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ouvert

ouvert

See also: ouvèrt

English

Noun

ouvert (plural ouverts)

  1. (ballet) A position in which the feet are apart, or a movement which brings them apart.
  2. (fashion) An open-crotch undergarment.

French

Etymology

From Old French overt, from Latin apertus, probably through a Vulgar Latin root *opertus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /u.vɛʁ(t)/
  • Rhymes: -ɛʁ
  • Homophone: ouverts

Adjective

ouvert m (feminine singular ouverte, masculine plural ouverts, feminine plural ouvertes)

  1. open

Antonyms

Verb

ouvert m (feminine singular ouverte, masculine plural ouverts, feminine plural ouvertes)

  1. past participle of ouvrir

Descendants

  • Antillean Creole: ouvè
  • English: ouvert
  • Haitian Creole: ouvè
  • Louisiana Creole French: ouvèr
  • Seychellois Creole: ouver

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Middle French

Verb

ouvert

  1. past participle of ouvrir

Norman

Adjective

ouvert m

  1. Alternative form of ouvaert