vert
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vɜːt/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /vɝt/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t
Etymology 1
From Middle English vert, borrowed from Old French vert, from Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Doublet of virid, which was borrowed directly from Latin.
Noun
vert (countable and uncountable, plural verts)
- (heraldry) A green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees counter-clockwise.
- vert:
- (archaic) Green undergrowth or other vegetation growing in a forest, as a potential cover for deer.
- (archaic) The right to fell trees or cut shrubs in a forest.
- 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:
- “I understand thee,” said the King, “and the Holy Clerk shall have a grant of vert and venison in my woods of Warncliffe.”
Translations
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See also
- vt. in heraldic contexts.
- Appendix:Colors
Adjective
vert (comparative more vert, superlative most vert)
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Etymology 2
Abbreviation of vertical.
Adjective
vert
- Abbreviation of vertical.
Noun
vert (plural verts)
- (colloquial) In sport, a type of bicycle stunt competition.
- A vertical surface used by skateboarders or skiers.
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Noun
vert (plural verts)
Etymology 4
From Latin vertere (“to turn, overturn”).
Verb
vert (third-person singular simple present verts, present participle verting, simple past and past participle verted)
- (archaic or literary) To turn.
- 1659, Thomas Fuller, “The Eleventh Book, Containing the Reign of K. Charls”, in The Appeal of Iniured Innocence: unto the Religious Learned and Ingenuous Reader. In a Controversie Betwixt the Animadvertor Dr. Peter Heylyn and the Author Thomas Fuller., London: […] W. Godbid, […], part III, page 21:
- Theſe are Ani-mad-versions indeed, when a Writer’s words are madly verted, inverted, perverted, againſt his true intent, and their Grammaticall ſenſe.
- 1859, George Meredith, “In Which the Hero Takes a Step”, in The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son. […], volume II, London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, page 198:
- Hippias not only came aboveground, he flew about in the very skies, verting like any blithe creature of the season.
- 1879 December 6, J[ames] Matthews Duncan, “On Retention of Mucus”, in The Medical Times and Gazette. A Journal of Medical Science, Literature, Criticism, and News., volume II, number 1536, London: […] J. & A. Churchill, […], page 630:
- A lady had ulceration of the interior of the body of the uterus, which was not flexed or verted: […].
- 1903 February 7, R. C. Matheny, “Imbalance and Insufficiency of the Eye Muscles”, in George F[rederick] Shrady [Sr.], Thomas L[athrop] Stedman, editors, Medical Record: A Weekly Journal of Medicine and Surgery, volume 63, number 6 (whole 1683), New York, N.Y.: William Wood and Company, page 210:
- For instance, all of the muscles of the eyes may be relatively weak. The ducting or verting power is not as great as it should be.
Etymology 5
Abbreviation of vertex.
Noun
vert (plural verts)
References
- “vert”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “vert”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French and Old French vert, from Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Compare Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish verde. The Old French -t is due to regular final devoicing. The feminine was originally also vert and was extended with -e only during Middle French times, thus keeping the devoiced sound.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɛʁ/
Audio (Paris): (file) Audio (France, West): (file) - (Quebec) IPA(key): /vaɛ̯ʁ/
Audio (Quebec, Quebec City): (file) - (Louisiana) IPA(key): /væ(r)/
- Homophones: ver, verre, verres, vers, verts, vair, vairs
- Rhymes: -ɛʁ
Noun
vert m (plural verts)
Adjective
vert (feminine verte, masculine plural verts, feminine plural vertes)
- green
- (figuratively) green, environmentally friendly
- Synonyms: éco-, écologique
- capitalisme vert ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Derived terms
- algue verte
- béret vert
- carte verte
- chêne vert
- chou vert et vert chou
- citron vert
- classe verte
- en dire des vertes et des pas mûres
- énergie verte
- fée verte
- feu vert
- haricot vert
- heure verte
- langue verte
- l’herbe est toujours plus verte ailleurs
- l’herbe est toujours plus verte dans le pré du voisin
- maillot vert
- main verte
- numéro vert
- oignon vert
- olive verte
- Parti vert
- pic vert
- salade verte
- se mettre au vert
- thé vert
- tourisme vert
- vert de colère
- vert de jalousie
- vert de peur
- vert de rage
- vert pomme
- ville verte
- voie verte
- volée de bois vert
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Descendants
See also
blanc | gris | noir |
rouge; cramoisi, carmin | orange; brun, marron | jaune; crème |
lime | vert | menthe |
cyan, turquoise; bleu canard | azur, bleu ciel | bleu |
violet, lilas; indigo | magenta; pourpre | rose |
Further reading
- “vert”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Friulian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Latin viridis. Compare Italian verde.
Adjective
vert
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Hungarian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
vert
Participle
vert
- past participle of ver
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French vert, from Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
vert (uncountable)
Related terms
Descendants
- English: vert
References
- “vert, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Noun
vert (uncountable)
Descendants
- English: vert
References
- “vert, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Middle Low German wert.
Pronunciation
Noun
vert m (definite singular verten, indefinite plural verter, definite plural vertene)
Derived terms
References
- “vert” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German wert.
Noun
vert m (definite singular verten, indefinite plural vertar, definite plural vertane)
Derived terms
Verb
vert
- inflection of verta:
References
- “vert” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Compare Italian verde and Spanish verde.
Pronunciation
Noun
vert oblique singular, m (oblique plural verz or vertz, nominative singular verz or vertz, nominative plural vert)
Adjective
vert m (oblique and nominative feminine singular vert)
- green, of a green color
Declension
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Descendants
- Bourguignon: vord
- Middle French: verd, vert
- Picard: verd
- Norman: vaert, vèrt
- Walloon: vert
- → Middle English: vert
- English: vert
Walloon
Etymology
From Old French vert, from Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Cf. French vert, Italian verde and Spanish verde.
Pronunciation
Adjective
vert
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