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verre

verre

See also: vèrre and verrë

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɛrə/

Adjective

verre

  1. Inflected form of ver

French

Etymology

From Old French voirre most probably pronounced /vwɛr/, 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.

Pronunciation

Noun

verre m (plural verres)

  1. (usually uncountable) glass (substance)
    verre de couleur ― colored 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 in this substance
    1. (optics) glass
      des verres de lunettes ― spectacles
    2. lens
      des verres grossissants ― magnifying lenses
    3. glass (drinking vessel)
      un verre en cristal ― a crystal glass
    4. its content
      On va boire un verre! ― Let's go have a drink!

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Latin

Noun

verre

  1. ablative singular of verrēs

Middle English

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Adjective

verre (superlative verrest)

  1. true

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:verre.


Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse verri

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Pronunciation

Adjective

verre

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

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