verset
French, noun/vɛʁ.sɛ/
verset is spelled V-E-R-S-E-T (6 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written French, the 13,986th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verset is a French masculine noun meaning “verse (of religious text)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of vers. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite division d’un écrit religieux, formant le plus souvent un sens complet”.
What does verset mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinediminutive of vers
- 2
masculineverse (of religious text)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petite division d’un écrit religieux, formant le plus souvent un sens complet. 2. Paroles tirées ordinairement de l’Écriture, qu’on dit, qu’on chante dans l’office de l’Église. 3. Division analogue dans un autre ouvrage. 4. Signe d’imprimerie qui sert à marquer les versets et qui a la forme d’un V barré : ℣.
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 verset
- versets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verset?
- /vɛʁ.sɛ/
- \vɛʁ.sɛ\
- [vɛʁ.sɛ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to verset
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verset in French?
verset appears 3.6 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).