verité

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See also: verite and vérité

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French verité.

Noun

verité f (plural veritez)

  1. truth

Descendants

  • French: vérité

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vēritās, vēritātem. See also the inherited form verté.

Noun

verité oblique singularf (oblique plural veritez, nominative singular verité, nominative plural veritez)

  1. truth
    • c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
      Sire, quant vos si m'angoissiez,
      La verité vos an dirai,
      Ja plus ne le vos celerai
      Sire, when you scare me so,
      I will tell you the truth,
      I will hide it from you no longer

Descendants