very

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• Received-Pronunciation, US: /ˈvɛɹi/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈveɹi/
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• Scotland: /ˈvɛɾe/
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• Wales: /ˈvɛɾi/
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• rhymes with -ɛɹi
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• homophone: vary (only in accents with the Mary–marry–merry merger)
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• CMU ARPABET: V EH1 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English verray, from Old French verai (“true”), from Early Medieval Latin vērāgus, from Classical Latin vērāx, derived from vērus, from Proto-Italic *wēros, from Proto-Indo-European *weh1ros. Distantly cognate with the Old English wǣr (“true”). Over time displaced the use of a number of Germanic words or prefixes to convey the sense 'very' such as fele, full-, mægen, sore, sin-, swith, (partially) wel.

462 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Esperanto: vera — true, real, actual
• Finnish: todellinen — true, real, actual
• Finnish: oikea — true, real, actual
• Finnish: koko — true, real, actual
• Georgian: ნამდვილი (namdvili) — true, real, actual
• Georgian: რეალური (realuri) — true, real, actual
• German: aller- — true, real, actual
• Hungarian: valódi — true, real, actual
• Hungarian: igazi — true, real, actual
• Hungarian: tőrőlmetszett — true, real, actual
• Italian: vero — true, real, actual
• Italian: reale — true, real, actual
• Italian: effettivo — true, real, actual
• Italian: autentico — true, real, actual
• Armenian: հենց (hencʻ) — the same; identical
• Azerbaijani: elə həmin — the same; identical
• Czech: týž — the same; identical
• Czech: tentýž — the same; identical
• Danish: samme — the same; identical
• Dutch: zelfde — the same; identical
• Dutch: dezelfde — the same; identical
• Dutch: hetzelfde — the same; identical
• Esperanto: sama — the same; identical
• Finnish: juuri — the same; identical
• French: même — the same; identical
• Galician: o mesmo — the same; identical
• Georgian: იგივე (igive) — the same; identical
• German: derselbe — the same; identical
• Hungarian: ugyanaz — the same; identical
• Hungarian: egyazon — the same; identical
• Italian: stesso — the same; identical
• Italian: medesimo — the same; identical
• Italian: identico — the same; identical
• Japanese: 正に (masani) — the same; identical
• Japanese: 正しく (masashiku) — the same; identical
• Latin: ipse — the same; identical
• Macedonian: сам (sam) — the same; identical
• Macedonian: самиот (samiot) — the same; identical
• Nepali: त्यै (tyai) — the same; identical
• Norwegian: samme — the same; identical
• Polish: identyczny — the same; identical
• Portuguese: próprio — the same; identical
• Portuguese: o mesmo — the same; identical
• Romanian: același — the same; identical
• Russian: са́мый (sámyj) — the same; identical
• Russian: тот са́мый (tot sámyj) — the same; identical
• Scots: vera — the same; identical
• Scottish Gaelic: aon — the same; identical
• Scottish Gaelic: ceart — the same; identical
• Scottish Gaelic: ceudna — the same; identical
• Scottish Gaelic: dearbh — the same; identical
• Tagalog: talaga — the same; identical
