verdant

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French verdoyant, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French verb verdier, verdoier, from vert (“green”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Vulgar Latin *virdis, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin viridis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɝ.dənt/

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Adjective

verdant (comparative more verdant, superlative most verdant)

1. Green in colour.
2. Abundant in verdure; lush with vegetation.
   • 1796, Francois Le Vaillant, New Travels into the Interior Parts of Africa By Way of the Cape of Good Hope in the Years 1783, 84 and 85, G.G. And J. Robinson, page 224

     It was a verdant and delightful valley, watered by a rivulet ...

   • 1818, Mary Shelley, chapter 6, in Frankenstein‎^[1]:

     A serene sky and verdant fields filled me with ecstasy.

3. Fresh.
4. Inexperienced.

   a verdant youth from the interior of Connecticut

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Related terms

• verdancy
• verdantly
• verdure
• verdurous
• vert
• virid

 

Translations

green

• Dutch: groen (nl) n
• Finnish: vihreä (fi)
• French: vert (fr) m
• Georgian: მწვანე (ka) (mc̣vane)
• German: grün (de)
• Greek: πράσινος (el) m (prásinos)
• Italian: verde (it) m
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• Maori: mata (mi), matomato
• Norwegian: grønn (no)
• Romanian: verde (ro)
• Russian: зелёный (ru) (zeljónyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: (plants) gorm
• Swedish: grön (sv) c

abundant in verdure

• Dutch: weelderig (nl) n
• Finnish: vihanta (fi), vehreä (fi)
• French: verdoyant (fr)
• Georgian: მწვანე (ka) (mc̣vane)
• German: üppig (de), grünend (de)
• Greek: χλοερός (el) m (chloerós)
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• Italian: verdeggiante (it)
• Maori: matomato
• Portuguese: verdejante (pt)
• Romanian: luxuriant (ro)

fresh

• Dutch: vers (nl) n, fris (nl) n
• Finnish: vihanta (fi), vehreä (fi), vihreä (fi)
• Georgian: ახალი (axali)
• German: frisch (de)
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• Greek: χλωρός (el) m (chlorós)
• Romanian: proaspăt (ro)
• Russian: све́жий (ru) (svéžij)

inexperienced

• Dutch: onervaren (nl)
• Finnish: vihreä (fi)
• Georgian: გამოუცდელი (gamoucdeli)
• German: unerfahren (de), grün hinter den Ohren, unreif (de)
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• Greek: άγουρος (el) m (ágouros)
• Romanian: ageamiu (ro)
• Russian: зелёный (ru) (zeljónyj), нео́пытный (ru) (neópytnyj)

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Translations to be checked

• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} зелен (bg) (zelen), ^{(please verify)} свеж (bg) (svež)
• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 蒼翠／苍翠 (cāngcuì), ^{(please verify)} 苍翠 (zh) (cāng cuì)
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• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} verdoso (es)

See also

• Appendix:Colors

Anagrams

• ventrad