verde

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See also: Verde, vérde, and vèrde

Aragonese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Latin viridis.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbeɾde/
  • Rhymes: -eɾde
  • Syllabification: ver‧de

Adjective[edit]

verde (feminine verda, masculine plural verdes, feminine plural verdas)

  1. green

References[edit]

  • “verde”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
  • Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “verde”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Asturian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Latin viridis. Cognate with English verdure, French vert, and various Romance homonyms.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbeɾde/, [ˈbeɾ.ð̞e]

Adjective[edit]

verde c (plural verdes)

  1. green

Noun[edit]

verde m (plural verdes)

  1. The color green

Derived terms[edit]

Corsican[edit]

U culore verde.

Etymology[edit]

From Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Latin viridis. Cognates include Italian verde and French vert.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛrdɛ/, /ˈbɛrdɛ/
  • Hyphenation: ver‧de

Adjective[edit]

verde (plural verzi)

  1. green

Noun[edit]

verde m (plural verdi)

  1. green
  2. (mineralogy) smaragdite

References[edit]

  • “verde, verdi” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

An obsolete construction from ver (“far”), plausibly an erroneous back-building, modelled on the superlative verder (instead of *verrer).

Adjective[edit]

verde

  1. Obsolete form of verre.

Anagrams[edit]

Esperanto[edit]

Adverb[edit]

verde

  1. greenly
    green:  

Related terms[edit]

Galician[edit]

Devesa do Oribio, Lugo, Galicia
Verdes ("unripe")

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese verde, from Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Latin viridis. Cognate with English verdure and vert, as well as various Romance homonyms.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

verde m or f (plural verdes)

  1. green
  2. unripe
  3. (archaic) green or blue
    • c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Archivum, page 134:
      O elamẽto da agoa figurauãna por rrazõ do mar, em semellança de varom et outrosi de hũa grande ymage, et coroada et nõ aposta mays fea et cõmo em semellança de quẽ espanta; et as suas vestiduras de duas colores, que agoa tantas ha proprias, de jalde et de verde
      And the element of the water figured by reason of the sea, looking like a man, as a large image, crowned, and not handsome but ugly and with a terrifying look; and his clothes were of two colors, which the water has as its own, yellow and blue [lit. green]

Noun[edit]

verde m (plural verdes)

  1. the color green

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Colors in Galician · cores (layout · text)
     branco      gris      negro
             vermello; carmín              laranxa; castaño, marrón              amarelo; crema
             verde lima              verde              menta; verde escuro
             ciano; azul verdoso              cerúleo              azul
             violeta; anil              maxenta; púrpura              rosa

References[edit]

  • “verde” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “verde” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “verde” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “verde” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “verde” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Interlingua[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian, Spanish, or Portuguese verde.

Adjective[edit]

verde

  1. green

See also[edit]

Colors in Interlingua · colores (layout · text)
     blanc, albe      gris      nigre
             rubie              orange; brun              jalne; crema
             verde lima              verde              verde mentha, acquamarine
             cyano              azure              blau
             violette; indigo              magenta; purpure              rosate

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis, from vireō. Cognate with English verdure, French vert, and various Romance homonyms.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈver.de/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -erde
  • Hyphenation: vér‧de

Adjective[edit]

verde (plural verdi)

  1. green
  2. pale
  3. unripe

Noun[edit]

verde m (plural verdi, diminutive verdìno or verdolìno or verdétto, augmentative verdóne, diminutive-derogatory verdìgno or verdógnolo)

  1. (color) green
  2. verdure, greenery
  3. (heraldry) vert

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Colors in Italian · colori (layout · text)
     bianco      argento; grigio      nero
             rosso; cremisi              arancione; marrone; bronzo              giallo; oro; crema
             verde chiaro; limetta              verde              verde acqua; acquamarina; verde menta; verde menta scuro
             ciano; azzurro; celeste; blu petrolio; foglia di tè              azzurro; celeste; celeste scuro              blu; blu scuro
             violetto; indaco              magenta; viola              rosa; fucsia; porpora

Anagrams[edit]

Leonese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Latin viridis.

Adjective[edit]

verde

  1. green

References[edit]

  • verde at the Diccionario Castellano-Leonés / Leonés-Castellano.