• Tagalog: talagang — the same; identical
• Zazaki: bol (diq) — the same; identical
• Finnish: pelkkä — with limiting effect: mere
• German: alleinig — with limiting effect: mere
• Hungarian: puszta — with limiting effect: mere
• Italian: mero — with limiting effect: mere
• Italian: puro — with limiting effect: mere
• Italian: semplice — with limiting effect: mere
• Portuguese: mero — with limiting effect: mere
• Abkhaz: даара (daara) — to a high degree
• Abkhaz: даараӡа (daaradza) — to a high degree
• Afrikaans: baie — to a high degree
• Ahtna: hwtʼaeʼ — to a high degree
• Albanian: shumë — to a high degree
• Amharic: በጣም (bäṭam) — to a high degree
• Arabic: جِدًّا (jiddan) — to a high degree
• Arabic: قوي (ʔawi) — to a high degree
• Arabic: جدا (giddan) — to a high degree
• Arabic: كتير (ktīr) — to a high degree
• Arabic: وايد (wāyid) — to a high degree
• Arabic: مَرَّة (marra) — to a high degree
• Iraqi Arabic: كلش (kulliš) — to a high degree
• Iraqi Arabic: هواية (huwāya) — to a high degree
• Iraqi Arabic: هواي (huwāy) — to a high degree
• Iraqi Arabic: حيل (ḥēl) — to a high degree
• Arabic: بالزاف (bizzāf) — to a high degree
• Arabic: كتير (ktīr) — to a high degree
• Arabic: كتير (ktīr) — to a high degree
• Arabic: كتير (ktīr) — to a high degree
• Sudanese Arabic: شَدِيْد (shadīd) — to a high degree
• Tunisian Arabic: برشا (barsha) — to a high degree
• Armenian: շատ (šat) — to a high degree
• Assamese: বৰ (bor) — to a high degree
• Assamese: খুব (khubo) — to a high degree
• Assamese: নিচেই (nisei) — to a high degree
• Asturian: mui — to a high degree
• Asturian: per- — to a high degree
• Asturian: muncho — to a high degree
• Azerbaijani: çox — to a high degree
• Azerbaijani: olduqca — to a high degree
• Azerbaijani: xeyli — to a high degree
• Bashkir: бик (bik) — to a high degree
• Bashkir: бигерәк (bigerək) — to a high degree
• Bashkir: үтә (ütə) — to a high degree
• Basque: oso — to a high degree
• Belarusian: ве́льмі (vjélʹmi) — to a high degree
• Belarusian: ду́жа (dúža) — to a high degree
• Bengali: খুব (khub) — to a high degree
• Biatah Bidayuh: paŭh — to a high degree
• Central Bikol: marhay — to a high degree
• Bulgarian: мно́го (mnógo) — to a high degree
• Bulgarian: бая́ (bajá) — to a high degree
• Burmese: တယ် (tai) — to a high degree
• Burmese: အလွန် (a.lwan) — to a high degree
• Burmese: အရမ်း (a.ram:) — to a high degree
• Burmese: သိပ် (sip) — to a high degree
• Carpathian Rusyn: барз (barz) — to a high degree
• Catalan: molt — to a high degree
• Catalan: força — to a high degree
• Chechen: чӏогӏа (čʼoğa) — to a high degree
• Cherokee: ᏙᎯᏳ (dohiyu) — to a high degree
• Chickasaw: kani̠hka̠ — to a high degree
• Chinese Cantonese: 好 (hou2) — to a high degree
• Chinese Cantonese: 非常 (fei1 soeng4) — to a high degree
• Chinese: хын (hɨn) — to a high degree
• Chinese: -дихын (-dihɨn) — to a high degree
• Chinese: дин (din) — to a high degree
• Chinese: йүә (yüə) — to a high degree
• Chinese: 真 (zh-min-nan) — to a high degree
• Chinese Mandarin: 很 (hěn) — to a high degree
• Chinese Mandarin: 太 (tài) — to a high degree
• Chinese Mandarin: 非常 (fēicháng) — to a high degree
• Chinese Mandarin: 超 (chāo) — to a high degree
• Chinese Mandarin: 十分 (shífēn) — to a high degree
• Chinese Mandarin: 倍兒 /倍儿 (bèir) — to a high degree
• Wu Chinese: 蠻 /蛮 — to a high degree
