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verso

French, noun/vɛʁ.so/

verso is spelled V-E-R-S-O (5 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written French, the 18,149th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verso is a French masculine noun meaning “verso, reverse, back, overleaf (of a page)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Seconde page d’un feuillet, par opposition à recto”.

What does verso mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineverso, reverse, back, overleaf (of a page)

  2. 2

    masculineleft-hand page

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Seconde page d’un feuillet, par opposition à recto.

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 verso

  • versos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce verso?

  • /vɛʁ.so/
  • \vɛʁ.so\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to verso

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is verso in French?

verso appears 2.5 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).

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