ouvert
See also: ouvèrt
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French ouvert. Doublet of apert and overt.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editouvert (plural ouverts)
- (ballet) A position in which the feet are apart, or a movement which brings them apart.
- (fashion) An open-crotch undergarment.
Related terms
editFrench
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle French ouvert, from Old French overt, from Vulgar Latin *opertus, from Latin apertus. Doublet of apert.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editouvert (feminine ouverte, masculine plural ouverts, feminine plural ouvertes)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editParticiple
editouvert (feminine ouverte, masculine plural ouverts, feminine plural ouvertes)
- past participle of ouvrir
Descendants
edit- Antillean Creole: ouvè
- Haitian Creole: ouvè
- Louisiana Creole: ouvèr
- Mauritian Creole: ouver, uver
- Seychellois Creole: ouver
- → English: ouvert
- → German: ouvert
Further reading
edit- “ouvert”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
editMiddle French
editEtymology
editFrom Old French overt.
Verb
editouvert
- past participle of ouvrir
Descendants
edit- French: ouvert (see there for further descendants)
Norman
editAdjective
editouvert m
- Alternative form of ouvaert
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