• Wu Chinese: 老 — to a high degree
• Wu Chinese: 交關 /交关 — to a high degree
• West Circassian: дэд (dɛd) — to a high degree
• Ngazidja Comorian: halisi — to a high degree
• Ngazidja Comorian: ha kuu — to a high degree
• Ngazidja Comorian: kaɓisa — to a high degree
• Crimean Tatar: çoq — to a high degree
• Czech: velmi — to a high degree
• Danish: meget — to a high degree
• Danish: særlig — to a high degree
• Danish: vældig — to a high degree
• Dutch: zeer — to a high degree
• Dutch: heel — to a high degree
• Dutch: erg — to a high degree
• Elfdalian: stur- — to a high degree
• Esperanto: tre — to a high degree
• Estonian: väga — to a high degree
• Faroese: sera — to a high degree
• Faroese: ógvuliga — to a high degree
• Faroese: óføra — to a high degree
• Finnish: hyvin — to a high degree
• Finnish: todella — to a high degree
• Finnish: erittäin — to a high degree
• Finnish: kovin — to a high degree
• Finnish: tosi — to a high degree
• French: très — to a high degree
• West-Frisian: tige — to a high degree
• West-Frisian: frij — to a high degree
• Galician: moi — to a high degree
• Georgian: ძალიან (ʒalian) — to a high degree
• Georgian: ძლიერ (ʒlier) — to a high degree
• Georgian: ძალზე (ʒalze) — to a high degree
• German: sehr — to a high degree
• German: ganz — to a high degree
• German: wahrlich — to a high degree
• German: schüüli — to a high degree
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌿 (filu) — to a high degree
• Greek: πολύ (polý) — to a high degree
• Ancient Greek: λίαν (lían) — to a high degree
• Ancient Greek: πάνυ (pánu) — to a high degree
• Ancient Greek: μάλα (mála) — to a high degree
• Ancient Greek: ἀγα- (aga-) — to a high degree
• Greenlandic: assut — to a high degree
• Mbya Guarani: vaipa — to a high degree
• Haitian Creole: anpil — to a high degree
• Hebrew: מאוד \ מְאֹד (me'ód) — to a high degree
• Hindi: बहुत (bahut) — to a high degree
• White Hmong: heev — to a high degree
• Hopi: a'ni — to a high degree
• Hopi: hin'ur — to a high degree
• Hungarian: nagyon — to a high degree
• Hungarian: igen — to a high degree
• Icelandic: mjög — to a high degree
• Icelandic: ákaflega — to a high degree
• Icelandic: afar — to a high degree
• Icelandic: ógeðslega — to a high degree
• Icelandic: voða — to a high degree
• Icelandic: ýkja — to a high degree
• Icelandic: fjarska — to a high degree
• Icelandic: einkar — to a high degree
• Ido: tre — to a high degree
• Indonesian: sangat — to a high degree
• Indonesian: nian — to a high degree
• Indonesian: sekali — to a high degree
• Indonesian: banget — to a high degree
• Interlingua: multo — to a high degree
• Irish: an- — to a high degree
• Irish: ana- — to a high degree
• Irish: iontach — to a high degree
• Irish: rí- — to a high degree
• Italian: molto — to a high degree
• Italian: estremamente — to a high degree
• Japanese: とても (totemo) — to a high degree
• Japanese: かなり (kanari) — to a high degree
• Japanese: 非常に (hijō ni) — to a high degree
• Japanese: 凄く (sugoku) — to a high degree
• Japanese: 大変 (taihen) — to a high degree
• Japanese: 大分 (daibu) — to a high degree
• Japanese: 随分 (zuibun) — to a high degree
• Japanese: ずっと (zutto) — to a high degree
• Japanese: めちゃ (mecha) — to a high degree
• Japanese: めっちゃ (metcha) — to a high degree
• Japanese: 超 (chō) — to a high degree
