"verso" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: versos [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)səʊ Etymology: From Latin in versō foliō (“on the turned leaf, on the turned page”), the ablative case of the Latin versus (“turned, changed”) from the perfect passive participle of vertō (“turn”). Compare rēctus (“right”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|in versō foliō||on the turned leaf, on the turned page}} Latin in versō foliō (“on the turned leaf, on the turned page”), {{m|la|versus||turned, changed}} versus (“turned, changed”), {{m|la|vertō||turn}} vertō (“turn”), {{m|la|rēctus||right}} rēctus (“right”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} verso (plural versos)
  1. The back side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal;
    Sense id: en-verso-en-noun-6MqSzIMW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. The back side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal;
    (printing) The left-hand page of a book of a script which reads from left to right, usually having an even page number.
    Categories (topical): Printing Synonyms (left-hand page of a book): reverso Translations (the left-hand page of a book): лява страница (alt: на отворена книга) (Bulgarian), verso [masculine] (French), αριστερή σελίδα (aristerí selída) [feminine] (Greek), οπίσθια σελίδα (opísthia selída) [feminine] (Greek), reverso (Ido), verso [masculine] (Italian), verso [neuter] (Romanian), левая страни́ца (levaja straníca) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-verso-en-noun-ppuIFmos Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Topics: media, printing, publishing Disambiguation of 'left-hand page of a book': 0 100 Disambiguation of 'the left-hand page of a book': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (back side of a flat object): back, flipside, backside, reverse Translations (the back side of a flat object): обратна страна (obratna strana) [feminine] (Bulgarian), verso [masculine] (French), πίσω όψη (píso ópsi) [feminine] (Greek), reverso (Ido), verso [masculine] (Italian), оборотная сторона́ (oborotnaja storoná) [feminine] (Russian), реверс (revers) [masculine] (Russian), dorso [masculine] (Spanish), reverso [masculine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'back side of a flat object': 50 50 Disambiguation of 'the back side of a flat object': 50 50

Inflected forms

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