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verde

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 (color/colour)

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]
  • Rhymes: -eɾde
  • Hyphenation: ver‧de

Adjective edit

verde c (plural verdes)

  1. green (color/colour)

Noun edit

verde m (plural verdes)

  1. green (color/colour)

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 (color/colour)

Noun edit

verde m (plural verdi)

  1. green (color/colour)
  2. (mineralogy) smaragdite

References edit

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

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

A back-formation by analogy with the comparative verder.

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

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

Adjective edit

verde m or f (plural verdes)

  1. green (color/colour)
  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. green (color/colour)

Derived terms edit

See also edit

Colors in Galician · cores (layout · text)
     branco      gris      negro, preto
             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 (color/colour)

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 (color/colour)
  2. pale
  3. unripe

Noun edit

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

  1. green (color/colour)
  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 (color/colour)

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 (color/colour)

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 (color/colour)
    • 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:
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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 (color/colour)
  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/colour)
  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

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈver.de/
  • Audio (male voice):(file)
  • Audio (female voice):(file)
  • Rhymes: -erde
  • Hyphenation: ver‧de

Adjective edit

verde m or f or n (plural verzi)

  1. green (color/colour)

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 (color/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]
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɾde
  • Syllabification: ver‧de

Adjective edit

verde m or f (masculine and feminine plural verdes)

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

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 (color/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, rosado

Further reading edit

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