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verst

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /vɜːst/
  • General-American: /vɝst/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)st
  • homophone: versed

1

noun

Meaning 1

A Russian unit of length, equivalent to about 1.07 kilometres or about 2⁄3 of a mile.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a Russian unit of length (1.067 km)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: linear unit, linear measure

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian верста́ (verstá), partly through German Werst and French verste.

Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Southern Altai: чакырым (čakïrïm) — unit of length
  • Armenian: վերստ (verst) — unit of length
  • Azerbaijani: verst — unit of length
  • Bashkir: саҡрым (saqrım) — unit of length
  • Belarusian: вярста́ (vjarstá) — unit of length
  • Bulgarian: ве́рста (vérsta) — unit of length
  • Chinese Cantonese: 俄里 (ngo4 lei5) — unit of length
  • Chinese Mandarin: 俄里 (élǐ) — unit of length
  • Czech: versta — unit of length
  • Dutch: werst — unit of length
  • Estonian: verst — unit of length
  • Finnish: virsta — unit of length
  • French: verste — unit of length
  • Georgian: ვერსი (versi) — unit of length
  • German: Werst — unit of length
  • Greek: βέρστι (vérsti) — unit of length
  • Hebrew: וֶרְסְטָה — unit of length
  • Hungarian: verszta — unit of length
  • Ingrian: versta — unit of length
  • Ingrian: virsta — unit of length
  • Italian: versta — unit of length
  • Japanese: 露里 (rori) — unit of length
  • Japanese: ベルスタ (berusuta) — unit of length
  • Japanese: ヴェルスタ (verusuta) — unit of length
  • Kalmyk: дун (dun) — unit of length
  • Kazakh: шақырым (şaqyrym) — unit of length
  • Korean: 베르스타 (bereuseuta) — unit of length
  • Kyrgyz: чакырым (cakırım) — unit of length
  • Latvian: versts — unit of length
  • Lithuanian: varstas — unit of length
  • Macedonian: врста (vrsta) — unit of length
  • Persian: ورست (verst) — unit of length
  • Polish: wiorsta — unit of length
  • Portuguese: versta — unit of length
  • Romanian: verstă — unit of length
  • Russian: верста́ (verstá) — unit of length
  • Slovak: versta — unit of length
  • Slovene: vrsta — unit of length
  • Swedish: verst — unit of length
  • Tatar: чакрым (çaqrım) — unit of length
  • Turkish: verst — unit of length
  • Turkish: çakrım — unit of length
  • Ottoman Turkish: وهرست (verst) — unit of length
  • Ukrainian: верста́ (verstá) — unit of length
  • Uyghur: چاقىرىم (chaqirim) — unit of length
  • Uzbek: chaqirim — unit of length
  • Yakut: биэрэстэ (biereste) — unit of length
  • Yiddish: ווערסט (verst) — unit of length
  • Yiddish: וויאָרסט (vyorst) — unit of length