Versailles
/vɛəˈsaɪ/US/vɚˈsaɪ/
Versailles proper noun: a city, suburb of Paris and capital of Yvelines department, Île-de-France, and the former capital of France.
Proper noun (1)
Versailles
Proper noun (2)
US/vərˈseɪlz/
Versailles
- A town and county seat of Ripley County, Indiana, United States.
- A home rule city and county seat of Woodford County, Kentucky, United States.
- A city, the county seat of Morgan County, Missouri, United States.
Proper noun (3)
US/vəɹˈsaɪ/
Versailles
Versailles meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Versailles in Hindi
- city in Yvelines, Île-de-France
- वर्साय varsāy
Versailles in Tamil
- city in Yvelines, Île-de-France
- வெர்சாய் vercāy, வேர்சாய் vērcāy
Versailles in Marathi
- city in Yvelines, Île-de-France
- व्हेर्साय vhersāy
Versailles in Urdu
- city in Yvelines, Île-de-France
- ویغسائی vēġsāī
More languagesFewer languages
- Versailles in Kannada
- ವರ್ಸೈಲ್ಸ್ varsails
- Versailles in Punjabi
- ਵਰਸਾਈ varsāī
- Versailles in Arabic
- فِرْسَايْ firsāy, فيرساي fīrsāy
- Versailles in Thai
- แวร์ซาย wɛɛr-saai
- Versailles in Vietnamese
- Véc-xai, Véc-xay, Vẹc Sai, Vẹc-xai
Synonyms of Versailles
- dictate of Versailles / Dictate of Versailles
Origin of Versailles
Borrowed from French Versailles, of uncertain Latin origin (see French entry below), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn around”).
From etymology 1.
Named by Vietnamese American residents in the 1970s after the Versailles Arms apartment complex in which they first settled.
Words that rhyme with Versailles
Questions about Versailles
- What does Versailles mean?
- Versailles means a city, suburb of Paris and capital of Yvelines department, Île-de-France, and the former capital of France.
- What is Versailles in Hindi?
- Versailles in Hindi is वर्साय (varsāy). See Versailles meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Versailles?
- Versailles is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Versailles?
- Versailles is pronounced /vɛəˈsaɪ/ (UK).
Words near Versailles in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Versailles (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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