English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈvɪə.ɹə/

Proper noun

Vera

1. A female given name.
   • 1880 Ouida, Moths, Elibron.com (2001), ISBN 1402174977, page 51:

     Good night, my Vera. Mind, I shall always call you Vera. It sounds so Russian and nice, and is much prettier than Vere.

   • 1953 Eric Linklater, The House of Gair, J.Cape, page 214:

     I killed Vera Cross - - - .I had known her for about three months, and never ceased to wonder if her parents, when they gave her a name, had been totally illiterate or wilfully blasphemous.

Usage notes

• Popular in the Anglo-Saxon world in the 1910s and the 1920s, particularly in England.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Spanish

Proper noun

Vera

1. A surname​ of Spanish origin.

Anagrams

• aver, AVRE, evar, rave

Danish

Etymology

From Russian Ве́ра ‎(Véra).

Proper noun

Vera

1. A female given name.

Faroese

Proper noun

Vera

1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Vera: Veruson
• daughter of Vera: Verudóttir

Declension

German

Etymology

From Russian Ве́ра ‎(Véra) in the end of the 19th century.

Proper noun

Vera

1. A female given name.

Usage notes

• Also used as a diminutive of Veronika and Verena.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛrɒ]
• Hyphenation: Ve‧ra

Proper noun

Vera

1. A female given name.

Declension

Icelandic

Etymology

From Russian Ве́ра ‎(Véra).

Proper noun

Vera

1. A female given name.

Anagrams

• evra

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1876. From Russian Ве́ра ‎(Véra).

Proper noun

Vera f

1. A female given name.
2. A transliteration of The Russian female given name Ве́ра ‎(Véra).

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, ISBN 5-7966-0278-0
• Population Register of Latvia: Vera was the only given name of 8331 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010, including Russian speakers.

Norwegian

Etymology

From Russian Ве́ра ‎(Véra) in the 1880s.

Proper noun

Vera

1. A female given name.

Portuguese

Proper noun

Vera f

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Vera

Swedish

Etymology

From Russian Ве́ра ‎(Véra) in the 19th century.

Proper noun

Vera

1. A female given name.

English

Noun

vera ‎(plural veras)

1. (Cockney rhyming slang) skin (rolling paper for cigarettes)
   • 1992, The Shamen (band), Ebeneezer Goode (song)

     Has anybody got any veras? Lovely!‎

Anagrams

• aver
• AVRE
• evar
• rave

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin viria.

Noun

vera f ‎(plural veres)

1. edge, side
2. bank (of river)
3. wayside (of road, etc.)
4. acre (of land)
5. edging

Related terms

• a la vera
• averar

Esperanto

Adjective

vera ‎(accusative singular veran, plural veraj, accusative plural verajn)

1. true

Related terms

• vere
• vero

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈveːɹa]
• Rhymes: -eːɹa
• Homophone: verða

Etymology

From Old Norse vera ‎(“to be”), from vesa, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- and *h₂wes-.

Verb

vera ‎(third person singular past indicative var, third person plural past indicative vóru, supine verið)

1. to be

Conjugation

Noun

vera f (genitive singular veru, plural verur)

1. being

Declension

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛːra/
• Rhymes: -ɛːra

Verb

vera ‎(strong verb, third-person singular past indicative var, third-person plural past indicative voru, supine verið)

1. to be

   Það er gaman að vera góður.‎

   It is fun being good.

   Að vera eða vera ekki.‎

   To be or not to be.

   Ég var kennari áður en ég gerðist stærðfræðingur.‎

   I was a teacher before I become a mathematician.

Derived terms

Usage notes

The subjunctive forms sé, sért, sé, séum, séuð and séu are used as other Icelandic verbs, e.g. when the situation is hypothetical. By contrast, the forms veri, verir, veri, verum, verið and veri are unique to the verb vera, in that they are used optatively to express desires; e.g., fari hann og veri means may he leave and never return, and the Islamic phrase peace be upon you is translated friður veri með þér.

Inflection

Noun

vera f ‎(genitive singular veru, nominative plural verur)

1. a being, a creature
2. a stay

Declension

Derived terms

• geimvera
• verufræði

Anagrams

• evra

Ido

Etymology

Borrowing from Esperanto vera, Italian vero, French vrai and Spanish vero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.ra/, /ˈve.ra/

Adjective

vera

1. true

Derived terms

• vere
• vereso

Italian

Adjective

vera f

1. feminine singular of vero

Noun

vera f ‎(plural vere)

1. wedding ring, wedding band

Synonyms

• fede

Anagrams

• aver

Latin

Etymology 1

From vērus ‎(“true”)

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈweː.ra/

Adjective

vēra

1. nominative feminine singular of vērus
2. nominative neuter plural of vērus
3. accusative neuter plural of vērus
4. vocative feminine singular of vērus
5. vocative neuter plural of vērus

Descendants

• French: voire

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈweː.raː/

Adjective

vērā

1. ablative feminine singular of vērus

Etymology 2

From vēr ‎(“Spring”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈweː.ra/

Noun

vēra n

1. nominative plural of vēr
2. accusative plural of vēr
3. vocative plural of vēr

References

• vera in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• VERA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• vere

Etymology

From Old Norse vera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛːra/, /veːʁa/ (examples of pronunciation)

Verb

vera ‎(present tense er, past tense var, past participle vore, passive infinitive verast, present participle verande, imperative ver)

1. to be

   Ikkje alle kunne vera til stades.‎

   Not everyone could be present.

Old Norse

Etymology

From vesa, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną.

Verb

vera

1. to be

Conjugation

Descendants

References

• vera in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• VERA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛra]

Adjective

vera ‎(not comparable)

1. Alternative form of verra

Adverb

vera ‎(not comparable)

1. Alternative form of verra

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *věra, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros.

Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian) vjȅra
• (Ikavian) vira

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋêra/
• Hyphenation: ve‧ra

Noun

vȅra f ‎(Cyrillic spelling ве̏ра)

1. belief, faith
2. religion

Declension

Derived terms

• nevȅrojātan
• povȅrenje
• uverjȅn
• vȅrojātan
• vèrskī

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Italian vera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋêːra/
• Hyphenation: ve‧ra

Noun

vȇra f ‎(Cyrillic spelling ве̑ра)

1. wedding ring

Declension

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *věra, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros ‎(“true”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋèːra/
• Tonal orthography: vẹ́ra

Noun

véra f ‎(genitive vére, nominative plural vére)

1. religion (system of beliefs dealing with soul, deity and/or life after death)

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin viria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe.ɾa/

Noun

vera f ‎(plural veras)

1. side, face

   A tu vera.‎

   By your side.

2. shore or bank of a watercourse, edge, border.
3. edge, border
4. really

   ¿De veras lo crees?‎

   Do you really think so?

Related terms

• lado
• orilla
• ribera
• (really): verdad