verde

See also: Verde, vérde, and vèrde

Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin virdis, virdem, from Latin viridis, viridem, cognate with English verdure, various Romance homonyms on this page, French vert, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾde/, [ˈbeɾ.ð̞e]

Adjective

verde c (plural verdes)

1. green

Noun

verde m (plural verdes)

1. The color green

Derived terms

• verdura

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Corsican

U culore verde.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

verde (plural verdi)

1. green

Noun

verde m (plural verdi)

1. green
2. (mineralogy) smaragdite

References

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

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Dutch

Etymology

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

Adjective

verde

1. Obsolete form of verre.

Anagrams

• dreve, veder, vrede

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Esperanto

Adverb

verde

1. greenly
   green:  

Related terms

• verda (“green”, adjective)
• verdi (“to be green”, verb)
• verdo (“the color green”, noun)

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Galician

Devesa do Oribio, Lugo, Galicia

Verdes ("unripe")

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese verde, from Vulgar Latin virdis, virdem, from Latin viridis, viridem. Cognate with English verdure, various Romance homonyms on this page, French vert, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbeɾðɪ]

Adjective

verde m or f (plural verdes)

1. green
2. unripe
3. (archaic) green or blue
   • c1300, R. Martínez López (ed.), 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

verde m (plural verdes)

1. The color green

Derived terms

• verdello
• verdura

See also

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

• “verde” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “verde” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “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.

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Interlingua

Adjective

verde

1. green

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin virdis, virdem, from (optional in Classical Latin, widespread in Vulgar Latin) syncopation of viridis, viridem, from vireō, cognate with English verdure, various Romance homonyms on this page, French vert, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈver.de/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -erde
• Hyphenation: vér‧de

Adjective

verde (plural verdi)

1. green
2. pale
3. unripe

Noun

verde m (plural verdi)

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

Related terms

• inverdire
• verdastro
• verdazzurro
• verdeggiare
• verdemare, verde mare
• verde oliva
• verde olivastro
• verdiccio
• verdognolo
• verdone
• verdura
• verduzzo

 

See also

Colors in Italian · colori (layout · text)

bianco	grigio	nero
rosso; cremisi	arancione; marrone	giallo; 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
violetto; indaco	magenta; viola	rosa; fucsia; porpora

Anagrams

• veder

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Adjective

verde

1. definite singular of verd
2. plural of verd

Etymology 2

Noun

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

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by verd n
2. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by verdi m

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin virdis, virdem, from Latin viridis, viridem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈβeɾ.de/

Adjective

verde m or f (plural verdes)

1. green
   • 13th century, Cancioneiro da Ajuda, João Garcia de Guilhade, A 229: Amigos, non poss'eu negar (facsimile)

     [O]s ollos uerdes que eu ui / me façen ora andar aſſi.

     The green eyes which I have seen / have made me now be like this.

Descendants

• Fala: verdi
• Galician: verde
• Portuguese: verde
  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: verdi
  • Kabuverdianu: verdi
  • Papiamentu: bèrdè

See also

Colors in Old Portuguese · coores, colores (layout · text)

branco, blanco, alvo	gris	negro, preto
vermello	castanho	amarelo
	verde
		azur
	cardẽo	rosa

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Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin viridis.

Adjective

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

• Ladino: vedre
• Spanish: verde

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Portuguese

verde

Etymology

From Old Portuguese verde (“green”), from Vulgar Latin virdis, virdem, from Latin viridis, viridem (“green”). Doublet of víride.

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

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈveɾ.dɨ/
• (Brasiliense, Capixaba, Fluminense) IPA^(key): /ˈveʁ.dʒi/
• (Caipira, Sertanejo) IPA^(key): /ˈveɻ.dʒi/
• (Northeastern Brazil, Baiano) IPA^(key): /ˈveh.di/
• (Mineiro) IPA^(key): /ˈveh.dʒi/
• (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈveɹ.dʒɪ/
• (Portuñol Riverense) IPA^(key): /ˈveɾ.de/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈveɻ.dʒɪ/, IPA^(key): /ˈveɾ.de/

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Adjective

verde m or f (plural verdes, comparable)

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

• Cabo Verde
• verdura

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: verdi
• Kabuverdianu: verdi
• Papiamentu: bèrdè

Noun

verde m (plural verdes)

1. green (color)
2. greenery, vegetation

   Synonyms: verdura, vegetação, natureza

Related terms

• antiverde
• enverdecer
• esverdeado
• verdejar
• vergel

 

See also

Colors in Portuguese · cores (layout · text)

branco, alvo, cândido	cinza, gris, cinzento	preto, negro, atro
vermelho, salmão, encarnado, rubro; carmim	laranja, cor-de-laranja; castanho, marrom	amarelo; creme, ocre
verde-limão	verde, verde claro	verde-água, menta
ciano, turquesa; azul-petróleo	azul céu, azul-celeste	azul
violeta, lilás; índigo, anil	magenta; roxo, púrpura	rosa, cor-de-rosa,pink

Further reading

• “verde” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Romanian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin virdis, virdem, from Latin viridis, viridem, cognate with various Romance homonyms on this page, French vert, etc. Related to English verdure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈver.de/

• Audio

  (file)

Adjective

verde m or f or n (plural verzi)

1. green

Declension

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

verde n (uncountable)

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

Declension

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

• verzui

Related terms

• înverzi
• verdeață
• varză

See also

Colors in Romanian · culori (layout · text)

alb	gri	negru
roșu; carmin	portocaliu; maro	galben; crem
	verde
cyan	bleu	albastru
violet; indigo	mov; purpură	roz

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish verde, from Vulgar Latin virdis, virdem, from Latin viridis, viridem, cognate with English verdure and verdant, Catalan verd, French vert, as well as various homonyms on this page.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾde/, [ˈbeɾ.ð̞e]

• Audio (Spain)

  (file)

Adjective

verde (plural verdes)

1. green in colour

   La puerta es verde.

   The door is green.

2. unripe
3. (figuratively) inexperienced; naïve
4. (figuratively) risqué, naughty

   ¿Están verdes los vestidos?

   Are the dresses risqué?

5. (figuratively) dirty, coarse

   Esos son chistes verdes

   Those are dirty jokes.

6. (figuratively) unwell; sick

   ¿Estás verde?

   Are you unwell?

7. green (eco-friendly)

Usage notes

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

verde m (plural verdes)

1. green (colour)

Derived terms

• albiverde
• billete verde
• enverdecer
• más raro que un perro verde
• poner verde
• punto verde
• rabo verde
• salsa verde
• verdear
• verde de París
• verde de Scheele
• verde-París
• verde París
• verdura

 

Related terms

• vergel

Descendants

• → Aklanon: berde
• → Basque: berde
• → Cebuano: berde
• → Chamorro: betde
• → Hiligaynon: berde
• → Inabaknon: berde
• → Tagalog: berde

See also

Colors in Spanish · colores (layout · text)

blanco	gris	negro
rojo; carmín, carmesí	naranja, anaranjado; marrón	amarillo; crema
lima	verde	menta
cian; azul-petróleo	azur	azul
violeta; añil, índigo	magenta; morado, púrpura	rosa

Further reading

• “verde” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.