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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Adverb 1.4.1 Translations

[ English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
than	some	other	#67: very	upon	man	may

[ Etymology

Middle English verray "true", from Old French verai (Modern French: vrai), from Vulgar Latin *veracus, derived from Latin verax "true".

[ Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈvɛɹɪ/, SAMPA: /"vEr\ɪ/
• (US) IPA: /ˈvɛɹi/, SAMPA: /"vEr\i/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Hyphenation: ver·y
• Rhymes: -ɛri

[ Adjective

very

1. Exactly the same; identical.

   He proposed marriage in the same restaurant, at the very table where they first met.

[ Translations

exactly the same; identical

Czech: týž cs(cs), tentýž cs(cs) Dutch: zelfde nl(nl), dezelfde nl(nl), hetzelfde nl(nl) French: même fr(fr) German: derselbe de(de) Hungarian: ugyanaz hu(hu) a hu(hu)/az hu(hu), egyazon hu(hu)

Japanese: 正にその(ja) masani sono, 正にこの(ja) masani kono Norwegian: samme no(no) Polish: identyczny pl(pl) Russian: самый ru(ru) (sámyj)

[ Adverb

very

1. to a great extent or degree

   You’re very tall.

2. true, truly

   He tried his very best.

   It was a very unique experience. (nonstandard)

[ Translations

to a high degree

Arabic: جِدًا (jíddan) Armenian: շատ (shot) Catalan: molt Chinese: 很 (hĕn) Czech: velmi cs(cs) Dutch: zeer nl(nl), heel nl(nl), erg nl(nl) Esperanto: tre eo(eo) Finnish: erittäin fi(fi), kovin fi(fi), hyvin fi(fi) French: très fr(fr) German: sehr de(de) Greek: πολύ (polý) Hebrew: מאוד (məód) Hungarian: nagyon hu(hu) Icelandic: mjög, ákaflega, afar, ýkja, fjarska, einkar Ido: tre Irish: an- ga(ga), ana- ga(ga) Italian: molto it(it)

Japanese: とても (totemó), かなり (kanari), 非常に (ひじょうに, hijōni), 凄く (すごく, sugoku), 大変 (たいへん, taihén), 大分 (だいぶ, daibu), 随分 (ずいぶん, zuibun), ずっと (zutto), めちゃ (mecha), めっちゃ (metcha) (slang, from Kansai dialect), 超 (ちょう, chō) (slang), ばり (bari) (Hakata dialect), つるつる (tsuru tsuru) (Fukui dialect) Korean: 아주 (aju), 매우 (mae-u) Latvian: ļoti Norwegian: veldig Polish: bardzo pl(pl) Portuguese: muito pt(pt) Romanian: foarte ro(ro) Russian: очень (óčen’) Seri: áa Slovene: zelo sl(sl) Spanish: muy es(es) Swedish: mycket sv(sv), väldigt sv(sv) Yiddish: זייער (zeyer)

true, truly

Armenian: իսկական (iskakan) Czech: skutečně Dutch: echt nl(nl), uiterst nl(nl) Japanese: 本当に(ほんとうに, hontōni), 実に (じつに, jitsuni) Norwegian: veldig; aller

Polish: naprawdę pl(pl) Russian: самый ru(ru) (sámyj) Seri: áa Swedish: allra (with a superlative), sann (archaic)