# vers
## English
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /vɝs/
* Audio (US):(file)

#### Adjective

vers (not comparable)
* (LGBTQ slang) Willing to take either a penetrative (top) or receptive (bottom) role in anal sex.
    Synonym: (India) double-decker
* (BDSM slang) Short for versatile.

##### Derived terms

* vers bottom
* vers top

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

vers
* Abbreviation of versine or versed sine.

##### Synonyms

* versin

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

vers
* 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: /fɛːrs/

### Noun

vers (plural verse, diminutive versie)
* A verse, a stanza.
* A short poem.
* 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 first-singular present indicative (third-person singular present indicative viarse, past participle vãrsate)
* 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: (Central) [ˈbɛrs]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈvɛrs]

#### Noun

vers m (plural versos)
* verse, poem

##### Related terms

* versar

### Etymology 2

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈbɛrs]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈvers]

#### Preposition

vers
* (literary) towards (in the direction of)
    Synonyms: envers, devers
* (literary) towards (in relation to)
* (literary) towards (located approximately next to)

##### Related terms

* invers
* versus

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈbɛrs]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈvərs]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈvers]

#### Adjective

vers
* masculine plural of ver

### Further reading

* “vers” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Danish
### Etymology

From Latin versus.

### Noun

vers n (singular definite verset, plural indefinite vers)
* verse (in songs)
* single line in poem
    tredje vers i femte strofethe third line of the fifth stanza
* 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.

#### Synonyms

* (single line): verselinje

### Further reading

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

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vɛrs/
* Audio:(file)
* 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)
* fresh

##### Derived terms

* versheid
* ovenvers

##### 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)
* a verse, a stanza
* a short poem
* verse (poetic form with fixed rhyme and meter)
* a verse; a line, sentence or similarly short passage of a text, usually in prose

##### Derived terms

* versregel

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: vers
* Negerhollands: vaers

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vɛʁ/
* IPA: /vɛʁ.z‿/ (optional liaison, but rare and discouraged)
* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: vair, vairs, ver, verre, verrent, verres, vert, verts
* Rhymes: -ɛʁ

### Etymology 1

From Latin versus (past participle of vertere). Cognate to Italian verso (preposition). Doublet of versus.

#### Preposition

vers
* towards
* to
    Elle a traduit les paroles de sa chanson préférée du français vers l’anglais.She translated the lyrics of her favorite song from French to English.
* around, circa (with a date or time)
    Pouvez-vous nous attendre jusque vers midi ?Can you wait for us until about noon?

### Etymology 2

From Latin versus.

#### Noun

vers m (plural vers)
* verse

##### Derived terms

* vers libre

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

vers m
* plural of ver

### References

* ↑ Picoche, Jacqueline with Jean-Claude Rolland (2009) Dictionnaire étymologique du français (in French), Paris: Dictionnaires Le Robert

### Further reading

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

## Hungarian

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### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin versus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvɛrʃ]
* Rhymes: -ɛrʃ

### Noun

vers (plural versek)
* verse, poem
    Synonyms: költemény, poéma
* (obsolete) race (competition)

#### Derived terms

* versel
* verses
* versike
(Compound words):
* tájvers
* versfeldolgozás
* versszak

### References

* ↑ vers in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

### Further reading

* vers in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Icelandic
### Noun

vers
* indefinite genitive singular of ver

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from French vers, Italian verso. Decision no. 718, Progreso V.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vɛrs/

### Preposition

vers
* (physical sense) toward, towards, in the direction of

### See also

* ad

### References
## Ingrian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *virci. Cognates include Finnish virsi and Estonian virs.

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈʋers/, [ˈʋe̞rz̠]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈʋers/, [ˈʋe̞rʒ̥]
* Rhymes: -ers
* Hyphenation: vers

### Noun

vers
* poem, traditional song
    laulaa verttä ― to sing a folk poem
* Short for kirkkovers (“psalm”).

