revers

See also: Revers and revers'

English

Alternative forms

• rever
• revere

Etymology

Borrowed from French revers (“lapel, reverse side”). Doublet of reverse.

Noun

revers (plural revers)

1. A lapel of a garment, turned back to show the reverse side.

Translations

lapel, reversed

• Bulgarian: ревер m (rever)
• Danish: revers
• Dutch: revers (nl) m
• Finnish: käänne (fi), revääri (fi)
• French: revers (fr) m
• German: Revers (de) n
• Macedonian: ревер m (rever)

Noun

revers

1. plural of rever

Anagrams

• server, verser

Czech

Alternative forms

• reverz

Etymology

Etymology tree

French reversbor.

German Reversbor.

Czech revers

Borrowed from German Revers.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛvɛrs]

Noun

revers m inan

1. a legal document, in which an inpatient, leaving a hospital against his medical doctor's advice, assumes responsibility for any potential consequences of his leaving
2. reverse, verso, tail

Usage notes

• In the "legal document" sense almost never used other than in these expressions:

  podat revers ― to sign the document

  podepsat revers ― to sign the document

  odejít na revers ― to leave a hospital having signed the document

Declension

Declension of revers (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	revers	reversy
genitive	reversu	reversů
dative	reversu	reversům
accusative	revers	reversy
vocative	reverse	reversy
locative	reversu	reversech
instrumental	reversem	reversy

Further reading

• “revers”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “revers”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Noun

revers c (singular definite reversen, plural indefinite reverser)

1. reverse

Inflection

Declension of revers

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	revers	reversen	reverser	reverserne
genitive	revers'	reversens	reversers	reversernes

Noun

revers c or n (singular definite reversen or reverset, plural indefinite reverser, plural definite reverserne)

1. revers

Dutch

Etymology

From French revers and Latin reversus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rəˈvɛːr/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: re‧vers

Noun

revers m (plural revers, no diminutive)

1. revers, lapel

Further reading

• “revers” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

Anagrams

• server, verser

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French revers, from Latin reversus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.vɛʁ/
• Rhymes: -ɛʁ

Noun

revers m (invariable)

1. reverse side
2. (figurative) downside, flipside
   • 2025 June 25, Geneviève van Lede, “ChatGPT, Gemini… penser le management à l'ère de l'IA”, in La Provence, →ISSN, Grand Sud:

     L'étude révèle un revers préoccupant à cette adoption.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. backhand
   • 1836, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, chapter XXXV, in Louis Viardot, transl., L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, volume I, Paris: J[acques]-J[ulien] Dubochet et C^ie, éditeurs, […], →OCLC:

     Au secours, seigneurs, au secours ! venez à l’aide de mon seigneur, qui est engagé dans la plus formidable et la plus sanglante bataille que mes yeux aient jamais vue. Vive Dieu ! il a porté un tel revers au géant ennemi de madame la princesse Micomicona, qu’il lui a tranché la tête à rasibus des épaules, comme si c’eût été un navet.

     Help, good sirs, help! Come to the help of my master, who is engaged in the most formidable and the most bloody battle that my eyes have ever seen. By God! He delivered such a backhand to the giant enemy of the lady princess of Micomicona that he sliced off his head cleanly from the shoulders, as if it had been a turnip.

4. (tennis) backhand

   Antonym: coup droit

5. lapel

Derived terms

• revers de fortune
• revers de la médaille

Descendants

• → English: rever, revers
• → Romanian: rever
• → Swedish: revär

Further reading

• “revers”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• resver, verres, verser

Middle English

Adverb

revers

1. In a reverse way or direction; upside-down. [from 14^thc.]
   • 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book XVIII, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC:

     they three smote hym at onys with their spearys, and with fors of themselff they smote Sir Launcelottis horse revers to the erthe.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin reversus via French revers.

Noun

revers m (definite singular reversen, indefinite plural reverser, definite plural reversene)

1. the reverse side of a coin or medal
2. reverse gear in a vehicle or machine

   sette bilen i revers ― put the car in reverse

References

• “revers” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin reversus via French revers.

Noun

revers m (definite singular reversen, indefinite plural reversar, definite plural reversane)

1. the reverse side of a coin or medal
2. reverse gear in a vehicle or machine

   setje bilen i revers ― put the car in reverse

References

• “revers” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin reversus.

Noun

revers oblique singular, m (oblique plural revers, nominative singular revers, nominative plural revers)

1. reverse; opposite; contrary

   veez cy le fet qe prove le revers

   see here the fact that proves the contrary

Adjective

revers m (oblique and nominative feminine singular reverse)

1. opposite; reverse

Descendants

• French: revers
• → English: reverse, revers

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French revers, from Latin Revers.

Noun

revers n (plural reversuri)

1. reverse

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	revers	reversul	reversuri	reversurile
genitive-dative	revers	reversului	reversuri	reversurilor
vocative	reversule		reversurilor

Swedish

Noun

revers c

1. (finance) a promissory note

   Synonym: skuldebrev

2. (numismatics) a reverse

   Antonyms: avers, åtsida

Declension

Declension of revers

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	revers	revers
	definite	reversen	reversens
plural	indefinite	reverser	reversers
	definite	reverserna	reversernas

See also

• klave (“tails”)

References

• “revers”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “revers”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “revers”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)