verde

See also: Verde, vérde, and vèrde

Aragonese

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Latin viridis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾde/

Adjective

verde m (masculine plural verdes or verds, feminine verda, feminine plural verdas)

green

References

Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “verde”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Asturian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾde/, [ˈbeɾ.ð̞e]

Adjective

verde c (plural verdes)

green

Noun

verde m (plural verdes)

The color green

Derived terms

verdura

Corsican

U culore verde.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

verde (plural verzi)

green

Noun

verde m (plural verdi)

green
(mineralogy) smaragdite

References

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

Dutch

Etymology

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

Adjective

verde

Obsolete form of verre.

Anagrams

dreve, veder, vrede

Esperanto

Adverb

verde

greenly
green:

Related terms

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

Galician

Devesa do Oribio, Lugo, Galicia

Verdes ("unripe")

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈbeɾðɪ]

Adjective

verde m or f (plural verdes)

green
unripe
(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)

The color green

Derived terms

verdello
verdura

References

“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

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian, Spanish, or Portuguese verde.

Adjective

verde

green

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

verde (plural verdi)

green
pale
unripe

Noun

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

(color) green
verdure, greenery
(heraldry) vert

Related terms

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

Anagrams

veder

Leonese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Latin viridis.

Adjective

verde

green

References

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

verde

definite singular of verd
plural of verd

Noun

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

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

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Latin viridis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈβeɾ.de/

Adjective

verde m or f (plural verdes)

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 (see there for further descendants)

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈβeɾde/

Adjective

verde

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 (see there for further descendants)

Portuguese

verde

Etymology

From Old 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

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈveʁ.d͡ʒi/ [ˈveɦ.d͡ʒi]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈveɾ.d͡ʒi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈveʁ.d͡ʒi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈveɻ.de/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈveɾ.d(ɨ)/ [ˈveɾ.ð(ɨ)]

(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

verde m or f (plural verdes)

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

Derived terms

Cabo Verde
verdura

Descendants

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

Noun

verde m (plural verdes)

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

Related terms

antiverde
enverdecer
esverdeado
verdejar
vergel

Romanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈver.de/
Audio (file)

Adjective

verde m or f or n (plural verzi)

green

Declension

Declension of verde

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

Noun

verde n (uncountable)

green (colour)
(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

Spanish

Etymology

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

IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾde/ [ˈbeɾ.ð̞e]
Audio (Spain) (file)
Rhymes: -eɾde
Syllabification: ver‧de

Adjective

verde (plural verdes)

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

green (colour)

Derived terms

albiverde
billete verde
chile verde
enverdecer
luz verde
más raro que un perro verde
poner verde
poroto verde
punto verde
rabo verde
salsa verde
verdear
verde de París
verde de Scheele
verde-París
verde París
verdura
vía verde
zona verde

Related terms

vergel

Descendants

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

verde

Aragonese

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Asturian

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Corsican

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Dutch

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Esperanto

Adverb

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Galician

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Interlingua

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Italian

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Leonese

Etymology

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

Noun

Old Portuguese

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Descendants

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Old Spanish

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Portuguese

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Adjective

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Descendants

Noun

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Romanian

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