verre

See also: vérre, vèrre, vérré, and verrë

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.rə/

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• Hyphenation: ver‧re
• Rhymes: -ɛrə

Adverb

verre

1. Archaic form of ver.

Adjective

verre

1. inflection of ver:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

Estonian

Noun

verre

1. illative singular of veri

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛʁ/

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• Homophones: vair, ver, verres, vers, vert, verts
• Rhymes: -ɛʁ

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French voirre (most probably pronounced /ˈvwɛːrə/), from Old French voirre, from 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 vs. Français, roide vs. raide.

Noun

verre m (plural verres)

1. (usually uncountable) glass (substance)

   verre de couleur ― colored glass

   1. symbol of fragility

      Ça casse comme le verre. ― That breaks like glass.

   2. symbol of transparency

      Une maison de verre. ― A house of glass.

2. (countable) Object of this substance
   1. (optics) lens, glass

      un verre de lunettes ― a glasses lens, an eyeglass lens

      un verre grossissant ― a magnifying glass, a magnifying lens

      Synonym: lentille

   2. glass (drinking vessel)

      un verre en cristal ― a crystal glass

   3. the content of such a vessel

      On va boire un verre! ― Let's go have a drink!

Derived terms

• avoir un verre dans le nez
• cliché-verre
• cul-de-verre
• dessous de verre
• essuie-verres
• laine de verre
• papier de verre
• plafond de verre
• prendre un verre
• se jeter un verre derrière la cravate
• se noyer dans un verre d’eau
• sous-verre
• tempête dans un verre d’eau
• verre à shot
• verre-mort
• verrée
• verrerie
• verrier
• verrière
• verrillon
• verrine, vérine
• verrophone
• verroterie

 

Related terms

• vitre

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: vè
• Louisiana Creole: vè, vèr, vær

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

verre

1. inflection of verrer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• rêver

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯er.re/, [ˈu̯ɛrːɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈver.re/, [ˈvɛrːe]

Noun

verre

1. ablative singular of verrēs

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch ferro, from Proto-Germanic *ferrô.

Adverb

verre

1. far, at great distance
2. far, towards a great distance
3. far into the future
4. far, to a great extent
5. by far

Descendants

• Dutch: ver, verre (archaic)
  • Afrikaans: ver
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: faru
  • Javindo: fer
  • Negerhollands: ver

Adjective

verre

1. far, faraway, at great distance

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: ver, verre (archaic)
  • Afrikaans: ver
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: faru
  • Javindo: fer
  • Negerhollands: ver

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, page I
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “verre (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

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)

1. true

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:verre.

Etymology 2

Noun

verre

1. Alternative form of firre

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• værre (possibly used in Riksmål, after Danish værre)
• vondere

Etymology

From Old Norse verri.

Pronunciation

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• (Fredrikstad dialect) IPA^(key): [ˈʋɛ̝̂ɾ.ɾɛ̝]

Adjective

verre

1. worse; comparative degree of vond
2. comparative degree of ille
3. comparative degree of ond

Derived terms

• forverre

References

• “verre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.