Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 51371 6914106 2009-07-01T12:44:13Z AutoFormat 32732 header -Usage Notes +Usage notes, moved stuff after Usage notes header ==English== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|la}} {{term|lang=la|aversus}}, past participle of {{term|lang=la|aversere||to avert}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|RP}} {{IPA|/əˈvɜː(r)s/}} ===Adjective=== {{en-adj}} # Having a [[repugnance]] or [[opposition]] of mind. # Turned away or backward. ====Synonyms==== * {{sense|having a repugnance}} [[disliking]]; [[disinclined]]; [[unwilling]]; [[reluctant]]; [[loath]] ====Derived terms==== * [[aversely]] * [[averseness]] * [[risk averse]] ====Usage notes==== <!-- Copied from adverse page, but slightly edited for this page. Usage notes should be on both. --> The terms {{term|adverse}} and ''averse'' are sometimes confused together, though their meanings are somewhat different. ''Adverse'' most often refers to things, denoting something that is in opposition to someone's interests — something one might refer to as an {{term|adversity}} or {{term|adversary}} — (''adverse winds''; ''an attitude adverse to our ideals''). ''Averse'' usually refers to people, and implies one has a distaste, disinclination, or {{term|aversion}} toward something (''a leader averse to war''; ''an investor averse to risk taking''). ''Averse'' is most often used with "''to''" in a construction like "''I am averse to…''". ''Adverse'' shows up less often in this type of construction, describing a person instead of a thing, and should carry a meaning of "actively opposed to" rather that "has an aversion to". ===Verb=== {{en-verb|avers|ing}} # {{transitive}} To [[turn away]]. ===Related terms=== * [[avert]] * [[aversion]] ===See also=== * [[adverse]] ---- ==French== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Fr-averse.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|lang=fr|/a.vɛʁs/}}, {{SAMPA|/a.vERs/}} ===Noun=== {{fr-noun|f}} # {{context|of rain}} [[shower|Shower]]. [[ast:averse]] [[fa:averse]] [[fr:averse]] [[io:averse]] [[hu:averse]] [[ru:averse]] [[fi:averse]] [[te:averse]] [[vi:averse]]