greenery

English

Etymology

green +‎ -ery

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹiːnəɹi/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -iːnəɹi

Noun

greenery (usually uncountable, plural greeneries)

1. Green foliage or verdure.
2. Foliage used as decoration.
3. (slang) Marijuana.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marijuana

Derived terms

• greenery-yallery

Translations

green foliage

• Belarusian: зе́лень f (zjéljenʹ), зеляні́на f (zjeljanína), раслі́ннасць f (raslínnascʹ)
• Bulgarian: зеленина́ (bg) f (zeleniná), расти́телност f (rastítelnost)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 草木 (zh) (cǎomù), 植被 (zh) (zhíbèi), 綠色植物／绿色植物 (zh) (lǜsè zhíwù)

• Finnish: viherkasvi (fi)
• French: feuillage (fr) m, verdure (fr) f
• Italian: verdura (it) f
• Polish: roślinność (pl) f, zieleń (pl) f
• Portuguese: verdura (pt) f
• Russian: зе́лень (ru) f (zélenʹ), расти́тельность (ru) f (rastítelʹnostʹ)
• Swedish: grönska (sv) c
• Ukrainian: зе́лень f (zélenʹ), зеле́нощі f pl (zelénošči), росли́нність (uk) f (roslýnnistʹ), зелени́на f (zelenýna)
• Yiddish: גרינס n (grins)

foliage used as decoration

• Bulgarian: зеле́на укра́са f (zeléna ukrása)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 草木 (zh) (cǎomù), 植被 (zh) (zhíbèi), 綠色植物／绿色植物 (zh) (lǜsè zhíwù)

• Finnish: viherkasvit pl
• Italian: verde (it) m
• Portuguese: folhagem (pt) f
• Russian: зелёные ве́тви f pl (zeljónyje vétvi), листва́ (ru) f (listvá)
• Yiddish: גרינס n (grins)

marijuana — see marijuana

See also

• vegetation