travers

See also: Travers

English

Etymology

French travers (“breadth, extent from side”). See traverse.

Adverb

travers (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) across; athwart

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for travers in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin traversus, from Latin transversus. Doublet of transverse.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʁa.vɛʁ/
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Noun

travers m (plural travers)

  1. outside (the external part of)
  2. wide side (the side of which the width is measured)
  3. (historical) border toll

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Piedmontese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /traˈvɛrs/

Adjective

travers

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Romanian

Noun

travers n (plural traversuri)

  1. Obsolete form of traversă.

Declension
Declension of travers
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) travers traversul (niște) traversuri traversurile
genitive/dative (unui) travers traversului (unor) traversuri traversurilor
vocative traversule traversurilor

References
  • travers in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
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