vert

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[edit] English

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vert

  1. vertebrate
  2. vertical

[edit] Etymology 1

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

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Singular
vert

Plural
verts

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
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vert (comparative more vert, superlative most vert)

Positive
vert

Comparative
more vert

Superlative
most vert

  1. (heraldry) In blazon, of the colour green.
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[edit] Etymology 2

Abbreviation of vertical.

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Singular
vert

Plural
verts

vert (plural verts)

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

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

Latin viridis

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vert m. (plural verts)

  1. green

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

  1. green

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[edit] Hungarian

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  • IPA: /ˈvɛrt/

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vert

  1. past participle of ver