Versailles

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛəˈsaɪ/
• IPA^(key): /vəɹˈsaɪ/, /vəɹˈzaɪ/ (influenced by German)
• Rhymes: -aɪ

Proper noun

Versailles

1. A municipality and suburb of Paris, in the department of Yvelines department, the former capital of France.
2. (by ellipsis) The Palace of Versailles.
3. (by ellipsis, historical) The Treaty of Versailles (1919).
4. A town and county seat of Ripley County, Indiana, United States.
5. A home-rule class city and county seat of Woodford County, Kentucky, United States.

Translations

suburb of Paris

• Arabic: فِرْسَايْ m (firsāy)
• Armenian: Վերսալ (Versal), Վերսայ (Versay)
• Azerbaijani: Versal
• Belarusian: Верса́ль m (Vjersálʹ), (Taraškievica) Вэрса́ль m (Versálʹ)
• Breton: Versailhez f
• Bulgarian: Версай m (Versaj)
• Catalan: Versalles f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 凡爾賽／凡尔赛 (faan⁴ ji⁵ coi³)

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

• Esperanto: Versajlo
• Estonian: Versailles (et)
• Finnish: Versailles
• French: Versailles (fr) f pl
• 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
• Japanese: ヴェルサイユ (Verusaiyu), (dated) ベルサイユ (Berusaiyu)
• Korean: 베르사유 (Bereusayu)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ڤێرسای (Vêrsay)

• Lao: ແວກໄຊ (wǣk sai)
• Latin: Versaliae (la) f pl
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• Latvian: Versaļa f
• Ligurian: Versagge f
• Lithuanian: Versalis m
• Macedonian: Верса́ј m (Versáj)
• Marathi: व्हर्साय m (vharsāy)
• Occitan: Versalhas f
• Persian: ورسای (versây)
• Polish: Wersal (pl) m
• Portuguese: Versalhes f
• 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 (Vēghsāī)
• Uyghur: Wérsayl
• Uzbek: Versal
• Vietnamese: Véc-xai, Véc-xay
• Western Panjabi: ورسائی (varsāī)
• Yiddish: ווערסיי n (versey)

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): /vɛʁ.saj/, /vɛʁ.saj/ ~ /vɛʁ.sɑj/

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• Rhymes: -aj, -ɑj

Proper noun

Versailles f pl (plural only)

1. Versailles (a municipality and suburb of Paris, France)
2. (by ellipsis) Versailles (the Palace of Versailles)

   Synonym: château de Versailles

Derived terms

• château de Versailles
• lycée de Versailles
• traité de Versailles
• versaillais, Versaillais
• versailliser