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/vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/
Translation
version, account
Word origin
From Medieval Latin versio ('a turning, a translation'), from Latin vertere ('to turn'). The sense 'translation' came first, and the wider sense 'one account among several' followed.
- Origin
- Medieval Latin
- Root
- versio
- English cognates
- version, convert, reverse
Grammar
Examples
.
I prefer the original version of the film.
l'.
Everyone gave their own account of the accident.
Cette .
This version of the software is much faster.
.
There is a short version of this book for children.
reprise acoustique.
The song was covered in an acoustic version.
Where this fits
Used in
Grammar articles
(13)French Advanced Grammar (C1-C2): The Constructions That Sound Native
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Faire causatif: Having Things Done in French
Infinitive or Subjunctive: The French Same-Subject Rule
French Intermediate Grammar (B1-B2): The Things That Stop You at the Plateau
The French Pluperfect (le plus-que-parfait): The Past Before the Past
French Relative Pronouns After a Preposition: lequel, auquel, duquel
French Relative Pronouns: qui, que, dont, où and How to Glue Clauses Together
Reported Questions and Commands in French
French si Clauses: The Three Types of Conditional Sentence
The French Subjunctive in Relative Clauses
French Superlatives: le plus, le moins, and the Irregulars
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