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ouvert

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See also: ouvèrt

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French ouvert. Doublet of apert and overt.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /uːˈvɛː/

Noun

ouvert (plural ouverts)

(ballet) A position in which the feet are apart, or a movement which brings them apart.
(fashion) An open-crotch undergarment.

Related terms

misère ouvert

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French ouvert, from Old French overt, from Vulgar Latin *opertus, from Latin apertus. Doublet of apert.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /u.vɛʁ/
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Rhymes: -ɛʁ
Homophone: ouverts

Adjective

ouvert (feminine ouverte, masculine plural ouverts, feminine plural ouvertes)

open
Antonym: fermé
switched on
(heraldry) of a building: having a door of a specified colour

Derived terms

Related terms

Participle

ouvert (feminine ouverte, masculine plural ouverts, feminine plural ouvertes)

past participle of ouvrir

Descendants

Antillean Creole: ouvè
Haitian Creole: ouvè
Louisiana Creole: ouvèr
Mauritian Creole: ouver, uver
Seychellois Creole: ouver
→ English: ouvert
→ German: ouvert

Further reading

“ouvert”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

trouve, trouvé, vouter, voûter

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French overt.

Verb

ouvert

past participle of ouvrir

Descendants

French: ouvert (see there for further descendants)

Norman

Adjective

ouvert m

alternative form of ouvaert

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