German

Noun

Verso n ‎(genitive Versos, plural Versos)

1. verso, reverse, back, overleaf (of a page)

Declension

English

Noun

verso ‎(plural versos)

1. The back side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet or a leaf or a coin or a medal.
2. (printing) The left-hand page of a book of a script which reads from left to right, usually having an even page number.

Synonyms

• (back side of a flat object): back, flipside, backside

Antonyms

• (back side of a flat object): recto, obverse

Translations

Anagrams

• overs
• roves
• servo

Esperanto

Etymology

Compare French vers, Italian verso, Spanish verso, German Vers, and English verse, all ultimately from Latin versus.

Noun

verso ‎(accusative singular verson, plural versoj, accusative plural versojn)

1. line of poetry

Derived terms

• versaĵo ‎(“bit of verse”)

Finnish

(index ve)

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ver‧so

Noun

verso

1. sprout, shoot

Declension

Derived terms

• verbs: versoa

French

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin verso, ablative of versus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛʁ.so/

Noun

verso m ‎(plural versos)

1. verso, reverse, back, overleaf (of a page)
2. (printing) left-hand page

German

Adverb

verso

1. overleaf

Ido

Noun

verso (plural versi)

1. verse

Interlingua

Etymology

From Italian verso, French vers.

Preposition

verso

1. towards

Noun

verso ‎(plural versos)

1. verse

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin versus.

Noun

verso m ‎(plural versi)

1. (poetry) verse
2. song
3. cackle (of a hen or goose)

Etymology 2

From Latin versus (past participle of vertere).^[1] Cognate to French vers ‎(“towards”).

Preposition

verso

1. toward

Etymology 3

Verb

verso

1. first-person singular present of versare

Preposition

verso

1. vicinity, proximity, nearby
2. around, near to, close to.

References

1. ↑ Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951

Anagrams

• servo

Latin

Etymology

From vertō +‎ -tō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwer.soː/, [ˈwɛr.soː]

Verb

versō ‎(present infinitive versāre, perfect active versāvī, supine versātum); first conjugation

1. I turn often, keep turning, handle, whirl about, turn over
2. I turn over in mind, meditate.

Inflection

Derived terms

• adversō
• diversō
• conversō
• reversō

Descendants

References

• verso in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• verso in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “verso”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• verse in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Participle

versō

1. dative masculine singular of versus
2. dative neuter singular of versus
3. ablative masculine singular of versus
4. ablative neuter singular of versus

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin versus, probably borrowed.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛɾsu/

Noun

verso m (plural versos)

1. verse
2. verso, reverse, back, overleaf (of a page)
3. (printing) verso, left-hand page

Related terms

• versar

Verb

verso

1. First-person singular (eu) present indicative of versar

Spanish

Adjective

verso m ‎(feminine singular versa, masculine plural versos, feminine plural versas)

1. (mathematics) versed

Etymology

From Latin versus, probably borrowed; cf. the inherited Old Spanish viesso.

Noun

verso m ‎(plural versos)

1. verse, poem
2. verse, line (of a poem)
3. verso, reverse, back, overleaf (of a page)
4. (printing) verso, left-hand page
5. (artillery): small culverin (kind of cannon)
6. (colloquial) lie, story, porky

Related terms

• versar

Verb

verso

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of versar.