version

English Online Dictionary. What means version‎? What does version mean?

English

Etymology

From Middle French version, from Medieval Latin versiō, from Latin vertō (“I turn”). Used in English since 16th century.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈvɝʒən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈvɜːʒən/, /ˈvɜːʃən/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ʒən

Noun

version (countable and uncountable, plural versions)

1. A specific form or variation of something.
2. A translation from one language to another.

3. (education, archaic) A school exercise, generally of composition in a foreign language.
4. (obsolete) The act of translating, or rendering, from one language into another language.
5. An account or description from a particular point of view, especially as contrasted with another account.

6. (computing) A particular revision (of software, firmware, CPU, etc.).

7. (medicine) A condition of the uterus in which its axis is deflected from its normal position without being bent upon itself. See anteversion and retroversion.
8. (ophthalmology) An eye movement involving both eyes moving synchronously and symmetrically in the same direction.
9. (obsolete or medicine) A change of form, direction, etc.; transformation; conversion.
10. (music) An instrumental in sound system culture.

Synonyms

• ver, ver. (abbreviations)

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

version (third-person singular simple present versions, present participle versioning, simple past and past participle versioned)

1. (transitive, computing) To keep track of (a file, document, etc.) in a versioning system.

Translations

See also

• CVS
• revision control
• versioning
• bible

Anagrams

• Iverson, enviros, renvois

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Noun

version

1. accusative singular of versio

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋersion/, [ˈʋe̞rs̠io̞n]
• Rhymes: -ersion
• Hyphenation^(key): ver‧si‧on

Noun

version

1. genitive singular of versio

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French version, from Medieval Latin versiōnem (“turning, rendition”), from Latin vertō (“turn”).

Noun

version f (plural versions)

1. version; model (a specific state, variant, or form of something)
2. translation (from a foreign language into one's mother tongue)

   Coordinate term: thème

3. a specific manner of reporting a fact or event

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Romanian: versiune
• → Turkish: versiyon

Etymology 2

From verser.

Noun

version f (plural versions)

1. (medicine) an obstetric maneuver to change the fetus' position inside the uterus so as to facilitate childbirth

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• renvois, rêvions, vin rosé

Interlingua

Noun

version (plural versiones)

1. version

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin versiō.

Noun

version f (plural versions)

1. translation

Occitan

Etymology

From Medieval Latin versiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

version f (plural versions)

1. version

Piedmontese

Alternative forms

• versiun

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛrˈsjuŋ/

Noun

version f (plural version)

1. version

Swedish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin versiō.

Noun

version c

1. version

Declension

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