verser

See also: Verser and vèrser

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English verse

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English verser

From verse + -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈvɝsɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈvɜːsə/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sə(ɹ)

Noun

verser (plural versers)

1. A versifier.

Anagrams

• revers, server

Dutch

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Adjective

verser

1. comparative degree of vers

Anagrams

• revers, server

French

Etymology

From Latin versāre (“to turn, twist”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛʁ.se/

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Verb

verser

1. (transitive) to pour
2. (transitive) to pay, to put money into a fund
3. (intransitive, of a vehicle) to overturn (turn over, capsize)

Conjugation

Conjugation of verser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	verser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	versant /vɛʁ.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		versé /vɛʁ.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	verse /vɛʁs/	verses /vɛʁs/	verse /vɛʁs/	versons /vɛʁ.sɔ̃/	versez /vɛʁ.se/	versent /vɛʁs/
	imperfect	versais /vɛʁ.sɛ/	versais /vɛʁ.sɛ/	versait /vɛʁ.sɛ/	versions /vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/	versiez /vɛʁ.sje/	versaient /vɛʁ.sɛ/
	past historic2	versai /vɛʁ.se/	versas /vɛʁ.sa/	versa /vɛʁ.sa/	versâmes /vɛʁ.sam/	versâtes /vɛʁ.sat/	versèrent /vɛʁ.sɛʁ/
	future	verserai /vɛʁ.sə.ʁe/	verseras /vɛʁ.sə.ʁa/	versera /vɛʁ.sə.ʁa/	verserons /vɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/	verserez /vɛʁ.sə.ʁe/	verseront /vɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	verserais /vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/	verserais /vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/	verserait /vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/	verserions /vɛʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	verseriez /vɛʁ.sə.ʁje/	verseraient /vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	verse /vɛʁs/	verses /vɛʁs/	verse /vɛʁs/	versions /vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/	versiez /vɛʁ.sje/	versent /vɛʁs/
	imperfect2	versasse /vɛʁ.sas/	versasses /vɛʁ.sas/	versât /vɛʁ.sa/	versassions /vɛʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/	versassiez /vɛʁ.sa.sje/	versassent /vɛʁ.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	verse /vɛʁs/	—	versons /vɛʁ.sɔ̃/	versez /vɛʁ.se/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• bassin versant
• renverser
• téléverser
• versement

Further reading

• “verser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• resver, revers, verres

Gallo

Etymology

From Latin versō, versāre (“turn, twist”).

Verb

verser

1. (transitive) to be overturned, knocked down

Latin

Verb

verser

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of versor

Swedish

Noun

verser

1. indefinite plural of vers

Anagrams

• reserv, server