• Japanese: ばり (bari) — to a high degree
• Japanese: つるつる (tsuru tsuru) — to a high degree
• Japanese: なまら (namara) — to a high degree
• Japanese: どえらい、でら (doerai, dera) — to a high degree
• Japanese: 大いに (ōini) — to a high degree
• Kabyle: aṭas — to a high degree
• Kannada: ಬಹಳ (bahaḷa) — to a high degree
• Kannada: ತುಂಬಾ (tumbā) — to a high degree
• Karachay-Balkar: бек (bek) — to a high degree
• Karakhanid: اَيِغْ (ayïɣ) — to a high degree
• Kashubian: barô — to a high degree
• Kazakh: аса (asa) — to a high degree
• Kazakh: өте (öte) — to a high degree
• Kazakh: ерен (eren) — to a high degree
• Northern Khanty: шєӈк (šêṇk) — to a high degree
• Khmer: ណាស់ (nah) — to a high degree
• Komi-Zyrian: зэв (zev) — to a high degree
• Komi-Zyrian: вывті (vyvti) — to a high degree
• Korean: 아주 (aju) — to a high degree
• Korean: 매우 (mae'u) — to a high degree
• Korean: 너무 (neomu) — to a high degree
• Korean: 굉장히 (goengjanghi) — to a high degree
• Kumyk: кёп (köp) — to a high degree
• Kumyk: оьтесиз (ötesiz) — to a high degree
• Kumyk: бек (bek) — to a high degree
• Central Kurdish: زۆر (zor) — to a high degree
• Northern Kurdish: gelek — to a high degree
• Northern Kurdish: pir — to a high degree
• Kyrgyz: абдан (abdan) — to a high degree
• Kyrgyz: аябай (ayabay) — to a high degree
• Kyrgyz: өтө (ötö) — to a high degree
• Ladin: scialdi — to a high degree
• Ladin: drë — to a high degree
• Ladin: stra — to a high degree
• Ladino: muy — to a high degree
• Lao: ຈັດ (chat) — to a high degree
• Lao: ຄະເຍີ (kha nyœ̄) — to a high degree
• Lao: ຄັນ (khan) — to a high degree
• Lao: ຈຸ່ນພູ່ນ (chun phūn) — to a high degree
• Lao: ຈ້າ (chā) — to a high degree
• Lao: ຫຼາຍ (lāi) — to a high degree
• Latin: maximē — to a high degree
• Latin: summē — to a high degree
• Latin: valdē — to a high degree
• Latin: per- — to a high degree
• Latvian: ļoti — to a high degree
• Latvian: gluži — to a high degree
• Latvian: visai — to a high degree
• Laz: dido — to a high degree
• Lezgi: гзаф (gzaf) — to a high degree
• Lezgi: лап (lap) — to a high degree
• Lithuanian: labai — to a high degree
• Luxembourgish: ganz — to a high degree
• Macedonian: многу (mnogu) — to a high degree
• Macedonian: мошне (mošne) — to a high degree
• Malay: sangat — to a high degree
• Malayalam: വളരെ (vaḷare) — to a high degree
• Maltese: ħafna — to a high degree
• Manchu: ᡠᠮᡝᠰᡳ (umesi) — to a high degree
• Māori: tino — to a high degree
• Marathi: फार (phār) — to a high degree
• Eastern Mari: пеш (peš) — to a high degree
• Eastern Mari: моткоч (motkoč) — to a high degree
• Western Mari: когон (kogon) — to a high degree
• Mongolian: жинхэнэ (žinxene) — to a high degree
• Mongolian: үнэн (ünen) — to a high degree
• Navajo: ayóo — to a high degree
• Navajo: tʼóó báhádzigo — to a high degree
• Neapolitan: assai — to a high degree
• Neapolitan: nu sacco — to a high degree
• Nepali: एकदमै (ekdamai) — to a high degree
• Norwegian Bokmål: veldig — to a high degree
• Norwegian Bokmål: meget — to a high degree
• Norwegian Nynorsk: veldig — to a high degree
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ovleg — to a high degree
• Nǀuu: kxʼam — to a high degree
• Nǀuu: -xa — to a high degree
• Occitan: fòrça — to a high degree
• Odia: ବହୁତ (bahuta) — to a high degree
• Church Slavic: ѕѣло (dzělo) — to a high degree
