Versailles

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French Versailles, of uncertain Latin origin (see French entry below), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wértti (“to be turning around”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /vɛəˈsaɪ/
(US) IPA^(key): /vɚˈsaɪ/, /vɚˈzaɪ/
Rhymes: -aɪ

Proper noun

Versailles

A city, suburb of Paris and capital of Yvelines department, Île-de-France, and the former capital of France.
(by ellipsis) The Palace of Versailles.
(by ellipsis, historical) The Treaty of Versailles (1919).
- Synonym: dictate of Versailles / Dictate of Versailles

Translations

city in Yvelines, Paris Region

Amharic: ቫሊስ (valis)
Arabic: فِرْسَايْ‎ m (firsāy)
Armenian: Վերսալ (Versal), Վերսայ (Versay)
Azerbaijani: Versal
Belarusian: Верса́ль m (Vjersálʹ), (Taraškievica) Вэрса́ль m (Versálʹ)
Breton: Versailhez f
Bulgarian: Версай m (Versaj)
Catalan: Versalles f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 凡爾賽 (faan⁴ ji⁵ coi³)
Mandarin: 凡爾賽／凡尔赛 (zh) (Fán'ěrsài)
Corsican: Versailles f
Dutch: Versailles n
Esperanto: Versajlo
Estonian: Versailles (et)
Finnish: Versailles
French: Versailles (fr) f pl
Georgian: ვერსალი (versali)
German: Versailles (de) n
Greek: Βερσαλλίες (el) f pl (Versallíes), (rare) Βερσάιγ n (Versáig)
Hebrew: וֶרְסָאיּ‎ m (versáy)
Hindi: वर्साय m (varsāy)
Icelandic: Versalir m pl
Italian: Versailles f, Versaglia f
Japanese: ヴェルサイユ (Verusaiyu), (dated) ベルサイユ (Berusaiyu)
Kannada: ವರ್ಸೈಲ್ಸ್ (varsails)
Korean: 베르사유 (Bereusayu)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ڤێرسای‎ (vêrsay)
Lao: ແວກໄຊ (wǣk sai)
Latin: Versaliae (la) f pl
Latvian: Versaļa f
Ligurian: Versagge f
Lithuanian: Versalis m
Macedonian: Верса́ј m (Versáj)
Marathi: व्हर्साय m (vharsāy)
Occitan: Versalhas f
Persian: ورسای‎ (versây)
Polish: Wersal (pl) m
Portuguese: Versalhes f
Punjabi: ਵਰਸਾਈ m (varsāī)
Russian: Верса́ль (ru) m (Versálʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Версај m
Roman: Versailles m
Spanish: Versalles (es) f
Tamil: வெர்சாய் (vercāy), வேர்சாய் (vērcāy)
Thai: แวร์ซาย (wɛɛr-saai)
Tibetan: ཝེ་ཧི་ས་ཡེ (we hi sa ye)
Turkish: Versay
Ukrainian: Верса́ль m (Versálʹ)
Urdu: ویغسائی‎ m (vēġsāī)
Uyghur: Wérsayl
Uzbek: Versal
Vietnamese: Véc-xai, Véc-xay
Western Panjabi: ورسائی‎ (varsāī)
Yiddish: ווערסײַ‎ n (versay)

Etymology 2

From etymology 1.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /vərˈseɪlz/
Rhymes: -eɪlz

Proper noun

Versailles

A town and county seat of Ripley County, Indiana, United States.
A home-rule class city and county seat of Woodford County, Kentucky, United States.
A city, the county seat of Morgan County, Missouri, United States.

Etymology 3

Named by Vietnamese American residents in the 1970s after the Versailles Arms apartment complex in which they first settled.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /vəɹˈsaɪ/

Proper noun

Versailles

A neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

Translations

neighborhood of New Orleans

Vietnamese: Vẹc Sai, Vẹc-xai

French

Etymology

Uncertain, but possibly from Latin versus (“slope”)[1] or versor (“to dwell”), both from Proto-Indo-European *wértti (“to be turning around”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vɛʁ.saj/, /vɛʁ.sɑj/
Audio (file)
(Paris)
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Rhymes: -aj, -ɑj

Proper noun

Versailles f pl (plural only)

Versailles (a municipality and suburb of Paris, France)
(by ellipsis) Versailles (the Palace of Versailles)
Synonym: château de Versailles

Derived terms

château de Versailles
lycée de Versailles
traité de Versailles
versaillais, Versaillais
versailliser

References

Room, Adrian (1974) Place Names of the World, 2nd edition, McFarland & Co., published 2006

German

Etymology

From French Versailles

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vɛrˈsaɪ̯/, [vɛʁˈsaɪ̯], [vɛɐ̯-], [ʋ-], (archaic) /vɛrˈzaɪ̯/

Proper noun

Versailles n (proper noun, genitive Versailles' or (with an article) Versailles)

Versailles (a municipality of France)
Short for Schloss Versailles (“Palace of Versailles”).
(metonymically) Short for Diktat von Versailles; Versailler Diktat, Versailler Vertrag (“Treaty of Versailles”)

Derived terms

Versailler

[1] Room, Adrian (1974) Place Names of the World, 2nd edition, McFarland & Co., published 2006