# vert
## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /vɜːt/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /vɝt/
* Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t

### Etymology 1

From Middle English vert, borrowed from Old French vert, from Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Doublet of virid, which was borrowed directly from Latin.

#### Noun

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

##### See also

* vt. in heraldic contexts.
* Appendix:Colors

#### Adjective

vert (comparative more vert, superlative most vert)
* (heraldry) In blazon, of the colour green.

##### Related terms

* verdant

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

Abbreviation of vertical.

#### Adjective

vert
* Abbreviation of vertical.

#### Noun

vert (plural verts)
* (colloquial) In sport, a type of bicycle stunt competition.
* A vertical surface used by skateboarders or skiers.

##### Derived terms

* vert ramp

### Etymology 3

Abbreviation of vertebrate.

#### Noun

vert (plural verts)
* (biology, informal) Vertebrate.

### Etymology 4

From Latin vertere (“to turn, overturn”).

#### Verb

vert (third-person singular simple present verts, present participle verting, simple past and past participle verted)
* (archaic or literary) To turn.
** 1659, Thomas Fuller, “The Eleventh Book, Containing the Reign of K. Charls”, in The Appeal of Iniured Innocence: unto the Religious Learned and Ingenuous Reader. In a Controversie Betwixt the Animadvertor Dr. Peter Heylyn and the Author Thomas Fuller., London: […] W. Godbid, […], part III, page 21:Theſe are Ani-mad-versions indeed, when a Writer’s words are madly verted, inverted, perverted, againſt his true intent, and their Grammaticall ſenſe.
** 1859, George Meredith, “In Which the Hero Takes a Step”, in The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son. […], volume II, London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, page 198:Hippias not only came aboveground, he flew about in the very skies, verting like any blithe creature of the season.
** 1879 December 6, J[ames] Matthews Duncan, “On Retention of Mucus”, in The Medical Times and Gazette. A Journal of Medical Science, Literature, Criticism, and News., volume II, number 1536, London: […] J. & A. Churchill, […], page 630:A lady had ulceration of the interior of the body of the uterus, which was not flexed or verted: […].
** 1903 February 7, R. C. Matheny, “Imbalance and Insufficiency of the Eye Muscles”, in George F[rederick] Shrady [Sr.], Thomas L[athrop] Stedman, editors, Medical Record: A Weekly Journal of Medicine and Surgery, volume 63, number 6 (whole 1683), New York, N.Y.: William Wood and Company, page 210:For instance, all of the muscles of the eyes may be relatively weak. The ducting or verting power is not as great as it should be.

### Etymology 5

Abbreviation of vertex.

#### Noun

vert (plural verts)
* (computer graphics, informal) Vertex.

### References

* “vert”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
* Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “vert”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* Trev, Tver, trve, Tver', trev

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle French and Old French vert, from Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Compare Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish verde. The Old French -t is due to regular final devoicing. The feminine was originally also vert and was extended with -e only during Middle French times, thus keeping the devoiced sound.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

vert m (plural verts)
* green

### Adjective

vert (feminine verte, masculine plural verts, feminine plural vertes)
* green
* (figuratively) green, environmentally friendly
    Synonyms: éco-, écologique
    capitalisme vert ― eco-capitalism

#### Derived terms

* algue verte
* béret vert
* carte verte
* chêne vert
* chou vert et vert chou
* citron vert
* classe verte
* en dire des vertes et des pas mûres
* énergie verte
* fée verte
* feu vert
* haricot vert
* heure verte
* langue verte
* l’herbe est toujours plus verte ailleurs
* l’herbe est toujours plus verte dans le pré du voisin
* maillot vert
* main verte
* numéro vert
* oignon vert
* olive verte
* Parti vert
* pic vert
* salade verte
* se mettre au vert
* thé vert
* tourisme vert
* vert de colère
* vert de jalousie
* vert de peur
* vert de rage
* vert pomme
* ville verte
* voie verte
* volée de bois vert

#### Related terms

* verdâtre
* verdir
* verger

#### Descendants

* Haitian Creole: vèt, vè
* Louisiana Creole: vè, vèr, vær
* → Wolof: wert

### See also

Colors in French · couleurs (layout · text) :
| blanc | gris | noir |
| rouge; cramoisi, carmin | orange; brun, marron | jaune; crème |
| lime | vert | menthe |
| cyan, turquoise; bleu canard | azur, bleu ciel | bleu |
| violet, lilas; indigo | magenta; pourpre | rose |

### Further reading

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

## Friulian
### Alternative forms

* verd

### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Latin viridis. Compare Italian verde.

### Adjective

vert
* green

#### Related terms

* verze

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From ver +‎ -t (past-tense and past-participle suffix).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvɛrt]
* Hyphenation: vert
* Rhymes: -ɛrt

### Verb

vert
* third-person singular indicative past indefinite of ver

### Participle

vert
* past participle of ver

#### Derived terms

* viharvert

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* wert, verte, verd

### Etymology

Borrowed from Old French vert, from Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vɛrt/

### Adjective

vert (uncountable)
* (cooking, heraldry) Green-coloured.

#### Related terms

* vergeous
* vert sauce

#### Descendants

* English: vert

#### References

* “vert, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Noun

vert (uncountable)
* (law) Any plant having green leaves.
* (rare, especially heraldry) green

#### Descendants

* English: vert

#### References

* “vert, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Middle Low German wert.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋæʈ/
* Homophones: hvert, verdt, vært
* Rhymes: -æʈ

### Noun

vert m (definite singular verten, indefinite plural verter, definite plural vertene)
* a host (also in biology)
* a landlord

#### Derived terms

* togvert
* vertsby
* vertsmaskin

### References

* “vert” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German wert.

### Noun

vert m (definite singular verten, indefinite plural vertar, definite plural vertane)
* a host (also in biology)
* a landlord

#### Derived terms

* vertsby

### Verb

vert
* inflection of verta:
** present
** imperative

### References

* “vert” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old French
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Compare Italian verde and Spanish verde.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvert/, (later) /ˈvɛɾt/

### Noun

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

### Adjective

vert m (oblique and nominative feminine singular vert)
* green, of a green color

#### Related terms

* vergier

#### Descendants

* Bourguignon: vord
* Middle French: verd, vert
** French: vert
*** Haitian Creole: vèt, vè
*** Louisiana Creole: vè, vèr, vær
*** → Wolof: wert
* Picard: verd
* Norman: vaert, vèrt
* Walloon: vert
* → Middle English: vert
** English: vert

## Walloon
### Etymology

From Old French vert, from Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Cf. French vert, Italian verde and Spanish verde.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vɛʀ/

### Adjective

vert
* green