Verne

[ vurn; French vern ]

noun
  1. Jules [joolz; French zhyl], /dʒulz; French ʒül/, 1828–1905, French novelist.

  2. a male given name, form of Vernon.

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Verne

/ (vɜːn, French vɛrn) /


noun
  1. Jules (ʒyl). 1828–1905, French writer, esp of science fiction, such as Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea (1870) and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873)

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