versus

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English versus, borrowed from Latin versus (“facing”), past participle of vertere (“to turn, change, overthrow, destroy”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈvɜːsəs/, /ˈvɜːsɪz/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈvɝsəs/, /ˈvɝsəz/, /ˈvɝs/ (proscribed) (South Asia) IPA(key): /ˈvɜ(r)səs/ (Tamil Nadu) IPA(key): /ˈvɪsəs/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)səs Homophone: verses ==== Preposition ==== versus Against; in opposition to. Synonyms: vs, vs., (abbreviations) v Compared with, as opposed to. (law) Bringing a legal action against, as used in the title of a court case in which the first party indicates the plaintiff (or appellant or the like), and the second indicates the defendant (or respondent or the like). Synonyms: v, (abbreviation) v. Interacting with, especially to record reactions (music) Mashed up with. (music) Indicating one group or artist remixing another. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English versus, borrowed from Latin versus (“facing”), past participle of vertere (“to turn, change, overthrow, destroy”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (General American) IPA(key): /ˈvɝs/ Homophone: verse ==== Verb ==== versus (third-person singular simple present versuses, present participle versusing, simple past and past participle versused) (colloquial) To face in competition To fight === Further reading === versus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Finnish == === Etymology === Latin versus === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋersus/, [ˈʋe̞rs̠us̠] Rhymes: -ersus Syllabification(key): ver‧sus Hyphenation(key): ver‧sus === Preposition === versus [with nominative] versus Synonym: vastaan === Further reading === “versus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 4 July 2023 == French == === Etymology === From Latin versus. Doublet of vers. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vɛʁ.sys/ Rhymes: -ys === Preposition === versus versus, full form of vs == Indonesian == === Etymology === Internationalism, from Latin versus. Doublet of verso. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈvɛrsus/ [ˈfɛr.sʊs] Rhymes: -ɛrsus Syllabification: ver‧sus === Preposition === versus versus: against; in opposition to. === Further reading === “versus”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin versus. Doublet of verso, which is inherited. === Preposition === versus versus == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwɛr.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈvɛr.sus] === Etymology 1 === From earlier vorsus, from Proto-Italic *worssos, perfect passive participle of *wertō (“to turn”). ==== Alternative forms ==== vorsus ==== Participle ==== versus (feminine versa, neuter versum); first/second-declension participle turned, changed, having been turned ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. ===== Derived terms ===== anniversārius contrōversus prōrsus/ prōsus/ prōsa ūniversus === Etymology 2 === Adverbial use of versus (“turned”). ==== Alternative forms ==== versum vorsum vorsus ==== Adverb ==== versus (not comparable) towards, turned to or in the direction of, facing ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 3 === From vertō + -tus (forming action nouns). ==== Alternative forms ==== vorsus ==== Noun ==== versus m (genitive versūs); fourth declension a furrow (turned earth) Synonym: sulcus (transferred senses): a line, row (especially) a line of writing; (poetry) a verse Synonym: numerus a land measure equal to a plethron (dance) a turn, step ===== Declension ===== Fourth-declension noun. ===== Derived terms ===== versiculus versificō ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 4 === Perfect passive participle of verrō (“to sweep”). ==== Participle ==== versus (feminine versa, neuter versum); first/second-declension participle swept ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “versus, -a, -um”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “versus, -a, -um”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “versus (adv. and prep.)”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “versus (adv. and prep.)”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “versus, -ūs”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “versus, -ūs”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "versus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “versus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[3], London: Macmillan and Co. Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “vĕrsus”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 705 === Anagrams === servus == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin versus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvɛr.sus/ Rhymes: -ɛrsus Syllabification: ver‧sus === Preposition === versus versus (in opposition to) Synonym: kontra === Further reading === “versus”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[4] (in Polish) == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ver‧sus === Preposition === versus alternative spelling of vérsus === Further reading === “versus”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “versus”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English versus, from Latin versus. Doublet of verso. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbeɾsus/ [ˈbeɾ.sus] Rhymes: -eɾsus Syllabification: ver‧sus === Preposition === versus versus ==== Usage notes ==== This word is sometimes frowned upon as an anglicism, with the suggestion that contra or the conjunction y should be used instead. === References === === Further reading === “versus”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025