chartreuse

See also: Chartreuse

English

sense 1

sense 4

Etymology

Borrowed from French chartreuse. Doublet of charterhouse.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ʃɑːˈtɹɜːz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ʃɑɹˈtɹuːz/, /ʃɑɹˈtɹuːs/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)z, -uːz, -uːs

Noun

chartreuse (countable and uncountable, plural chartreuses)

2. A yellow or green liqueur made by Carthusian monks.
   • 1921, Booth Tarkington, Harlequin and Columbine‎^[1]:

     Old Tinker, in evening dress, sat uncomfortably, sideways, upon the edge of a wicker and brocade “chaise lounge,” finishing a tiny glass of chartreuse, while Talbot Potter, in the middle of the room, took leave of a second guest who had been dining with him.

3. A greenish-yellow color.
   • 1975, “Convoy”, in C.W. McCall, Chip Davis (lyrics), Black Bear Road, performed by C. W. McCall:

     Well, we shot the line and we went for broke
     With a thousand screamin' trucks
     An' eleven long-haired Friends a' Jesus
     In a chartreuse microbus.

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   bright chartreuse (Pantone):  

4. (art) A kind of enamelled pottery.
6. (cooking) A French dish of vegetables (and sometimes meat) wrapped tightly in a decorative layer of salad or vegetable leaves and cooked in a dome-shaped mould.
   • 1977, Joseph Dommers Vehling Apicius, Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome, page 238:

     ARRANGE DIFFERENT KINDS OF COOKED VEGETABLES IN A CASSEROLE […] The dish resembles a chartreuse.

Adjective

chartreuse (not comparable)

1. Of a bright yellowish-green colour.

Translations

of a bright yellowish-green colour

• Latin: galbinus

See also

• Appendix:Colors

Further reading

• chartreuse (liqueur) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• chartreuse (color) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• chartreuse (dish) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From the Chartreux (“Carthusian monks”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaʁ.tʁøz/

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Noun

chartreuse f (plural chartreuses)

1. chartreuse (liqueur)
2. (originally) Grande Chartreuse; or any Carthusian monastery (a charterhouse)

Descendants

• → English: chartreuse
• → English: charterhouse

Adjective

chartreuse

1. feminine singular of chartreux

Further reading

• “chartreuse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• Chartreuse (liqueur)