verre

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See also: vérre, vèrre, vérré, and verrë

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛ.rə/
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  • Hyphenation: ver‧re
  • Rhymes: -ɛrə

Adverb

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verre

  1. Archaic form of ver.

Adjective

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verre

  1. inflection of ver:
    1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
    2. definite neuter singular attributive
    3. plural attributive

Estonian

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Noun

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verre

  1. illative singular of veri

French

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Middle French voirre (most probably pronounced /ˈvwɛːrə/), from Old French voirre, 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, roide vs. raide.

Noun

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verre m (plural verres)

  1. (usually uncountable) glass (substance)
    verre de couleurcolored 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 of this substance
    1. (optics) lens, glass
      un verre de lunettesa glasses lens, an eyeglass lens
      un verre grossissanta magnifying glass, a magnifying lens
      Synonym: lentille
    2. glass (drinking vessel)
      un verre en cristala crystal glass
    3. the content of such a vessel
      On va boire un verre!Let's go have a drink!
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Haitian Creole:
  • Louisiana Creole: , vèr, vær

Further reading

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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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verre

  1. inflection of verrer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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verre

  1. ablative singular of verrēs

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch ferro, from Proto-Germanic *ferrô.

Adverb

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verre

  1. far, at great distance
  2. far, towards a great distance
  3. far into the future
  4. far, to a great extent
  5. by far

Descendants

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Adjective

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verre

  1. far, faraway, at great distance

Inflection

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Descendants

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Further reading

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From Old French verai.

Alternative forms

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Adjective

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verre (superlative verrest)

  1. true
Quotations
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For quotations using this term, see Citations:verre.

Etymology 2

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Noun

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verre

  1. Alternative form of firre

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse verri.

Pronunciation

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  • (Fredrikstad dialect) IPA(key): [ˈʋɛ̝̂ɾ.ɾɛ̝]

Adjective

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verre

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

Derived terms

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References

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