vert

See also: 'vert, vért, vèrt, vērt, and vërt

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vɜːt/
  • (file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /vɝt/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t

Etymology 1

From Middle English vert, borrowed from Old French vert, from Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Doublet of virid, which was borrowed directly from Latin.

Noun

vert (countable and uncountable, plural verts)

  1. (heraldry) A green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees counter-clockwise.
    vert:  
  2. (archaic) Green undergrowth or other vegetation growing in a forest, as a potential cover for deer.
  3. (archaic) The right to fell trees or cut shrubs in a forest.
    • 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:
      “I understand thee,” said the King, “and the Holy Clerk shall have a grant of vert and venison in my woods of Warncliffe.”
Translations
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Adjective

vert (comparative more vert, superlative most vert)

  1. (heraldry) In blazon, of the colour green.
Translations

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of vertical.

Adjective

vert

  1. Abbreviation of vertical.

Noun

vert (plural verts)

  1. (colloquial) In sport, a type of bicycle stunt competition.
  2. A vertical surface used by skateboarders or skiers.
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of vertebrate.

Noun

vert (plural verts)

  1. (biology, informal) Vertebrate.

Etymology 4

From Latin vertere (to turn, overturn).

Verb

vert (third-person singular simple present verts, present participle verting, simple past and past participle verted)

  1. (archaic or literary) To turn.

Etymology 5

Abbreviation of vertex.

Noun

vert (plural verts)

  1. (computer graphics, informal) Vertex.

References

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French and Old French vert, from Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Compare Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish verde. The Old French -t is due to regular final devoicing. The feminine was originally also vert and was extended with -e only during Middle French times, thus keeping the devoiced sound.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɛʁ/
  • (file)
  • (file)
  • (Quebec) IPA(key): /vaɛ̯ʁ/
  • (file)
  • (Louisiana) IPA(key): /væ(r)/
  • Homophones: ver, verre, verres, vers, verts, vair, vairs
  • Rhymes: -ɛʁ

Noun

vert m (plural verts)

  1. green

Adjective

vert (feminine verte, masculine plural verts, feminine plural vertes)

  1. green

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: vèt,
  • Louisiana Creole: , vèr, vær
  • Wolof: wert

See also

Colors in French · couleurs (layout · text)
     blanc      gris      noir
             rouge; cramoisi, carmin              orange; brun, marron              jaune; crème
             lime              vert              menthe
             cyan, turquoise; bleu canard              azur, bleu ciel              bleu
             violet, lilas; indigo              magenta; pourpre              rose

Further reading

Friulian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Latin viridis. Compare Italian verde.

Adjective

vert

  1. green

Hungarian

Etymology

ver + -t

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛrt]
  • Hyphenation: vert
  • Rhymes: -ɛrt

Verb

vert

  1. third-person singular indicative past indefinite of ver

Participle

vert

  1. past participle of ver

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French vert, from Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɛrt/

Adjective

vert (uncountable)

  1. (cooking, heraldry) Green-coloured.

Descendants

References

Noun

vert (uncountable)

  1. (law) Any plant having green leaves.
  2. (rare, especially heraldry) green

Descendants

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German wert.

Pronunciation

Noun

vert m (definite singular verten, indefinite plural verter, definite plural vertene)

  1. a host (also in biology)
  2. a landlord

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German wert.

Noun

vert m (definite singular verten, indefinite plural vertar, definite plural vertane)

  1. a host (also in biology)
  2. a landlord

Derived terms

Verb

vert

  1. inflection of verta:
    1. present
    2. imperative

References

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Compare Italian verde and Spanish verde.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvert/, (later) /ˈvɛɾt/

Noun

vert oblique singular, m (oblique plural verz or vertz, nominative singular verz or vertz, nominative plural vert)

  1. green

Adjective

vert m (oblique and nominative feminine singular vert)

  1. green, of a green color

Declension

Descendants

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French vert, from Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Cf. French vert, Italian verde and Spanish verde.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɛʀ/

Adjective

vert

  1. green
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