Complete Definition of "vert"

English
wikipedia

Pronunciation
IPA|/v�:t/ (UK)
IPA|/v�t/ (US)

abbreviation
vertebrate
vertical

  1. defn|English

Etymology 1
From Old (and modern) French #French|vert �green�, from Latin viridis.

Noun
en-noun

  1. tincture A green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees counter-clockwise.
  2. archaic Green undergrowth or other vegetation growing in a forest, as a potential cover for deer.
  3. archaic The right to fell trees or cut shrubs in a forest.

#:*1819: �I understand thee,� said the King, �and the Holy Clerk shall have a grant of vert and venison in my woods of Warncliffe.� � Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

See also
vt. in heraldic contexts.

Translations
trans-top|colour
Bosnian: zelena#Bosnian|zelena f
Croatian: zelena#Croatian|zelena f
French: sinople
German: Grün
Hungarian: zöld
trans-mid
Romanian: verde
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: зелена#Serbian|зелена f
:Latin: zelena#Serbian|zelena f
Slovak: zelená
trans-bottom

Adjective
en-adj

  1. tincture In blazon, of the colour green.

Translations
trans-top|of green colour
Bosnian: zelena#Bosnian|zelena f
Croatian: zelena#Croatian|zelena f
Dutch: groen
French: sinople
German: grün
Hungarian: zöld
Italian: verde, sinopel
Polish: zielony
trans-mid
Portuguese: sinople
Romanian: verde
Russian: зелен�й
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: зелена#Serbian|зелена f
:Latin: zelena#Serbian|zelena f
Spanish: sinople (verde)
Swedish: grönt
trans-bottom

Related terms
verdant

Etymology 2
Abbreviation of vertical.

Noun
en-noun

  1. colloquial In sport, a type of bicycle stunt competition.
  2. A vertical surface used by skateboarders.

See also
Wiktionary_Appendix:Colours|Appendix:Colours


French

Pronunciation
IPA|[v��]
/v�/, /<tt>vE:R</tt>/
:Homophones: ver, verre, verres, vers, verts, vair, vaire
:Rhymes:French:-�|Rhymes: -�

Etymology
Latin viridis

Noun
vert m

  1. green

Adjective
vert m (verts m, pl verte f, vertes f, pl)

  1. green

Related terms
verdâtre
verdir

Category:fr:Colors
Category:Colors
Category:Greens


Hungarian

Verb form
vert (past of the verb ver)

  1. beat

Category:Hungarian verb forms

ast:vert
de:vert
et:vert
el:vert
es:vert
fr:vert
gl:vert
ko:vert
hy:vert
io:vert
id:vert
it:vert
ku:vert
hu:vert
no:vert
pl:vert
ru:vert
fi:vert
sv:vert
te:vert
vi:vert
tr:vert
zh:vert

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