verdigris

English

Etymology

From french vert-de-gris.

Noun

verdigris (uncountable)

1. A blue-green patina that forms on copper-containing metals.
   • 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room, Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 13

     Let's to the museum. Cannon-balls, arrow-heads; Roman glass and a forceps green with verdigris.

2. (chemistry, dated) Copper acetate.
3. The colour of this patina or material.

Synonyms

• (copper acetate): Spanish green

Translations

blue-green patina on copper and copper alloys

Danish: ir (da) c. Esperanto: verdigro (eo) Finnish: patina (fi) French: vert-de-gris (fr) m. German: Grünspan (de) m. Icelandic: spanskgræna (is) f., eirgræna (is) f., spansgræna (is) f. Italian: verderame (it) m.

Japanese: 緑青 (ja) (rokushō) Korean: 녹청 (ko) (nokcheong) Latin: aerugo (la) Portuguese: azinhavre (pt) Russian: ярь-медянка (ru) (jar'-medjánka) f. Spanish: cardenillo (es) Swedish: ärg (sv)

copper acetate

color

Japanese: 緑青色 (ja) (rokushōiro)

See also

• Verdigris on Wikipedia.Wikipedia