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Etymology
ME. verray "true", from OF. verai (Modern French: vrai), from VL. *veracus, derived from Latin verax "true".

Pronunciation
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Hyphenation: ver·y
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�ri|-�ri

Adjective
very

1. Exactly the same; identical.

#:He proposed marriage in the same restaurant, at the very table where they first met.

Translations
trans-top|exactly the same; identical
Czech: t-|cs|týž, t-|cs|tentýž
Dutch: t+|nl|zelfde, t-|nl|dezelfde, t+|nl|hetzelfde
French: t+|fr|même
German: t|de|derselbe
Hungarian: t|hu|ugyanaz t+|hu|a/t+|hu|az, t-|hu|egyazon
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Japanese: 正���^{(:ja:正���|ja)} masani sono, 正���^{(:ja:正���|ja)} masani kono
Norwegian: t-|no|samme
Polish: t-|pl|identyczny
Russian: t+|ru|�ам�й||trsámyj|scCyrl
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Adverb
very

1. to a great extent or degree

#:You�re very tall.

1. true, truly

#:He tried his very best.
#:It was a very unique experience. (nonstandard)

Translations
trans-top|to a high degree
Arabic: ARchar|جدا|ج�د�ا (jíddan)
Armenian: Õ·Õ¡Õ¿ (shot)
Catalan: molt
Chinese: � (h�n)
Czech: t+|cs|velmi
Dutch: t+|nl|zeer, t+|nl|heel, t+|nl|erg
Esperanto: t+|eo|tre|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|erittäin, t-|fi|kovin, t+|fi|hyvin
French: t+|fr|très
German: t+|de|sehr
Greek: �ολ� (polý)
Hebrew: ���� (m�ód)
Hungarian: t+|hu|nagyon
Icelandic: mjög, ákaflega, afar, ýkja, fjarska, einkar
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Ido: tre
Italian: t+|it|molto
Japanese: ��� (totemó), ��� (kanari), �常� (�����, hij�ni), �� (���, sugoku), 大� (����, taihén), 大� (���, daibu), �� (����, zuibun), ��� (zutto), ��� (mecha), ���� (metcha) (slang, from Kansai dialect), � (���, ch�) (slang), �� (bari) (Hakata dialect), ���� (tsuru tsuru) (Fukui dialect)
Korean: �주 (aju), 매� (mae-u)
Latvian: ļoti
Norwegian: veldig
Polish: t+|pl|bardzo
Portuguese: t+|pt|muito
Romanian: t-|ro|foarte
Russian: о�ен� (ó�en�)
Seri: áa
Slovene: t+|sl|zelo
Spanish: t+|es|muy
Swedish: t+|sv|mycket, t-|sv|väldigt
Yiddish: ���ער (zeyer)
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trans-top|true, truly
Armenian: Õ«Õ½Õ¯Õ¡Õ¯Õ¡Õ¶ (iskakan)
Czech: skute�n�
Dutch: echt, uiterst
Japanese: ���(�����, hont�ni), �� (���, jitsuni)
trans-mid
Norwegian: veldig; aller
Polish: naprawd�
Russian: t+|ru|�ам�й|trsámyj|scCyrl
Seri: áa
Swedish: allra (with a superlative), sann (archaic)
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Basque: guztiz, txit, arrunt, oso, hagitz, net, biziki, zeharo
ttbc|CJKV Characters: 太 (tài)
ttbc|Chinese: �常 (f�icháng)
ttbc|French: même
ttbc|Indonesian: amat, sangat, nian, �sekali
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ttbc|Javanese: tenan
ttbc|Latin: use superlative adjective
ttbc|Scots: gey
ttbc|Slovak: veľmi
ttbc|Turkish: tam
ttbc|Welsh: reit

Category:100 English basic words
Category:Positive words

ar:very
et:very
el:very
es:very
fa:very
fr:very
ko:very
hy:very
io:very
it:very
kk:very
hu:very
ja:very
pl:very
pt:very
simple:very
fi:very
ta:very
te:very
vi:very
tr:very
uk:very
zh:very

• 2007-12-20 04:14 - Tbot - added t for cs, hu

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