verité

See also: verite and vérité

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French verité.

Noun

verité f (plural veritez)

  1. truth

Descendants
  • French: vérité

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vēritās, vēritātem. See also the inherited form verté.

Noun

verité oblique singular, f (oblique plural veritez, nominative singular verité, nominative plural veritez)

  1. truth
    • c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
      Sire, quant vos si m'angoissiez,
      La verité vos an dirai,
      Ja plus ne le vos celerai
      Sire, when you scare me so,
      I will tell you the truth,
      I will hide it from you no longer

Descendants
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