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[ 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/
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Hyphenation: ver·y
Rhymes: -ɛri

[ Adjective

very

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

to a great extent or degree

You’re very tall.
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: erittä in fi(fi), kovin fi(fi), hyvin fi(fi)
French: trè s fr(fr)
German: sehr de(de)
Greek: πολύ (polý)
Hebrew: מאוד (məód)
Hungarian: nagyon hu(hu)
Icelandic: mjö g, 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: á a
Slovene: zelo sl(sl)
Spanish: muy es(es)
Swedish: mycket sv(sv), väldigt sv(sv)
Yiddish: זייער (zeyer)

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: á a
Swedish: allra (with a superlative), sann (archaic)

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Basque: guztiz, txit, arrunt, oso, hagitz, net, biziki, zeharo
CJKV Characters: 太 (tài)
Chinese: 非常 (fēicháng)
French: même
Indonesian: amat, sangat, nian, ～sekali

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