verser
French, verb/vɛʁ.se/
verser is spelled V-E-R-S-E-R (6 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written French, the 5,966th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verser is a French verb meaning “to pour” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire couler”.
What does verser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pour
- 2
to pay, to put money into a fund
- 3
to overturn (turn over, capsize)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faire couler. 2. (Alpes) Faire tomber, mettre à l’envers ou de côté ; retourner. 3. Faire coucher au sol, en parlant des moissons sur pied, se coucher sous la pluie ou le vent, en parlant des moissons sur pied. 4. Chavirer.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of verser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- versant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- versé participle past
- verse first-person indicative present
- verses indicative present second-person
- versons first-person indicative plural
- versez indicative plural present
- versent indicative plural present
- versais first-person imperfect indicative
- versait imperfect indicative singular
- versions first-person imperfect indicative
- versiez imperfect indicative plural
- versaient imperfect indicative plural
- versai first-person historic indicative
- versas historic indicative past
- versa historic indicative past
- versâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verser?
- /vɛʁ.se/
- \vɛʁ.se\
- [vɛʁ.se]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to verser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verser in French?
verser appears 12 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).