vert

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Abbreviation 1.3 Etymology 1 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 See also 1.3.1.2 Translations 1.3.2 Adjective 1.3.2.1 Translations 1.3.3 Related terms 1.4 Etymology 2 1.4.1 Noun 1.5 See also 1.6 Anagrams 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.4 Adjective 2.5 Related terms 3 Hungarian 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Verb

[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /vɜ:t/
• (US) IPA: /vɚt/

[edit] Abbreviation

vert

1. vertebrate
2. vertical

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old (and modern) French vert ‘green’, from Latin viridis.

[edit] Noun

vert (plural verts)

1. (heraldry) A green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees counter-clockwise.
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: “I understand thee,” said the King, “and the Holy Clerk shall have a grant of vert and venison in my woods of Warncliffe.” — Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

[edit] See also

• vt. in heraldic contexts.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Adjective

vert (comparative more vert, superlative most vert)

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

[edit] Translations

[edit] Related terms

• verdant

[edit] Etymology 2

Abbreviation of vertical.

[edit] Noun

vert (plural verts)

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

[edit] See also

• Appendix:Colours

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: ertv
• trev
• Tver

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

Latin viridis

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [vɛːʁ], SAMPA: /vE:R/
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  Homophones: ver, verre, verres, vers, verts, vair, vaire

  Rhymes: -εːʀ

[edit] Noun

vert m. (plural verts)

1. green

[edit] Adjective

vert m. (f. verte, m. plural verts, f. plural vertes)

1. green

[edit] Related terms

• verdâtre
• verdir

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[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈvɛrt/

[edit] Verb

vert

1. past participle of ver