verset
English
Etymology
From Middle English verset, from Old French verset; equivalent to verse + -et.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈvɜːsɪt/, /ˈvɜːsət/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈvɚsɪt/, /ˈvɚsət/
Noun
verset (plural versets)
- (music) A very short organ interlude or prelude.
- (obsolete) A verse.
- 1641, John Milton, Animadversions upon the Remonstrants Defence against Smectymnuus; republished in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, […], Amsterdam [actually London: s.n.], 1698, OCLC 926209975:
- they bear an equal part with the Priest in many places , and have their cues and versets as well as he
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for verset in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- Severt, Stever, Treves, Vester, everts, revest, revets, verste
French
Etymology
From Old French verset; equivalent to vers + -et.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɛʁ.sɛ/
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Noun
verset m (plural versets)
- Diminutive of vers
- verse (of religious text)
Further reading
- “verset”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- revêts, trêves, vertes
Hungarian
Etymology
vers + -et
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvɛrʃɛt]
- Hyphenation: ver‧set
Noun
verset
- accusative singular of vers
Latin
Verb
verset
- third-person singular present active subjunctive of versō
Middle English
Alternative forms
- werset, versette, verseit
Etymology
From Old French verset; equivalent to vers + -et.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɛrsɛt/
Noun
verset (plural versetis)
- (rare) A short Biblical verse used as part of the liturgy.
Descendants
- English: verset
References
- “verset, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-05-27.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
verset n
- definite singular of vers
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
verset n
- definite singular of vers
Piedmontese
Noun
verset m (plural verset)
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Romanian
Etymology
From French verset.
Noun
verset n (plural versete)
- verse
Declension
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) verset | versetul | (niște) versete | versetele |
genitive/dative | (unui) verset | versetului | (unor) versete | versetelor |
vocative | versetule | versetelor |