inverso

From inversa (“inverse”, adjective) +‎ -o (nominal suffix).

• IPA^(key): /inˈverso/
• Rhymes: -erso
• Hyphenation: in‧ver‧so

inverso (accusative singular inverson, plural inversoj, accusative plural inversojn)

1. inverse

• “inverso”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997

From Latin inversus.

inverso (feminine inversa, masculine plural inversos, feminine plural inversas)

1. inverse, opposite, reciprocal

• inverter

• “inverso”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Borrowed from Esperanto inverso, English inverse, French inverse, German invers, Italian inverso, Spanish inverso. By surface analysis, inversa +‎ -o.

• IPA^(key): /inˈverso/
• Hyphenation: in‧ver‧so

inverso (plural inversi)

1. inverse

• inverso in Ido-English Dictionary by L.H. Dyer, 1924

inverso

1. towards (to a direction or place)
   • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 40:

     Vuoltite biunduleîna inverso lai,

     Turn around towards this place, little blonde,

From Latin inversus.

• IPA^(key): /inˈvɛr.so/
• Rhymes: -ɛrso
• Hyphenation: in‧vèr‧so

inverso (feminine inversa, masculine plural inversi, feminine plural inverse)

1. reverse, inverted, opposite, contrary, inverse, upside down

   Synonyms: invertito, opposto, contrario

inverso m (plural inversi)

1. the opposite, the contrary
2. (arithmetic) reciprocal

• opposto, contrario

• inversamente
• inversivo
• inversione
• invertire

• nervosi, nevrosi, svinerò, versino, vinsero

inversō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of inversus

From in- (“against / (intensifier)”) +‎ versō, or alternatively, from invertō (“invert, turn upside down, upset”) +‎ -tō (frequentative suffix).

inversō (present infinitive inversāre, perfect active inversāvī, supine inversātum); first conjugation

1. to invert

• French: inverser

• “inverso” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).

Borrowed from Latin inversus.

• Hyphenation: in‧ver‧so

inverso (feminine inversa, masculine plural inversos, feminine plural inversas)

1. inverse; opposite

• inverter

• “inverso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

From Latin inversus, perfect passive perticiple of invertō (“turn upside down”). Doublet of anverso and envés.

• IPA^(key): /imˈbeɾso/ [ĩmˈbeɾ.so]
• Rhymes: -eɾso
• Syllabification: in‧ver‧so

inverso (feminine inversa, masculine plural inversos, feminine plural inversas)

1. inverted, reverse
2. opposite

   Synonym: opuesto

• “inverso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024