vera

See also: Vera, verá, and Věra

English

Etymology 1

From Vera Lynn.

Noun

vera (plural veras)

  1. (Cockney rhyming slang) skin (rolling paper for cigarettes)
    • 1992, The Shamen (band), Ebeneezer Goode (song)
      Has anybody got any veras? Lovely!

Etymology 2

As vega, with the "g" substituted with a "r" to represent risk-free (interest rate).

Noun

vera (uncountable)

  1. (finance) A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of vega with respect to changes in the risk-free interest rate, or equivalently the rate of change of rho with respect to changes in the volatility of the underlying asset.

Synonyms

Hypernyms

  • (measure of derivative price sensitivity): Greeks (includes list of coordinate terms)

Anagrams

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin viria.

Noun

vera f (plural veres)

  1. edge, side
  2. bank (of river)
  3. wayside (of road, etc.)
  4. acre (of land)
  5. edging

Esperanto

Adjective

vera (accusative singular veran, plural veraj, accusative plural verajn)

  1. true

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse vera (“to be”), from vesa, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- and *h₂wes-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈveːɹa]
  • Rhymes: -eːɹa
  • Homophone: verða

Verb

vera (third person singular past indicative var, third person plural past indicative vóru, supine verið)

  1. to be

Conjugation

Noun

vera f (genitive singular veru, plural verur)

  1. being

Declension

Declension of vera
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vera veran verur verurnar
accusative veru veruna verur verurnar
dative veru veruni verum verunum
genitive veru verunnar vera veranna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vera, earlier vesa, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną. Cognate with Danish være, Norwegian Bokmål være, Norwegian Nynorsk vera, and Swedish vara.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛːra/
  • Rhymes: -ɛːra

Verb

vera (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative var, third-person plural past indicative voru, supine verið)

  1. to be
    Það er gaman að vera góður.
    It is fun being good.
    Að vera eða vera ekki.
    To be or not to be.
    Ég var kennari áður en ég gerðist stærðfræðingur.
    I was a teacher before I become a mathematician.

Derived terms

Usage notes

The subjunctive forms sé, sért, sé, séum, séuð and séu are used as other Icelandic verbs, e.g. when the situation is hypothetical. By contrast, the forms veri, verir, veri, verum, verið and veri are unique to the verb vera, in that they are used optatively to express desires; e.g., fari hann og veri means may he leave and never return, and the Islamic phrase peace be upon you is translated friður veri með þér.

Inflection

Noun

vera f (genitive singular veru, nominative plural verur)

  1. a being, a creature
  2. a stay

Declension

Derived terms

Anagrams

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto vera, Italian vero, French vrai and Spanish vero.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛ.ra/, /ˈve.ra/

Adjective

vera

  1. true

Derived terms

Italian

Adjective

vera f sg

  1. Feminine singular of adjective vero.

Noun

vera f (plural vere)

  1. wedding ring, wedding band
    Synonym: fede

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology 1

From vērus (“true”).

Pronunciation 1

Adjective

vēra

  1. nominative feminine singular of vērus
  2. nominative neuter plural of vērus
  3. accusative neuter plural of vērus
  4. vocative feminine singular of vērus
  5. vocative neuter plural of vērus
Descendants

Pronunciation 2

Adjective

vērā

  1. ablative feminine singular of vērus

Etymology 2

From vēr (“Spring”).

Pronunciation

Noun

vēra n

  1. nominative plural of vēr
  2. accusative plural of vēr
  3. vocative plural of vēr

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse vera, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²ʋeːrɑ/, /²ʋæːrɑ/ (examples of pronunciation)

Verb

vera (present tense er, past tense var, past participle vore, passive infinitive verast, present participle verande, imperative ver)

  1. to be
    Ikkje alle kunne vera til stades.
    Not everyone could be present.

vera til

  1. to exist

Further reading

Old Norse

Etymology

From vesa, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną.

Verb

vera

  1. to be

Conjugation

Descendants

References

Portuguese

Adjective

vera

  1. Feminine singular of adjective vero.

Scots

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛra]

Adjective

vera (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of verra

Adverb

vera (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of verra

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *věra, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋêra/
  • Hyphenation: ve‧ra

Noun

vȅra f (Cyrillic spelling ве̏ра)

  1. belief, faith
  2. religion
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian vera.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋêːra/
  • Hyphenation: ve‧ra

Noun

vȇra f (Cyrillic spelling ве̑ра)

  1. wedding ring
Declension

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *věra, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros (“true”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋèːra/
  • Tonal orthography: vẹ́ra

Noun

véra f (genitive vére, nominative plural vére)

  1. religion (system of beliefs dealing with soul, deity and/or life after death)

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbeɾa/

Etymology 1

From Latin viria.

Noun

vera f (plural veras)

  1. side, face
    A tu vera.
    By your side.
  2. shore or bank of a watercourse, edge, border.
  3. edge, border
Derived terms
  • a la vera
See also

Etymology 2

Noun

vera f (plural veras)

  1. verawood (Bulnesia arborea)

Etymology 3

Inflected form of vero

Adjective

vera

  1. Feminine singular of adjective vero.

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse vera (“to be”), from vesa, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- and *h₂wes-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʋèːɾɐ], [ʋɛ̀ːɾɐ]
    Rhymes: -èːrɐ, -ɛ̀ːrɐ
    (ð-r merger) Rhymes: -èːðɐ, -èːrɐ

Verb

vera (present singular gjär or jer, plural jera or jara or jåra, preterite var or vær, plural vor, supine vörä or vuri or vyri, negated ovörä or ovuri or ovyri)

  1. to be
    doran jåra ipi
    the doors are open
    trȯja giär agg
    the sweater is inside out
    räingblåommen jera jåo fin å
    marigolds are nice as well
    Han hadd ovyri i anne.
    He had not been anywhere else.

Alternative forms

References

  • Rietz, Johan Ernst, “vera”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 795
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