travers

See also: Travers

English

Etymology

From French travers (“breadth, extent from side”). See traverse.

Adverb

travers (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) across; athwart
   • 1523-1525, John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners, Froissart's Chronicles

     The earl […] caused […] high trees to be hewn down, and laid travers one over another.

References

• “travers”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• starver

French

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin traversus, from Latin trānsversus. Doublet of transverse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁa.vɛʁ/

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Noun

travers m (invariable)

1. outside (the external part of)
2. wide side (the side of which the width is measured)
3. (historical) border toll
4. oddity, irregularity of mind and mood, unfortunate disposition, defect of character

Derived terms

• à travers
• à travers champs
• au travers de
• de travers
• en travers
• par le travers
• vent travers

Related terms

• à travers
• au travers de
• traverser

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• verrats

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /traˈvɛrs/

Adjective

travers

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Romanian

Noun

travers n (plural traversuri)

1. obsolete form of traversă

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	travers	traversul		traversuri	traversurile
genitive-dative	travers	traversului		traversuri	traversurilor
vocative	traversule			traversurilor

References

• travers in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN