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)

1. (music) A very short organ interlude or prelude.
2. (obsolete) A verse.
   • 1641, [John Milton], Animadversions upon the Remonstrants Defence against Smectymnuus, London: […] [Richard Oulton and Gregory Dexter] for Thomas Vnderhill, […], →OCLC, page 26:

     Remon[strant]. Were the impoſition amiſſe, what is that to the people? Anſw[er]. Not a little, becauſe they beare an equall part with the Prieſt in many places, and have their cues and verſets as well as he.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Severt, Stever, Treves, Vester, everts, revest, revets, verste

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French verset. By surface analysis, vers +‎ -et.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛʁ.sɛ/

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Noun

verset m (plural versets)

1. diminutive of vers
2. 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

1. accusative singular of vers

Latin

Verb

verset

1. 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)

1. (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

1. definite singular of vers

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

verset n

1. definite singular of vers

Piedmontese

Noun

verset m (plural verset)

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French verset.

Noun

verset n (plural versete)

1. verse

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	verset	versetul		versete	versetele
genitive-dative	verset	versetului		versete	versetelor
vocative	versetule			versetelor