Verdi

American  

[vair-dee, ver-dee] / ˈvɛər di, ˈvɛr di /

noun

1. Giuseppe 1813–1901, Italian composer.

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Verdi British  

/ ˈvɛədɪ, ˈverdi /

noun

1. Giuseppe (dʒuˈzɛppe). 1813–1901, Italian composer of operas, esp Rigoletto (1851), Il Trovatore (1853), La Traviata (1853), and Aïda (1871)

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Example Sentences

“Leopoldstadt,” his last produced play, was unquestionably another masterpiece—of a beauty that recalls the late creations of Verdi or Mozart or Henry James.

From The Wall Street Journal

On Monday, railways and airports across Germany ground to a near halt in what Verdi called the largest walkout since 1992 in Europe's biggest economy, as soaring inflation stokes wage demands.

From Reuters

The “mega-strike,” as it was described in the German media, was called by two of the country’s largest unions — Verdi, which represents public sector service workers, and EVG, which represents rail workers.

From New York Times

Verdi represents around 2.5 million employees across the public sector including in public transport and at airports.

From BBC

The Verdi union is negotiating on behalf of around 2.5 million employees in the public sector, including in public transport and at airports.

From Reuters