verre

See also: vérre, vèrre, vérré, and verrë

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛ.rə/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ver‧re
  • Rhymes: -ɛrə

Adverb

verre

  1. Archaic form of ver.

Adjective

verre

  1. inflection of ver:
    1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
    2. definite neuter singular attributive
    3. plural attributive

Estonian

Noun

verre

  1. illative singular of veri

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French voirre (most probably pronounced /ˈvwɛːrə/), from Old French voirre, from Latin vitrum. Doublet of vitre.

The irregular evolution of /wɛ/ into /ɛ/ in this word is "early but normal after labials"; the influence of derivatives with an etymological first-syllable /ɛ/ may also be relevant. Compare François vs. Français, roide vs. raide.

Noun

verre m (plural verres)

  1. (usually uncountable) glass (substance)
    verre de couleurcolored glass
    1. symbol of fragility
      Ça casse comme le verre.That breaks like glass.
    2. symbol of transparency
      Une maison de verre.A house of glass.
  2. (countable) Object of this substance
    1. (optics) lens, glass
      un verre de lunettesa glasses lens, an eyeglass lens
      un verre grossissanta magnifying glass, a magnifying lens
      Synonym: lentille
    2. glass (drinking vessel)
      un verre en cristala crystal glass
    3. the content of such a vessel
      On va boire un verre!Let's go have a drink!
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Haitian Creole:
  • Louisiana Creole: , vèr, vær

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

verre

  1. inflection of verrer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

verre

  1. ablative singular of verrēs

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch ferro, from Proto-Germanic *ferrô.

Adverb

verre

  1. far, at great distance
  2. far, towards a great distance
  3. far into the future
  4. far, to a great extent
  5. by far

Descendants

Adjective

verre

  1. far, faraway, at great distance

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French verai.

Alternative forms

Adjective

verre (superlative verrest)

  1. true
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:verre.

Noun

verre

  1. Alternative form of firre

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse verri.

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • (Fredrikstad dialect) IPA(key): [ˈʋɛ̝̂ɾ.ɾɛ̝]

Adjective

verre

  1. worse; comparative degree of vond
  2. comparative degree of ille
  3. comparative degree of ond

Derived terms

References

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