• Church Slavic: зѣло (zělo) — to a high degree
• Church Slavic: вельми (velĭmi) — to a high degree
• Church Slavic: вьсьма (vĭsĭma) — to a high degree
• Church Slavic: мъного (mŭnogo) — to a high degree
• Old East Slavic: вельми (velĭmi) — to a high degree
• Old East Slavic: вьсьма (vĭsĭma) — to a high degree
• Old English: swīþe — to a high degree
• Old English: for- — to a high degree
• Old Galician-Portuguese: mui — to a high degree
• Old Galician-Portuguese: muito — to a high degree
• Old Turkic: 𐰪𐰃𐰍 — to a high degree
• Ossetian: тынг (tyng) — to a high degree
• Ossetian: иттӕг (ittæg) — to a high degree
• Pashto: ډېر (ḍer) — to a high degree
• Persian: بسیار (besyâr) — to a high degree
• Persian: خیلی (xeyli) — to a high degree
• Plautdietsch: sea — to a high degree
• Polish: bardzo — to a high degree
• Polish: wielce — to a high degree
• Portuguese: muito — to a high degree
• Portuguese: assaz — to a high degree
• Punjabi: ਬਹੁਤ (bahut) — to a high degree
• Quechua: ancha — to a high degree
• Romanian: foarte — to a high degree
• Romansh: fitg — to a high degree
• Russian: о́чень (óčenʹ) — to a high degree
• Russian: весьма́ (vesʹmá) — to a high degree
• Russian: изря́дно (izrjádno) — to a high degree
• Russian: дю́же (djúže) — to a high degree
• Russian: зело́ (zeló) — to a high degree
• Russian: вельми́ (velʹmí) — to a high degree
• Northern Sami: hui — to a high degree
• Sanskrit: अति (áti) — to a high degree
• Scots: gey — to a high degree
• Scots: unco — to a high degree
• Scots: vera — to a high degree
• Scottish Gaelic: glè — to a high degree
• Scottish Gaelic: ro — to a high degree
• Scottish Gaelic: fìor — to a high degree
• Serbo-Croatian: вр̏ло — to a high degree
• Serbo-Croatian: вѐома — to a high degree
• Serbo-Croatian: vȑlo — to a high degree
• Serbo-Croatian: vèoma — to a high degree
• Seri: áa — to a high degree
• Sinhalese: හරි (hari) — to a high degree
• Sinhalese: හුඟක් (hungak) — to a high degree
• Slovak: veľmi — to a high degree
• Slovak: mnoho — to a high degree
• Slovene: zeló — to a high degree
• Lower Sorbian: wjelgin — to a high degree
• Upper Sorbian: jara — to a high degree
• Upper Sorbian: wulce — to a high degree
• Southern Altai: кӱч (küč) — to a high degree
• Southern Altai: улу (ulu) — to a high degree
• Southern Altai: тыҥ (tïŋ) — to a high degree
• Spanish: muy — to a high degree
• Spanish: asaz — to a high degree
• Spanish: requete- — to a high degree
• Spanish: recontra — to a high degree
• Spanish: requetecontra — to a high degree
• Spanish: bien — to a high degree
• Spanish: harto — to a high degree
• Spanish: hartamente — to a high degree
• Svan: გუნ (gun) — to a high degree
• Swahili: sana — to a high degree
• Swedish: mycket — to a high degree
• Swedish: väldigt — to a high degree
• Swedish: jätte- — to a high degree
• Sylheti: ꠛꠃꠔ (bout) — to a high degree
• Tagalog: talaga — to a high degree
• Tagalog: talagang — to a high degree
• Tagalog: sobra — to a high degree
• Tagalog: sobrang — to a high degree
• Tajik: бисёр (bisyor) — to a high degree
• Tajik: хеле (xele) — to a high degree
• Tamil: மிகவும் (mikavum) — to a high degree
• Tamil: ரொம்ப (rompa) — to a high degree
• Tamil: மிக (mika) — to a high degree
• Tatar: бик (bik) — to a high degree
• Telugu: చాలా (cālā) — to a high degree
• Thai: มาก (mâak) — to a high degree
