English Explanatory Dictionary

versant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Experienced, practiced.
  2. Conversant.
noun
  1. A slope of a mountain or mountain ridge.
  2. The overall slope of a region.

Pronunciation

/ˈvɜː(ɹ)sənt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-versant.wav

Word forms

versant more versant most versant versants

Etymology

Borrowed from French versant, present participle (used as a noun) of verser, from Latin versō, frequentative of vertō (“to turn”).

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