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verse

downpour (in 'à verse')

noun VAIRS Rare

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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