• Thai: แสน (sɛ̌ɛn) — to a high degree
• Tibetan: ཞེ་དྲགས — to a high degree
• Tocharian B: tsamo — to a high degree
• Tocharian B: tanki — to a high degree
• Tumbuka: comene — to a high degree
• Turkish: çok — to a high degree
• Turkish: pek — to a high degree
• Turkmen: örän — to a high degree
• Tuvan: аажок (aajok) — to a high degree
• Tuvan: адак (adak) — to a high degree
• Tuvan: дыка (dıka) — to a high degree
• Tuvan: дэндии (dendii) — to a high degree
• Tuvan: чүдек (çüdek) — to a high degree
• Udmurt: туж (tuž) — to a high degree
• Ukrainian: ду́же (dúže) — to a high degree
• Ukrainian: ве́льми (vélʹmy) — to a high degree
• Urdu: بَہُت (bahut) — to a high degree
• Uyghur: بەك (bek) — to a high degree
• Uyghur: ناھايىتى (nahayiti) — to a high degree
• Uzbek: oʻlgunday — to a high degree
• Uzbek: oʻlguncha — to a high degree
• Uzbek: juda — to a high degree
• Uzbek: gʻoyatda — to a high degree
• Vietnamese: rất — to a high degree
• Vietnamese: lắm — to a high degree
• Vietnamese: quá — to a high degree
• Volapük: vemo — to a high degree
• Welsh: iawn — to a high degree
• Wolof: lool — to a high degree
• Yakut: олус (olus) — to a high degree
• Yakut: наһаа (nahaa) — to a high degree
• Yakut: бэрт (bert) — to a high degree
• Yiddish: זייער (zeyer) — to a high degree
• Zazaki: zaf (diq) — to a high degree
• Zazaki: hol (diq) — to a high degree
• Zhuang: raixcaix — to a high degree
• Armenian: իսկական (iskakan) — true, truly
• Central Bikol: marhay — true, truly
• Catalan: veramente — true, truly
• Czech: skutečně — true, truly
• Danish: aller — true, truly
• Dutch: echt — true, truly
• Dutch: uiterst — true, truly
• Finnish: kaikkein — true, truly
• Finnish: todella — true, truly
• French: vraiment — true, truly
• Georgian: ნამდვილად (namdvilad) — true, truly
• German: wahrlich — true, truly
• White Hmong: tseeb — true, truly
• Hungarian: igazán — true, truly
• Hungarian: teljesen — true, truly
• Hungarian: pontosan — true, truly
• Hungarian: szakasztott — true, truly
• Hungarian: egy az egyben — true, truly
• Indonesian: benar-benar — true, truly
• Italian: davvero — true, truly
• Japanese: 本当 (hontō) — true, truly
• Japanese: 実に (jitsu ni) — true, truly
• Javanese: tenan — true, truly
• Korean: 정말 (jeongmal) — true, truly
• Latin: vērē — true, truly
• Latvian: īsti — true, truly
• Laz: mtilana — true, truly
• Macedonian: нај- (naj-) — true, truly
• Norwegian: veldig — true, truly
• Norwegian: aller — true, truly
• Nǀuu: kxʼam — true, truly
• Nǀuu: -xa — true, truly
• Polish: naprawdę — true, truly
• Polish: prawdziwie — true, truly
• Portuguese: de facto — true, truly
• Portuguese: de fato — true, truly
• Russian: са́мый (sámyj) — true, truly
• Scots: gey — true, truly
• Scots: unco — true, truly
• Scots: vera — true, truly
• Scottish Gaelic: fìor — true, truly
• Seri: áa — true, truly
• Slovak: naozaj — true, truly
• Spanish: verdaderamente — true, truly
• Swedish: allra — true, truly
• Swedish: sann — true, truly
• Tagalog: talaga — true, truly
• Tagalog: talagang — true, truly
• Danish: aller- — emphasizes superlativeness
• Finnish: todella — emphasizes superlativeness
• White Hmong: heev — emphasizes superlativeness
• Hungarian: leges- — emphasizes superlativeness
• Slovak: úplne — emphasizes superlativeness
• Swedish: allra — emphasizes superlativeness