evergreen

English

Etymology

From ever +‎ green

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɛvəɡriːn/, X-SAMPA: /"Ev@gri:n/
• (US) enPR: ěvʹərgrēn, IPA: /ˈɛvɚɡrin/, X-SAMPA: /"Ev@`grin/

Adjective

evergreen (not comparable)

Wikipedia

1. Of plants, especially trees, that do not shed their leaves seasonally.
   • 1902: Henry Van Dyke, The Blue Flower [1]

     ...these three little creeping vines put forth their hands with joy, and spread over rock and hillock and twisted tree-root and mouldering log, in cloaks and scarves and wreaths of tiny evergreen, glossy leaves.

2. Continually fresh or self-renewing; often used metaphorically.
3. Of a document or dataset, continually up-to-date (as opposed to being published at regular intervals and being slightly outdated in-between those publication dates)
4. (broadcasting) Suitable for transmission at any time; not urgent or time-dependent.
   • 2001, Christopher H Sterling, John M Kittross, Stay Tuned (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates 2001, p. 654)

     Another change in the news was emphasis on “evergreen” features involving attractive children or animals, parades or fireworks, as well as local developments.

Antonyms

• (of plants, that do not shed their leaves): deciduous

Derived terms

• evergreenness
• evergreen oak
• half-evergreen
• semi-evergreen, semievergreen

Translations

of plants, that do not shed their leaves

• Breton: padus (br)
• Bulgarian: вечнозелен (bg) (večnozelén)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 常青 (cmn) (chángqīng)

• Czech: stálezelený (cs) m
• Danish: stedsegrøn (da)
• Dutch: groenblijvend (nl)
• Esperanto: ĉiamverda (eo)
• Finnish: ainavihanta (fi), ikivihanta (fi), ikivihreä (fi)
• French: sempervirent (fr)
• German: immergrün (de)
• Greek: αειθαλής (el) (aeithalís)
• Icelandic: sígrænn (is) m, vetrargrænn (is) m

• Irish: síorghlas (ga)
• Japanese: 常緑 (ja) (じょうりょく, jōryoku)
• Manx: sheer-ghlass (gv)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: eviggrønn (no)

  Nynorsk: eviggrøn (nn)

• Portuguese: sempre-verde
• Russian: вечнозелёный (ru) (večnozeljónyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: bith-bheò (gd), sìor-bheò (gd), sìor-uaine (gd), sìor-ghorm (gd)
• Spanish: perennifolio (es)
• Swedish: städsegrön (sv), vintergrön (sv)
• Volapük: laidagrünik (vo)

Noun

evergreen (plural evergreens)

1. A tree or shrub that does not shed its leaves or needles seasonally.
2. (informal) More specifically, a conifer tree.
   • 1858: Henry David Thoreau, The Maine Woods [2]

     The spruce and fir trees crowded to the track on each side to welcome us, the arbor- vitae, with its changing leaves, prompted us to make haste, and the sight of the canoe-birch gave us spirits to do so. Sometimes an evergreen just fallen lay across the track with its rich burden of cones, looking, still, fuller of life than our trees in the most favorable positions.

   • 1958: Chuck Berry, Johnny B. Goode

     Deep down in Louisiana, close to New Orleans,

     Way back up in the woods among the evergreens,

     There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood

     Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode

3. (colloquial) A news story that can be published or broadcast at any time.

Derived terms

• Chinese evergreen

Translations

tree or shrub

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 常青樹 (cmn), 常青树 (cmn) (chángqīngshù)

• Esperanto: ĉiamverdo (eo)
• German: immergrüne (de) Pflanze (de) f

• Irish: crann síorghlas (ga) m
• Portuguese: sempre-verde m
• Russian: вечнозелёное растение (ru) (večnozeljónoje rasténije) n
• Scottish Gaelic: craobh shìor-ghorm (gd) f

Verb

evergreen (third-person singular simple present evergreens, present participle evergreening, simple past and past participle evergreened)

1. (patents, pharmaceuticals) To extend the term of a patent beyond the normal legal limit, usually through repeated small modifications.
2. (banking) To set the repayment rate of a loan at or below the interest rate, so low that the principal will never be repaid.

See also

• evergreening on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:evergreening

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈevœrgriːn/

Noun

evergreen

1. (anglicism) evergreen (evergreen song, song that is ever popular)

Declension

Declension of evergreen (type risti) singular plural nominative evergreen evergreenit genitive evergreenin evergreenien partitive evergreeniä evergreenejä accusative evergreen evergreenin evergreenit inessive evergreenissä evergreeneissä elative evergreenistä evergreeneistä illative evergreeniin evergreeneihin adessive evergreenillä evergreeneillä ablative evergreeniltä evergreeneiltä allative evergreenille evergreeneille essive evergreeninä evergreeneinä translative evergreeniksi evergreeneiksi instructive – evergreenein abessive evergreenittä evergreeneittä comitative – evergreeneineen

Synonyms

• ikivihreä

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Italian

Adjective

evergreen m, f (invariable)

1. evergreen (always in style)

Noun

evergreen m (invariable)

1. A song or singer that is always in style
2. (finance) revolving credit

References

• evergreen, Vocabolario Treccani on line

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Swedish

Noun

evergreen c

1. classic song, evergreen song, song that is ever popular

Declension

Declension of evergreen

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	evergreen	evergreenen	evergreener	evergreenerna
genitive	evergreens	evergreenens	evergreeners	evergreenernas