Meaning

2 senses
  1. The back side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal;

    оборотная сторона́oborotnaja storoná, реверсrevers

    the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design

  2. The back side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal;

    The left-hand page of a book of a script which reads from left to right, usually having an even page number.

    левая страни́цаlevaja straníca

    left-hand page

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
the back side of a flat object:
the left-hand page of a book:

Origin

From Latin in versō foliō (“on the turned leaf, on the turned page”), the ablative case of

From Latin in versō foliō (“on the turned leaf, on the turned page”), the ablative case of the Latin versus (“turned, changed”) from the perfect passive participle of vertō (“turn”). Compare rēctus (“right”).

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Forms

plural: versos
Singularverso
Pluralversos

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
back side of a flat object:backA1reverseB2flipsidebackside
left-hand page of a book:reverso
Close in meaning
  • the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design:reverse

Antonyms

2 antonyms
back side of a flat object:rectoobverse

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
verso — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto