Definitions For Vert

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French vert, from {{der, en, la, viridis}}. {{doublet, en, virid}}.

Noun

VERT. (countable and uncountable, plural VERTs) (tincture) A green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees counter-clockwise. (archaic) Green undergrowth or other vegetation growing in a forest, as a potential cover for deer. (archaic) The right to fell trees or cut shrubs in a forest.

Translations

Chinese: : Mandarin: 綠, sc=Hani Danish: grøn Dutch: sinopel Finnish: vihreä French: de sinople German: Grün Hungarian: zöld Italian: verde Macedonian: зе́лена, f Portuguese: sinople, m Romanian: verde Serbo-Croatian: : Cyrillic: зелена, f, sc=Cyrl : Roman: zelena, f Slovak: zelená Spanish: sinople

See also

vt. in heraldic contexts.

Adjective

(tincture) In blazon, of the colour green.

Related terms

verdant

Translations

Chinese: : Mandarin: 綠色的 (lü4 se4 de, sc=Hani) Danish: grøn Dutch: groen Finnish: vihreä French: de sinople German: grün Hungarian: zöld Italian: verde Macedonian: зе́лен, m Polish: zielony Portuguese: sinople Romanian: verde Russian: зеленый Serbo-Croatian: : Cyrillic: зелена, f : Roman: zelena, f Spanish: sinople (verde) Swedish: grön

Etymology 2

{{abbreviation of, en, vertical}}

Noun

VERT (plural VERTs) (colloquial) In sport, a type of bicycle stunt competition. A vertical surface used by skateboarders or skiers.

Etymology 3

{{abbreviation of, en, vertebrate}}

Noun

VERT (plural VERTs) (biology, informal) vertebrate

See also

Appendix:Colors

Anagrams

Trev, Tver, trev