verset

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɜːsɪt/, /ˈvɜːsət/
• IPA^(key): /ˈvɚsɪt/, /ˈvɚsət/

Noun

verset (plural versets)

1. (music) A very short organ interlude or prelude.
2. (obsolete) A verse.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “verset”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

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

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French

Etymology

From Old French verset; equivalent to 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

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Hungarian

Etymology

vers +‎ -et

Pronunciation

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

Noun

verset

1. accusative singular of vers

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) verset

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of versō

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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 2019-05-27.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

verset n

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of vers

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

verset n

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of vers

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Piedmontese

Noun

verset m (plural verset)

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