Usage Note
verse as a noun survives mainly in the set phrase à verse, as in il pleut à verse ('it's pouring with rain'). It comes from the verb verser (to pour). For a song's verse, French uses couplet, and for a line of poetry vers.
Examples
"Il pleut à verse depuis ce matin."
Natural Translation
It has been pouring with rain since this morning.
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