verser
English
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈvɝsɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈvɜːsə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sə(ɹ)
Noun
verser (plural versers)
- A versifier.
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Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Adjective
verser
- comparative degree of vers
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French
Etymology
From Latin versāre (“to turn, twist”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɛʁ.se/
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Verb
verser
- (transitive) to pour
- (transitive) to pay, to put money into a fund
- (intransitive, of a vehicle) to overturn (turn over, capsize)
Conjugation
Conjugation of verser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | verser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | versant /vɛʁ.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | versé /vɛʁ.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | verse /vɛʁs/ |
verses /vɛʁs/ |
verse /vɛʁs/ |
versons /vɛʁ.sɔ̃/ |
versez /vɛʁ.se/ |
versent /vɛʁs/ |
| imperfect | versais /vɛʁ.sɛ/ |
versais /vɛʁ.sɛ/ |
versait /vɛʁ.sɛ/ |
versions /vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ |
versiez /vɛʁ.sje/ |
versaient /vɛʁ.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | versai /vɛʁ.se/ |
versas /vɛʁ.sa/ |
versa /vɛʁ.sa/ |
versâmes /vɛʁ.sam/ |
versâtes /vɛʁ.sat/ |
versèrent /vɛʁ.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | verserai /vɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ |
verseras /vɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ |
versera /vɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ |
verserons /vɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ |
verserez /vɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ |
verseront /vɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | verserais /vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
verserais /vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
verserait /vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
verserions /vɛʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
verseriez /vɛʁ.sə.ʁje/ |
verseraient /vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | verse /vɛʁs/ |
verses /vɛʁs/ |
verse /vɛʁs/ |
versions /vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ |
versiez /vɛʁ.sje/ |
versent /vɛʁs/ |
| imperfect2 | versasse /vɛʁ.sas/ |
versasses /vɛʁ.sas/ |
versât /vɛʁ.sa/ |
versassions /vɛʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
versassiez /vɛʁ.sa.sje/ |
versassent /vɛʁ.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | verse /vɛʁs/ |
— | versons /vɛʁ.sɔ̃/ |
versez /vɛʁ.se/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “verser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Anagrams
Gallo
Etymology
From Latin versō, versāre (“turn, twist”).
Verb
verser
- (transitive) to be overturned, knocked down
Latin
Verb
verser
- first-person singular present active subjunctive of versor
Swedish
Noun
verser
- indefinite plural of vers