greenish

See also: Greenish

English

Etymology

From Middle English grenyssh, grenysch, equivalent to green +‎ -ish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹiːnɪʃ/

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Adjective

greenish (comparative more greenish, superlative most greenish)

1. Somewhat green in color.

Derived terms

• greenishly
• greenishness
• greenish warbler

 

Translations

somewhat green in color

• Armenian: կանաչավուն (hy) (kanačʻavun)
• Asturian: verdosu (ast)
• Basque: berdexka
• Breton: arc'hlas (br), damc'hlas (br)
• Catalan: verdós (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 呈綠色的／呈绿色的 (chénglǜsè de)

• Czech: zelenavý (cs)
• Danish: grønlig (da)
• Dutch: groenachtig (nl)
• Esperanto: verdeta
• Estonian: rohekas
• Finnish: vihertävä (fi)
• French: verdâtre (fr), verdouillard (fr)
• Galician: verdoso, verdello, averdado
• Georgian: მომწვანო (momc̣vano)
• German: grünlich (de)
• Greek: πρασινωπός (el) (prasinopós)
• Hebrew: יְרַקְרַק (he) (y'rakrák)
• Hungarian: zöldes (hu)
• Ido: verdatra (io)
• Irish: scothghlas
• Italian: verdastro (it), verdognolo (it)
• Kalmyk: ноһавтр (noğavtr)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: kesk (ku), keske (ku)

• Latin: pallens
• Latvian: iezaļš, zaļgans, iezaļgans
• Macedonian: зеленкав (zelenkav), зеленикав (zelenikav)
• Marathi: हिरवट (hirvaṭ)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: grønnaktig, grønnlig

  Nynorsk: grønaktig

• Polish: zielonawy (pl), zielonkawy (pl)
• Portuguese: esverdeado (pt) m
• Romanian: verzui (ro), verziu (ro), verzuriu
• Russian: зеленова́тый (ru) (zelenovátyj)
• Spanish: verdoso (es)
• Swedish: grönaktig (sv)
• Turkish: yeşilimtırak (tr), yeşilimsi (tr)
• Ukrainian: зеленува́тий (zelenuvátyj), зеленкува́тий (zelenkuvátyj), зелена́вий (zelenávyj), зеленя́вий (zelenjávyj)
• Vietnamese: hơi lục
• Volapük: grünilik (vo)

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