ouvert

See also: ouvèrt

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French ouvert. Doublet of apert and overt.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /uːˈvɛː/

Noun

ouvert (plural ouverts)

  1. (ballet) A position in which the feet are apart, or a movement which brings them apart.
  2. (fashion) An open-crotch undergarment.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French ouvert, from Old French overt, from Vulgar Latin *opertus, from Latin apertus. Doublet of apert.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /u.vɛʁ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛʁ
  • Homophone: ouverts

Adjective

ouvert (feminine ouverte, masculine plural ouverts, feminine plural ouvertes)

  1. open
    Antonym: fermé
  2. switched on
  3. (heraldry) of a building: having a door of a specified colour

Derived terms

Participle

ouvert (feminine ouverte, masculine plural ouverts, feminine plural ouvertes)

  1. past participle of ouvrir

Descendants

  • Antillean Creole: ouvè
  • Haitian Creole: ouvè
  • Louisiana Creole: ouvèr
  • Mauritian Creole: ouver, uver
  • Seychellois Creole: ouver
  • English: ouvert
  • German: ouvert

Further reading

Anagrams

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French overt.

Verb

ouvert

  1. past participle of ouvrir

Descendants

  • French: ouvert (see there for further descendants)

Norman

Adjective

ouvert m

  1. Alternative form of ouvaert
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