verité
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Middle French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French verité.
Noun[edit]
verité f (plural veritez)
Descendants[edit]
- French: vérité
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin vēritās, vēritātem. See also the inherited form verté.
Noun[edit]
verité oblique singular, f (oblique plural veritez, nominative singular verité, nominative plural veritez)
- truth
- c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- Sire, quant vos si m'angoissiez,
La verité vos an dirai,
Ja plus ne le vos celerai- Sire, when you scare me so,
I will tell you the truth,
I will hide it from you no longer
- Sire, when you scare me so,
Descendants[edit]
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- Middle French terms inherited from Old French
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- Middle French nouns
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- Old French lemmas
- Old French nouns
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