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versailles

/vɚˈsaɪ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.28 in modern English

Syllables
ver-sailles
IPA
/vɚˈsaɪ/
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city, suburb of Paris and capital of Yvelines department, Île-de-France, and the former capital of France.

name

The Palace of Versailles.

name

The Treaty of Versailles (1919).

name

A town and county seat of Ripley County, Indiana, United States.

name

A home rule city and county seat of Woodford County, Kentucky, United States.

name

A city, the county seat of Morgan County, Missouri, United States.

name

A neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

Etymology

Borrowed from French Versailles, of uncertain Latin origin (see French entry below), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn around”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /vɚˈsaɪ/
  • British English: /vɛəˈsaɪ/

Frequently Paired Words

Versaillais Versaillese

Synonyms

dictate of Versailles / Dictate of Versailles

Rhymes With

by my why high try guy buy july drive-by die eye hi

Questions

How do you pronounce versailles?
The recorded pronunciation is /vɚˈsaɪ/.
What does versailles mean?
A city, suburb of Paris and capital of Yvelines department, Île-de-France, and the former capital of France.
Where does versailles come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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