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Adjective[edit]

verde

  1. definite singular of verd
  2. plural of verd

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

verde n (definite singular verdet, indefinite plural verde, definite plural verda)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of verd n
  2. (pre-2012) alternative form of verdi m

Old Galician-Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Latin viridis.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

verde m or f (plural verdes)

  1. green

Descendants[edit]

  • Fala: verdi
  • Galician: verde
  • Portuguese: verde (see there for further descendants)

See also[edit]

Colors in Old Galician-Portuguese · coores, colores (layout · text)
     branco, blanco, alvo      gris      negro, preto
             vermelho              castanho              amarelo
                          verde             
                                       azur
                          cardẽo              rosa

Old Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

verde

  1. green
    • 13th century, Gonzalo de Berceo, “Introducción”, in Milagros de Nuestra Señora:
      Yo maestro Gonçalvo de Verçeo nomnado
      Iendo en romeria caeçi en un prado
      Verde e bien sençido, de flores bien poblado,
      Logar cobdiçiaduero pora omne cansado.
      I mister Gonçalvo de Verçeo am called,
      wending upon a pilgrimage, came to a meadow's side,
      all green and not much pastured upon, with many flowers,
      an enticing spot for the weary men to abide.

Descendants[edit]

  • Ladino: vedre
  • Spanish: verde (see there for further descendants)

Portuguese[edit]

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt
verde

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese verde (“green”), from Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis (“green”). Doublet of víride, which was borrowed from Latin.

Cognate with Galician, Spanish, Italian, and Romanian verde, Catalan and Occitan verd, French vert and English vert, virid.

Pronunciation[edit]

 
 

  • (Caipira, Sertanejo) IPA(key): /ˈveɻ.dʒi/
  • (Northeastern Brazil, Baiano) IPA(key): /ˈveh.di/
  • (Mineiro) IPA(key): /ˈveh.dʒi/
  • (Portuñol Riverense) IPA(key): /ˈveɾ.de/
  • Audio (Caipira)(file)
  • Hyphenation: ver‧de

Adjective[edit]

verde m or f (plural verdes)

  1. green in color
  2. (of fruit) unripe; green (not ripe, not ready to eat)
    Antonym: maduro
  3. (figuratively) unripe; green (not fully developed)
    Synonym: imaturo
    Antonyms: maduro, maturado
  4. green; environmentally friendly
    Synonym: ecológico

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Noun[edit]

verde m (plural verdes)

  1. green (color)
  2. greenery, vegetation
    Synonyms: verdura, vegetação, natureza

Related terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Colors in Portuguese · cores (layout · text)
     branco, alvo, cândido      cinza, gris,
cinzento 		     preto, negro, atro
             vermelho,
encarnado, rubro,
salmão; carmim 		             laranja,
cor de laranja; castanho,
marrom 		             amarelo, lúteo; creme,
ocre
             verde-limão              verde              verde-água; verde-menta
             ciano,
turquesa; azul-petróleo 		             azul-celeste              azul, índigo, anil
             violeta,
lilás 		             magenta; roxo, púrpura              rosa,
cor-de-rosa, rosa-choque

Further reading[edit]

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Related to English verdure.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

verde m or f or n (plural verzi)

  1. green

Declension[edit]

Declension of verde
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite verde verde verzi verzi
definite verdele verdea verzii verzile
genitive/
dative 		indefinite verde verzi verzi verzi
definite verdelui verzii verzilor verzilor

Noun[edit]

verde n (uncountable)

  1. green (colour)
  2. (slang) green, marijuana

Declension[edit]

declension of verde (singular only)
singular
m gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) verde verdele
genitive/dative (unui) verde verdelui
vocative verde

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Colors in Romanian · culori (layout · text)
     alb      gri      negru
             roșu; carmin              portocaliu; maro              galben; crem
                          verde              verde mentă
             cyan              bleu              albastru
             violet; indigo              mov; purpură              roz

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Spanish verde, from Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Cognate with English verdure and verdant, Catalan verd, French vert, as well as various Romance homonyms.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbeɾde/ [ˈbeɾ.ð̞e]
  • Rhymes: -eɾde
  • Syllabification: ver‧de

Adjective[edit]

verde m or f (masculine and feminine plural verdes)

  1. green in colour
    La puerta es verde.
    The door is green.
  2. unripe
  3. (figurative) inexperienced; naïve
  4. (figurative) risqué, naughty
    ¿Están verdes los vestidos?
    Are the dresses risqué?
  5. (figurative) dirty, coarse
    Esos son chistes verdes
    Those are dirty jokes.
  6. (figurative) unwell; sick
    ¿Estás verde?
    Are you unwell?
  7. green (eco-friendly)

Usage notes[edit]

  • When used with the verb ser, verde means literally green in colour, while the verb estar is used with figurative meanings of verde such as naïve, risqué, unwell or dirty.

Noun[edit]

verde m (plural verdes)

  1. green (colour)

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

See also[edit]

Colors in Spanish · colores (layout · text)
     blanco      gris      negro
             rojo; carmín, carmesí              naranja, anaranjado; marrón              amarillo; crema
             lima              verde              menta
             cian, turquesa; azul-petróleo              celeste, cerúleo              azul
             violeta; añil, índigo              magenta; morado, púrpura              rosa

Further reading[edit]

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