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Dutch Pronunciation IPA (key ) : /ˈvɛ.rə/ Hyphenation: ver‧re
Rhymes: -ɛrə Adverb verre
Archaic form of ver Adjective verre
inflection of ver
masculine / feminine singular attributive definite neuter singular attributive plural attributive Estonian Noun verre
illative singular of veri French Pronunciation Etymology 1 Inherited from Middle French voirre /ˈvwɛːrə/ ), from Old French voirre Latin vitrum Doublet of vitre
The irregular evolution of /wɛ/ into /ɛ/ in this word is "early but normal after labials"; the influence of derivatives with an etymological first-syllable /ɛ/ may also be relevant. Compare François Français roide raide
Noun verre m plural verres
( usually uncountable ) glass ( substance )
verre de couleurcolored glass symbol of fragility
Ça casse comme le verre . ― That breaks like glass .
symbol of transparency
Une maison de verre . ― A house of glass . ( countable ) ( optics ) lens , glass
un verre de lunettes ― a glasses lens , an eyeglass lens un verre grossissant ― a magnifying glass , a magnifying lens Synonym: lentille glass ( drinking vessel )
un verre en cristal ― a crystal glass the content of such a vessel
On va boire un verre ! ― Let's go have a drink ! Derived terms Related terms Descendants Further reading Etymology 2 See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb verre
inflection of verrer
first / third-person singular present indicative / subjunctive second-person singular imperative Anagrams Latin Pronunciation Noun verre
ablative singular of verrēs Middle Dutch Etymology From Old Dutch ferro Proto-Germanic *ferrô
Adverb verre
far , at great distance far , towards a great distancefar into the future far , to a great extent by far Descendants Adjective verre
far , faraway , at great distance Inflection This adjective needs an inflection-table template .
Descendants Further reading “verre (I) ”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek , 2000 “verre (II) ”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek , 2000 Verwijs, E. , Verdam, J. (1885–1929 ) “verre (I) ”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek , The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN Verwijs, E. , Verdam, J. (1885–1929 ) “verre (II) ”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek , The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN Middle English Etymology 1 From Old French verai
Alternative forms verai veray verra verray verrei verrey verri verry very werai werrai wery Adjective verre (superlative verrest
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Etymology 2 Noun verre
Alternative form of firre Norwegian Bokmål Alternative forms Etymology From Old Norse verri
Pronunciation (Fredrikstad dialect) IPA (key ) : Adjective verre
worse ; comparative degree of vond comparative degree of ille comparative degree of ond Derived terms References