vers

See also: Vers, vers., and verš

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /vɝs/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

vers (not comparable)

1. (LGBTQ slang) Willing to take either a penetrative (top) or receptive (bottom) role in anal sex.

   Synonym: (India) double-decker

   Coordinate terms: top, bottom, side

2. (BDSM slang) Clipping of versatile.

Derived terms

• vers bottom
• vers top

Translations

gay sexual slang: willing to take both a top and bottom role

Arabic: مُبَادِل (mubādil) Chinese: Cantonese: 0.5 (ling4 dim2 ng5) Mandarin: 0.5 (língdiǎnwǔ) French: versatile (fr) m, auto-reverse Georgian: უნი (uni) Hebrew: וֶרְסָטִילִי (he) m (versatíli), וֶרְס׳ (abbreviation) Japanese: リバ (riba), 回 (ja) Korean: 올 (ko) (ol) Polish: aktywno-pasywny Portuguese: versátil (pt), relativo (pt) Russian: универсал (ru) m (universal), уни c (uni) (slang) Spanish: versátil (es), universal (es) Thai: โบ๊ท (bóot) Turkish: aktif-pasif, ap (tr) (abbreviated)

Etymology 2

Noun

vers

1. Abbreviation of versine or versed sine.

Synonyms

• versin

Etymology 3

Noun

vers

1. plural of ver

See also

• vers de societe
• vers-librist

Anagrams

• ERVs, Serv., VREs, revs, serv, serv.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch vers, from Middle Dutch vers, from Old Dutch vers, from Latin versus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛːrs/

Noun

vers (plural verse, diminutive versie)

1. A verse, a stanza.
2. A short poem.
3. A verse; a line, sentence or similarly short passage of a text, usually in prose.

Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin versō. Compare Romanian vărsa, vars.

Verb

vers (third-person singular viarse, participle vãrsate)

1. alternative form of versu

Related terms

• vãrsari
• vãrsat
• vãrsãture

See also

• dãpun
• vom
• tor

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin versus (“line, row”). Doublet of bes and ves.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbɛrs]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈvɛrs]

Noun

vers m (plural versos)

1. verse, poem

Related terms

• versar

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin versus (“toward, facing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbɛrs]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈvers]

Preposition

vers

1. (literary) towards (in the direction of)

   Synonyms: envers, devers

2. (literary) towards (in relation to)
3. (literary) towards (located approximately next to)

Related terms

• invers
• versus

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbɛrs]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈvərs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈvers]

Adjective

vers

1. masculine plural of ver

Further reading

• “vers”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Danish

Etymology

From Latin versus.

Noun

vers n (singular definite verset, plural indefinite vers)

1. verse (in songs)
2. single line in poem

   tredje vers i femte strofe

   the third line of the fifth stanza

3. the format of meter, verse, as opposed to prose

   Det var før i tiden almindeligt at skrive aviser på vers.

   Previously, it was normal to write newspapers in verse.

Usage notes

The first definition is common among layfolk, while the second is used otherwise.

Declension

Declension of vers

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vers	verset	vers	versene
genitive	vers'	versets	vers'	versenes

Synonyms

• (single line): verselinje

Further reading

• “vers” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “vers” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛrs/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: vers
• Rhymes: -ɛrs

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch versch, from Old Dutch *fersk, *frisk, from Proto-West Germanic *frisk, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *preysk-. Doublet of fris.

Cognate with German frisch, West Frisian farsk, English fresh, Danish fersk, Norwegian Bokmål fersk, Swedish färsk.

Adjective

vers (comparative verser, superlative meest vers or verst)

1. fresh

Declension

Declension of vers
uninflected	vers
inflected	verse
comparative	verser
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		vers	verser	het verst het verste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	verse	versere	verste
	n. sing.	vers	verser	verste
	plural	verse	versere	verste
definite		verse	versere	verste
partitive		vers	versers	—

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) versch

Derived terms

• ovenvers
• versheid
• verswaren
• verversen

Descendants

• Afrikaans: vars
• Negerhollands: versch

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch vers, from Old Dutch vers, from Latin versus.

Noun

vers n (plural verzen, diminutive versje n)

1. a verse, a stanza
2. a short poem
3. verse (poetic form with fixed rhyme and meter)
4. a verse; a line, sentence or similarly short passage of a text, usually in prose

Derived terms

• spotvers
• versregel
• versvoet

Descendants

• Afrikaans: vers
• Negerhollands: vaers