"Versailles" meaning in French

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Proper name

IPA: /vɛʁ.saj/, /vɛʁ.sɑj/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Jules78120-Versailles.wav , Fr-Paris--Versailles.ogg
Rhymes: -aj, -ɑj Etymology: Uncertain, but possibly from Latin versus (“slope”) or versor (“to dwell”), both from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn around”). Etymology templates: {{unc|fr}} Uncertain, {{inh|fr|la|versus||slope}} Latin versus (“slope”), {{der|fr|ine-pro|*wert-||to turn around}} Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn around”) Head templates: {{fr-proper noun|f-p}} Versailles f pl (plural only)
  1. Versailles (a city, suburb of Paris and capital of Yvelines department, Île-de-France) Tags: feminine, plural, plural-only Categories (place): Cities in Yvelines, France, Cities in Île-de-France, France, Places in France, Places in Yvelines, France, Places in Île-de-France, France, Suburbs in Yvelines, France
    Sense id: en-Versailles-fr-name-XrcH7B4w Categories (other): Departmental capitals of Île-de-France, France, French entries with incorrect language header, French pluralia tantum Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of French pluralia tantum: 66 34
  2. (by ellipsis) Versailles (the Palace of Versailles) Tags: feminine, plural, plural-only Synonyms: château de Versailles
    Sense id: en-Versailles-fr-name-al5nch0D Categories (other): French ellipses, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: versaillais, Versaillais, Versaillaise, versailliser
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