English Online Dictionary. What means versus? What does versus mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle English versus, borrowed from Latin versus (“facing”), past participle of vertere (“to turn, change, overthrow, destroy”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈvɜːsəs/, /ˈvɜːsɪz/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈvɝsəs/, /ˈvɝsəz/, /ˈvɝs/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)səs
- Homophone: verses
Preposition
versus
- Against; in opposition to.
- Synonyms: vs, vs., (abbreviations) v
- Compared with, as opposed to.
- (law) Bringing a legal action against, as used in the title of a court case in which the first party indicates the plaintiff (or appellant or the like), and the second indicates the defendant (or respondent or the like).
- Synonyms: v, (abbreviation) v.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- versus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Finnish
Etymology
Latin versus
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋersus/, [ˈʋe̞rs̠us̠]
- Rhymes: -ersus
- Syllabification(key): ver‧sus
Preposition
versus (+ nominative)
- versus
- Synonym: vastaan
Further reading
- “versus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɛʁ.sys/
- Rhymes: -ys
Preposition
versus
- versus, full form of vs
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin versus. Doublet of verso, which is inherited.
Preposition
versus
- versus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯er.sus/, [ˈu̯ɛrs̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈver.sus/, [ˈvɛrsus]
Etymology 1
From earlier vorsus, from Proto-Italic *worssos, perfect passive participle of vertō (“to turn”).
Alternative forms
- vorsus
Participle
versus (feminine versa, neuter versum); first/second-declension participle
- turned, changed, having been turned
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
- anniversārius
- contrōversus
- prōrsus/ prōsus/ prōsa
- ūniversus
Etymology 2
Adverbial use of versus (“turned”).
Alternative forms
- versum
- vorsum
- vorsus
Adverb
versus (not comparable)
- towards, turned to or in the direction of, facing
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 3
Action noun from vertō + -tus.
Alternative forms
- vorsus
Noun
versus m (genitive versūs); fourth declension
- a furrow (turned earth)
- (transf.) a line, row
- (partic.) a line of writing, a verse
- (partic.) a line of writing, a verse
- a land measure (= πλέθρον (pléthron))
- (dance) a turn, step
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
Derived terms
- versiculus
- versificō
Descendants
Etymology 4
Perfect passive participle of verrō (“to sweep”).
Participle
versus (feminine versa, neuter versum); first/second-declension participle
- swept
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- “versus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “versus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- versus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- versus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
- Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “vĕrsus”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 705
Anagrams
- servus
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin versus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɛr.sus/
- Rhymes: -ɛrsus
- Syllabification: ver‧sus
Preposition
versus
- versus (in opposition to)
- Synonym: kontra
Further reading
- versus in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ver‧sus
Preposition
versus
- Alternative spelling of vérsus
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English versus, from Latin versus. Doublet of verso.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbeɾsus/ [ˈbeɾ.sus]
- Rhymes: -eɾsus
- Syllabification: ver‧sus
Preposition
versus
- versus
Usage notes
- This word is sometimes frowned upon as an anglicism, with the suggestion that contra or the conjunction y should be used instead.
References
Further reading
- “versus”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014