Pronunciation
Adjective
verse
- inflection of vers:
- masculine/feminine singular attributive
- definite neuter singular attributive
- plural attributive
Anagrams
- vrees
Etruscan
Romanization
verse
- Romanization of 𐌅𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌄
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɛʁs/
Adjective
verse (plural verses)
- Only used in sinus verse (“versed sine, versine”)
Noun
verse f (countable and uncountable, plural verses)
- (dated except in pleuvoir à verse) pouring
- (agriculture) lodging (bending of the stems of crops which reduces yield)
- (obsolete) basket used to transport around 35 pounds of charcoal
- (especially BDSM) One who is willing to take either a submissive or a dominant role in a sexual relationship; a switch.
Derived terms
- pleuvoir à verse
Verb
verse
- inflection of verser:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
References
- “verse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- resve, rêves, rêvés, serve
Hungarian
Etymology
vers + -e (possessive suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvɛrʃɛ]
- Hyphenation: ver‧se
Noun
verse
- third-person singular single-possession possessive of vers
Declension
Latin
Participle
verse
- vocative masculine singular of versus
Middle English
Noun
verse
- Alternative form of vers
Portuguese
Verb
verse
- inflection of versar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈverse]
Verb
verse
- third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of vărsa
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbeɾse/ [ˈbeɾ.se]
- Rhymes: -eɾse
- Syllabification: ver‧se
Verb
verse
- infinitive of ver combined with se
- inflection of versar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative