chartreuse
See also: Chartreuse
English
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sense 1
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sense 4
Etymology
Borrowed from French chartreuse. Doublet of charterhouse.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ʃɑːˈtɹɜːz/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ʃɑɹˈtɹuːz/, /ʃɑɹˈtɹuːs/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)z, -uːz, -uːs
Noun
chartreuse (countable and uncountable, plural chartreuses)
- A yellow or green liqueur made by Carthusian monks.
- 1921, Booth Tarkington, Harlequin and Columbine:
- Old Tinker, in evening dress, sat uncomfortably, sideways, upon the edge of a wicker and brocade “chaise lounge,” finishing a tiny glass of chartreuse, while Talbot Potter, in the middle of the room, took leave of a second guest who had been dining with him.
- (color) A greenish-yellow color.
- 1975, C.W. McCall and Chip Davis (lyrics), “Convoy”, in Black Bear Road, performed by C. W. McCall:
- Well, we shot the line and we went for broke
With a thousand screamin' trucks
An' eleven long-haired Friends a' Jesus
In a chartreuse microbus.
- chartreuse (HTML):
- bright chartreuse (Pantone):
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- (art) A kind of enamelled pottery.
- (cooking) A French dish of vegetables (and sometimes meat) wrapped tightly in a decorative layer of salad or vegetable leaves and cooked in a dome-shaped mould.
- 1977, Apicius, Joseph Dommers Vehling, Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome (page 238)
- ARRANGE DIFFERENT KINDS OF COOKED VEGETABLES IN A CASSEROLE […] The dish resembles a chartreuse.
- 1977, Apicius, Joseph Dommers Vehling, Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome (page 238)
Adjective
chartreuse (not comparable)
- Of a bright yellowish-green colour.
Translations
of a bright yellowish-green colour
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See also
- Appendix:Colors
Further reading
chartreuse (liqueur) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
chartreuse (color) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
chartreuse (dish) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Etymology
From the Chartreux (“Carthusian monks”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃaʁ.tʁøz/
Audio (file)
Noun
chartreuse f (plural chartreuses)
- chartreuse (liqueur)
- (originally) Grande Chartreuse; or any Carthusian monastery (a charterhouse)
Descendants
- → English: chartreuse
- → English: charterhouse
Adjective
chartreuse
- feminine singular of chartreux
Further reading
- “chartreuse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Chartreuse (liqueur)