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Dictionary: ver·sant
(vûr'sənt) pronunciation
n.
  1. The slope of a side of a mountain or mountain range.
  2. The general slope of a region.

[French, present participle of verser, to turn, from Old French, from Latin versāre, to turn frequently. See versatile.]


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adjective

    Having good knowledge of: acquainted, conversant, familiar, versed. Idioms: up on. See knowledge/ignorance.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the side or slope of a mountain
  Synonym: mountainside


Translations: Versant
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - øvet, trænet

Nederlands (Dutch)
helling, bedreven

Français (French)
n. - versant

Deutsch (German)
n. - Hang

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πλαγιά βουνού, οροσειράς

Italiano (Italian)
versante

Português (Portuguese)
n. - vertente (f) (de montanha), declive

Русский (Russian)
интересующийся чем-л., сведущий в чем-л.

Español (Spanish)
n. - vertiente, ladera

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sluttning, lutning

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
山的斜坡, 倾斜地带

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 山的斜坡, 傾斜地帶

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 산의 한쪽 경사면, 전체의 경사

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 山の一方の斜面, 傾斜
adj. - 関心をもっている, 経験のある

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) انحدار, منحدر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שיפוע, מדרון‬


 
 
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