# revers
## English
### Alternative forms

* rever
* revere

### Etymology

Borrowed from French revers (“lapel, reverse side”). Doublet of reverse.

### Noun

revers (plural revers)
* A lapel of a garment, turned back to show the reverse side.

#### Translations
### Noun

revers
* plural of rever

### Anagrams

* server, verser

## Czech
### Alternative forms

* reverz

### Etymology

Borrowed from German Revers.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrɛvɛrs]

### Noun

revers m inan
* a legal document, in which an inpatient, leaving a hospital against his medical doctor's advice, assumes responsibility for any potential consequences of his leaving
* reverse, verso, tail

#### Usage notes

* In the "legal document" sense almost never used other than in these expressions:
    podat revers ― to sign the document
    podepsat revers ― to sign the document
    odejít na revers ― to leave a hospital having signed the document

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “revers”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “revers”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Danish
### Noun

revers c (singular definite reversen, plural indefinite reverser)
* reverse

#### Inflection
### Noun

revers c or n (singular definite reversen or reverset, plural indefinite reverser, plural definite reverserne)
* revers

## Dutch
### Etymology

From French revers and Latin reversus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rəˈvɛːr/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: re‧vers

### Noun

revers m (plural revers)
* revers, lapel

### Further reading

* “revers” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

### Anagrams

* server, verser

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French revers, from Latin reversus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʁə.vɛʁ/
* Rhymes: -ɛʁ

### Noun

revers m (plural revers)
* reverse side
* backhand
** 1836, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, chapter XXXV, in Louis Viardot, transl., L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, volume I, Paris: J[acques]-J[ulien] Dubochet et C$^{ie}$, éditeurs, […], →OCLC:Au secours, seigneurs, au secours ! venez à l’aide de mon seigneur, qui est engagé dans la plus formidable et la plus sanglante bataille que mes yeux aient jamais vue. Vive Dieu ! il a porté un tel revers au géant ennemi de madame la princesse Micomicona, qu’il lui a tranché la tête à rasibus des épaules, comme si c’eût été un navet.Help, good sirs, help! Come to the help of my master, who is engaged in the most formidable and the most bloody battle that my eyes have ever seen. By God! He delivered such a backhand to the giant enemy of the lady princess of Micomicona that he sliced off his head cleanly from the shoulders, as if it had been a turnip.
* (tennis) backhand
    Antonym: coup droit
* lapel

#### Derived terms

* revers de fortune
* revers de la médaille

#### Descendants

* → English: rever, revers
* → Romanian: rever
* → Swedish: revär

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* resver, verres, verser

## Middle English
### Adverb

revers
* In a reverse way or direction; upside-down. [from 14thc.]
** 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in, book XVIII, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC:they three smote hym at onys with their spearys, and with fors of themselff they smote Sir Launcelottis horse revers to the erthe.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Latin reversus via French revers.

### Noun

revers m (definite singular reversen, indefinite plural reverser, definite plural reversene)
* the reverse side of a coin or medal
* reverse gear in a vehicle or machine
    sette bilen i revers ― put the car in reverse

### References

* “revers” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Latin reversus via French revers.

### Noun

revers m (definite singular reversen, indefinite plural reversar, definite plural reversane)
* the reverse side of a coin or medal
* reverse gear in a vehicle or machine
    setje bilen i revers ― put the car in reverse

### References

* “revers” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old French
### Etymology

From Latin reversus.

### Noun

revers oblique singular, m (oblique plural revers, nominative singular revers, nominative plural revers)
* reverse; opposite; contrary
    veez cy le fet qe prove le reverssee here the fact that proves the contrary

### Adjective

revers m (oblique and nominative feminine singular reverse)
* opposite; reverse

#### Descendants

* French: revers
* → English: reverse, revers

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French revers, from Latin Revers.

### Noun

revers n (plural reversuri)
* reverse

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Noun

revers c
* (finance) a promissory note
    Synonym: skuldebrev
* (numismatics) a reverse
    Antonyms: avers, åtsida

#### See also

* klave (“tails”)

### References

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