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Pronunciation

Noun

green (plural greens)

  1. The colour of growing foliage, as well as other plant cells containing chlorophyll; the colour between yellow and blue in the visible spectrum; one of the primary additive colour for transmitted light; the colour obtained by subtracting red and blue from white light using cyan and yellow filters.
  2. (politics, sometimes capitalised as Green) A member of a green party.
  3. (in plural greens) Green vegetables, especially brassicas.
    Eat your greens - they're good for you.
bright green colour:    

Translations

colour

  • Javanese: ijo, ijem
  • Latvian: zaļš (1), zaļais (2)
  • Persian: سَبز (sæbz)
  • Polish: zieleń f
  • Slovene : zelena f
  • Spanish: verde m
  • Wunese Soochownese (Rúnüt Suodsy-réro): lor, lorgneser


member of a green party

  • French: vert m, verte f
  • Italian: verde m and f


green vegetables


Adjective

green (comparative greener, superlative greenest)

  1. Having green as its colour.
  2. Sickly, unwell.
    Sally looks pretty green -- is she going to hurl?
  3. Inexperienced.
    John's kind of green, so take it easy on him this first week.
  4. Environmentally friendly.
    Let's buy green copier paper for the office

Translations

having green as its colour

  • Afrikaans: groen
  • Albanian: gjelbër
  • Bosnian: zelena f
  • Breton : glas (natural), gwer (artificial)
  • Catalan: verd m, verda f (ca)
  • Corsican: verdi
  • Czech: zelený
  • Danish: grøn
  • Dutch: groen, groentje n
  • Esperanto: verda
  • Estonian: roheline
  • Finnish: vihreä
  • French: vert m, verte f
  • Frisian: grien
  • German: grün (de)
  • Greek: πράσινος
  • Hebrew: ירוק
  • Hungarian: zöld
  • Icelandic: grænn
  • Indonesian: hijau
  • Interlingua: verde
  • Irish: glas, uaine
  • Italian: verde
  • Japanese: (みどり, midori)
  • Latin: virditas
  • Manchu: (niowanggiyan)
  • Norwegian: grønn
  • Persian: سَبز (sæbz)
  • Polish: zielony m, zielona f, zielone n plural non-m-personal, zieloni m-personal plural
  • Portuguese: verde
  • Quenya: laiqua
  • Romanian: verde
  • Russian: зелёный (zeleniy)
  • Serbian: zelena
  • Slovak: zelená
  • Slovene: zelen m, zelena f, zeleno n
  • Spanish: verde
  • Swedish: grön
  • Vietnamese: mầu xanh
  • Welsh: gwyrdd
  • Wunese Soochownese (Rúnüt Suodsy-réro): lorg


sickly


inexperienced

  • Dutch: translates as noun: Paul is green - Paul is een groentje
  • French: peu experimenté m, peu experimentée f, bleu (noun): Paul is green - Paul est peu experimenté or Paul est un bleu


environmentally friendly


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