vert

See also: vért, vèrt, vērt, and vërt

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French vert, from Latin viridis.

Noun

vert (plural verts)

  1. (heraldry) A green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees counter-clockwise.
  2. (archaic) Green undergrowth or other vegetation growing in a forest, as a potential cover for deer.
  3. (archaic) The right to fell trees or cut shrubs in a forest.
    • 1819: “I understand thee,” said the King, “and the Holy Clerk shall have a grant of vert and venison in my woods of Warncliffe.” — Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
Translations
See also

Adjective

vert (comparative more vert, superlative most vert)

  1. (heraldry) In blazon, of the colour green.
Translations

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of vertical.

Noun

vert (plural verts)

  1. (colloquial) In sport, a type of bicycle stunt competition.
  2. A vertical surface used by skateboarders or skiers.

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of vertebrate.

Noun

vert (plural verts)

  1. (biology, informal) vertebrate

See also

  • Appendix:Colors

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Old French vert, from Vulgar Latin virdis, virdem, from Latin viridis, viridem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɛʁ/
  • France (Paris)(file)
  • France (West)(file)
  • (Quebec) IPA(key): /vaɛ̯ʁ/
  • Quebec (Quebec City)(file)
  • (Louisiana) IPA(key): /væ(r)/
  • Homophones: ver, verre, verres, vers, verts, vair, vaire
  • Rhymes: -ɛʁ

Noun

vert m (plural verts)

  1. green

Adjective

vert (feminine singular verte, masculine plural verts, feminine plural vertes)

  1. green

See also

Colors in French · couleurs (layout · text)
     blanc      gris      noir      brun
             rose              rouge ; cramoisi              orange              jaune ; crème
             vert citron              vert                           cyan ; bleu canard
             azur              bleu              violet ; indigo              magenta ; pourpre

Further reading

Friulian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin virdis, virdem, from Latin viridis, viridem.

Adjective

vert

  1. green

Hungarian

Etymology

ver +‎ -t

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛrt]
  • Hyphenation: vert

Verb

vert

  1. third-person singular indicative past indefinite of ver
  2. past participle of ver

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German wert.

Pronunciation

Noun

vert m (definite singular verten, indefinite plural verter, definite plural vertene)

  1. a host (also in biology)
  2. a landlord

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German wert.

Noun

vert m (definite singular verten, indefinite plural vertar, definite plural vertane)

  1. a host (also in biology)
  2. a landlord

Verb

vert

  1. present tense of verta/verte
  2. imperative of verta/verte

References

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin virdis, virdem, from Latin viridis, viridem.

Noun

vert m (oblique plural verz or vertz, nominative singular verz or vertz, nominative plural vert)

  1. green

Adjective

vert m (oblique and nominative feminine singular vert)

  1. green, of a green color

Declension

Descendants

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French vert, from Vulgar Latin virdis, virdem, from Latin viridis, viridem.

Adjective

vert

  1. green
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