verset

English

Etymology

From Middle English verset, from Old French verset; equivalent to verse +‎ -et.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈvɜːsɪt/, /ˈvɜːsət/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈvɚsɪt/, /ˈvɚsət/

Noun

verset (plural versets)

1. (music) A very short organ interlude or prelude.
2. (obsolete) A verse.
   • 1641, [John Milton], Animadversions upon the Remonstrants Defence against Smectymnuus, London: […] [Richard Oulton and Gregory Dexter] for Thomas Vnderhill, […], →OCLC, page 26:

     Remon[strant]. Were the impoſition amiſſe, what is that to the people? Anſw[er]. Not a little, becauſe they beare an equall part with the Prieſt in many places, and have their cues and verſets as well as he.

Anagrams

• Severt, Stever, Treves, Vester, everts, revest, revets, verste

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French verset. By surface analysis, vers +‎ -et.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛʁ.sɛ/

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Noun

verset m (plural versets)

1. diminutive of vers
2. verse (of religious text)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• revêts, trêves, vertes

Hungarian

Etymology

vers +‎ -et

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛrʃɛt]
• Hyphenation: ver‧set

Noun

verset

1. accusative singular of vers

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch verzet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vərsɛt/
• Hyphenation: ver‧set

Noun

verset (plural verset-verset)

1. (law) objection to a decision made without the party to the proceedings being present.

Further reading

• “verset”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Latin

Verb

verset

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of versō

Middle English

Alternative forms

• werset, versette, verseit

Etymology

From Old French verset; equivalent to vers +‎ -et.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛrsɛt/

Noun

verset (plural versetis)

1. (rare) A short Biblical verse used as part of the liturgy.

Descendants

• English: verset

References

• “verset, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 May 2019.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

verset n

1. definite singular of vers

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

verset n

1. definite singular of vers

Piedmontese

Noun

verset m (plural verset)

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French verset.

Noun

verset n (plural versete)

1. verse

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	verset	versetul		versete	versetele
genitive-dative	verset	versetului		versete	versetelor
vocative	versetule			versetelor