Versailles

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French Versailles, of uncertain Latin origin (see French entry below), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn around”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /vɛəˈsaɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /vɚˈsaɪ/, /vɚˈzaɪ/
• Rhymes: -aɪ

Proper noun

Versailles

1. A city, suburb of Paris and capital of Yvelines department, Île-de-France, and the former capital of France.
2. (by ellipsis) The Palace of Versailles.
3. (by ellipsis, historical) The Treaty of Versailles (1919).

   Synonym: dictate of Versailles / Dictate of Versailles

Derived terms

• Versaillais

Translations

city in Yvelines, Île-de-France

• Amharic: ቫሊስ (valis)
• Arabic: فِرْسَايْ m (firsāy), فيرساي m (fīrsāy)
• Armenian: Վերսալ (Versal), Վերսայ (Versay)
• Azerbaijani: Versal
• Belarusian: Верса́ль m (Vjersálʹ), (Taraškievica) Вэрса́ль m (Versálʹ)
• Breton: Versailhez (br) f
• Bulgarian: Верса̀й m (Versàj)
• Catalan: Versalles f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 凡爾賽 / 凡尔赛 (faan⁴ ji⁵ coi³)

  Mandarin: 凡爾賽 / 凡尔赛 (zh) (Fán'ěrsài)

• Corsican: Versailles f, Versaglia f
• Dutch: Versailles n
• Esperanto: Versajlo
• Estonian: Versailles (et)
• Finnish: Versailles
• French: Versailles (fr) f pl
• Galician: Versalles (gl) f
• Georgian: ვერსალი (versali)
• German: Versailles (de) n
• Greek: Βερσαλλίες (el) f pl (Versallíes), (rare) Βερσάιγ n (Versáig)
• Hebrew: וֶרְסָאיּ m (versáy)
• Hindi: वर्साय m (varsāy)
• Icelandic: Versalir m pl
• Italian: Versailles f, Versaglia f
• Japanese: ヴェルサイユ (Verusaiyu), (dated) ベルサイユ (Berusaiyu)
• Kannada: ವರ್ಸೈಲ್ಸ್ (varsails)
• Korean: 베르사유 (Bereusayu)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ڤێرسای (vêrsay)

• Lao: ແວກໄຊ (wǣk sai)
• Latin: Versaliae (la) f pl
• Latvian: Versaļa f
• Ligurian: Versagge f
• Lithuanian: Versalis m
• Macedonian: Верса́ј m (Versáj)
• Marathi: व्हेर्साय m (vhersāy)
• Occitan: Versalhas f
• Persian: ورسای (versây)
• Polish: Wersal (pl) m
• Portuguese: Versalhes
• Punjabi: ਵਰਸਾਈ m (varsāī)
• Russian: Верса́ль (ru) m (Versálʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Версај m

  Roman: Versailles m

• Spanish: Versalles (es) f
• Tamil: வெர்சாய் (vercāy), வேர்சாய் (vērcāy)
• Thai: แวร์ซาย (wɛɛr-saai)
• Tibetan: ཝེ་ཧི་ས་ཡེ (we hi sa ye)
• Turkish: Versay
• Ukrainian: Верса́ль m (Versálʹ)
• Urdu: ویغسائی m (vēġsāī)
• Uyghur: Wérsayl
• Uzbek: Versal
• Vietnamese: Véc-xai, Véc-xay
• Walloon: Versaye f
• Western Panjabi: ورسائی (varsāī)
• Yiddish: ווערסײַ n (versay)

Etymology 2

From etymology 1.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /vərˈseɪlz/
• Rhymes: -eɪlz

Proper noun

Versailles

1. A town and county seat of Ripley County, Indiana, United States.
2. A home rule city and county seat of Woodford County, Kentucky, United States.
3. A city, the county seat of Morgan County, Missouri, United States.

Etymology 3

Named by Vietnamese American residents in the 1970s after the Versailles Arms apartment complex in which they first settled.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /vəɹˈsaɪ/

Proper noun

Versailles

1. A neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

Translations

neighborhood of New Orleans

• Vietnamese: Vẹc Sai, Vẹc-xai

French

Etymology

Uncertain, but possibly from Latin versus (“slope”) or versor (“to dwell”), both from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn around”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛʁ.saj/ ~ /vɛʁ.sɑj/

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• Rhymes: -aj, -ɑj

Proper noun

Versailles f pl (plural only)

1. Versailles (a city, suburb of Paris and capital of Yvelines department, Île-de-France)
2. (by ellipsis) Versailles (the Palace of Versailles)

   Synonym: château de Versailles

Derived terms

• versaillais
• Versaillais
• Versaillaise
• versailliser

Descendants

• → Persian: ورسای (versây)

German

Etymology

From French Versailles

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛrˈsaɪ̯/, [vɛʁˈsaɪ̯], [vɛɐ̯-], [ʋ-], (archaic) /vɛrˈzaɪ̯/

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Proper noun

Versailles n (proper noun, genitive Versailles' or (with an article) Versailles)

1. Versailles (a municipality of France)
2. ellipsis of Schloss Versailles (“Palace of Versailles”)
3. (metonymic) ellipsis of Diktat von Versailles, Versailler Diktat, or Versailler Vertrag (“Treaty of Versailles”)

Derived terms

• Versailler