versant

Etymology

Borrowed from French versant, present participle (used as a noun) of verser, from Latin versō, frequentative of vertō (“I turn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɜː(ɹ)sənt/

Adjective

versant (comparative more versant, superlative most versant)

1. (archaic) experienced, practiced
2. conversant
   • Sydney Smith

     This practice is so utterly ridiculous to any body but lawyers (to whom nothing that is customary is ridiculous), that men not versant with courts of justice will not believe it.

3. (heraldry, not comparable) With the wings erect and open.

Noun

versant (plural versants)

1. a slope of a mountain or mountain ridge
2. the overall slope of a region

Anagrams

• servant, starven, taverns

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛʁ.sɑ̃/

Verb

versant

1. present participle of verser

Noun

versant m (plural versants)

1. slope, side

Further reading

• “versant” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• servant

Verb

versant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of versō