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vert¹

  • /vɜːt/ UK
  • /vɝt/ US

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)t

Where it comes from

From Middle English vert, borrowed from Old French vert, from Late Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Doublet of virid, which was borrowed directly from Latin.

noun verts

  1. countable, uncountable A green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees counter-clockwise. The field of the arms (shield), which is vert (green), represents the open country of Great Britain.
  2. archaic, countable, uncountable Green undergrowth or other vegetation growing in a forest, as a potential cover for deer.
  3. archaic, countable, uncountable The right to fell trees or cut shrubs in a forest. “I understand thee,” said the King, “and the Holy Clerk shall have a grant of vert and venison in my woods of Warncliffe.”

adjective

  1. not comparable In blazon, of the colour green.

vert²

  • /vɜːt/ UK
  • /vɝt/ US

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)t

Where it comes from

Abbreviation of vertical.

adjective

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of vertical

noun verts

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

vert³

  • /vɜːt/ UK
  • /vɝt/ US

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)t

Where it comes from

Abbreviation of vertebrate.

noun verts

  1. informal Vertebrate.

vert⁴

  • /vɜːt/ UK
  • /vɝt/ US

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)t

Where it comes from

From Latin vertere (“to turn, overturn”).

verb verts · verting · verted

  1. archaic, literary To turn. Theſe are Ani-mad-versions indeed, when a Writer’s words are madly verted, inverted, perverted, againſt his true intent, and their Grammaticall ſenſe.

vert⁵

  • /vɜːt/ UK
  • /vɝt/ US

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)t

Where it comes from

Abbreviation of vertex.

noun verts

  1. informal Vertex.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: tapis, arrow, paper, green, citron, large, ver, verde, verge, vertical, vectograph, vergence, point, volt, turn, invert

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noun colour

Españolsinople
中文綠 /绿
Portuguêssinople
Françaisde sinople
DeutschGrün
Italianoverde
Românăverde

adj of green colour

Españolsinople (verde)
中文綠色的 /绿色的 lǜsè de
Portuguêssinople
Françaisde sinople
Deutschgrün
Italianoverde
Românăverde
Русскийзелёный zeljónyj

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@misc{vert_2026,
  title = {vert},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vert},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}