#### Derived terms

* itkuvers
* kirkkovers
* kosikkivers
* lähtiisvers

### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 657

## Maltese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian verso and/or Sicilian versu, from Latin versus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vɛrs/

### Noun

vers m (dual versejn, plural versi or vrus or vrejjes, diminutive vrejjes)
* verse
* (figuratively) manner of thinking

#### Related terms

* versett
* vversja

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* ferrs, werse, veerce, wers, verse, verce

### Etymology

From a combination of Old French vers and Old English fers, both from Latin versus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vɛrs/, /vɛːrs/, /fɛrs/

### Noun

vers (plural verses or vers)
* A line or passage of a text or work:
** A line in a poem; part of a stanza.
** A line in a non-poetic literary work.
** A Biblical verse, especially of a psalm.
** A maxim or similar short phrase.
* A larger portion of a text or work:
** A stanza; a group of lines equivalent to the prose paragraph.
** A portion of a liturgical prayer or recitation.
* Verse, poetry; the poetic form and art as a whole.
* (rare) A syllable as a poetic unit.
* (rare) An array of objects.

#### Related terms

* verset
* versicle
* versifien
* versifiour

#### Descendants

* English: verse
* Scots: varse (obsolete)

#### References

* “vers(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-05-26.

## Middle French
### Etymology

From Old French vers.

### Preposition

vers
* toward(s)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Latin versus and Old Norse vers.

### Noun

vers n (definite singular verset, indefinite plural vers, definite plural versa or versene)
* verse

#### Derived terms

* synge på siste verset

### References

* “vers” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse vers, versi, from Latin versus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋɛrs/

### Noun

vers n (definite singular verset, indefinite plural vers, definite plural versa)
* verse

### References

* “vers” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old French
### Etymology 1

Latin versus (“verse; line (of poetry)”).

#### Noun

vers oblique singular, m (oblique plural vers, nominative singular vers, nominative plural vers)
* verse (poetry)
** c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 182, lines 2257–8:Seignurs, cest cunte est mult divers, e pur ço l'uni par mes versGood sirs, this story is very diverse, and for this, I try to bring it together with my verses

##### Descendants

* → Middle English: vers, ferrs, werse, veerce, wers, verse, verce
** English: verse
** Scots: varse (obsolete)
* Middle French: vers
** French: vers

#### References

* vers on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

### Etymology 2

Latin versus (“turned, changed, having been turned”).

#### Preposition

vers
* toward(s)

##### Descendants

* Middle French: vers
** French: vers

#### References

* vers on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

## Old Norse
### Noun

vers
* genitive singular of verr

## Old Occitan
### Noun

vers m (oblique plural vers, nominative singular vers, nominative plural vers)
* verse (poetry)

## Piedmontese
### Noun

vers m (plural vers)
* verse

#### Derived terms

* verset

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French vers, Italian verso, Latin versus. Doublet of viers, which was inherited.

### Noun

vers n (plural versuri)
* verse
* lyric

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* vȅrz

### Etymology

From Latin versus. Compare versificírati / vèrsifikovati.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋêrs/

### Noun

vȅrs m (Cyrillic spelling ве̏рс)
* (archaic) verse
    Synonym: stȉh

#### Declension
### References

* “vers”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Latin versus (“turning”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -æʂ

### Noun

vers c
* verse (as opposed to prose)
    Antonym: prosa
    Han skriver versHe writes in verse
    Julhälsningen var skriven på versThe Christmas greeting was written in verse
* a verse (of a song)
    Synonym: (rare) strof
    Andra versen i visan är rätt snuskigThe second verse of the song is pretty dirty
    Jag gillar gitarrspelet i versenI like the guitar playing in the verse
* (technical) a stich (line of poetry)
* (informal) a stanza (of a poem)
    Synonym: strof
* (informal, by extension) a (short) poem
    Han har skrivit en vers till migHe has written a poem for me
* a verse (of the Bible)
    Den gyllene regeln står i Matteusevangeliet, kapitel 7, vers 12The golden rule is found in the gospel of Matthew, chapter 7, verse 12

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | vers | vers |
| singular | definite | versen | versens |
| plural | indefinite | verser | versers |
| plural | definite | verserna | versernas |

#### Derived terms

* sjunga på sista versen
* versmått

#### Related terms

* verserad

#### See also

* dikt
* poem
* poesi
* rim
* refräng
* sång
* visa

### References

* vers in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* vers in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* vers in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* revs