vert-de-gris

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French vert de Grece (“green of Greece”), with folk-etymology influence of gris (“grey, gray”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛʁ.də.ɡʁi/

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Noun

vert-de-gris m (uncountable)

1. verdigris (blue-green patina on copper and copper alloys)

   vert-de-gris:  

   Le vert-de-gris est la rouille du cuivre. ― Verdigris is copper rust.

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:vert-de-gris.

Further reading

• vert-de-gris on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr
• “vert-de-gris”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.