green

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The color of grass and leaves; a primary additive color midway between yellow and blue which is evoked by light between roughly 495–570 nm.
2. (capitalized, countable, sometimes, uncountable) A member of a green party; an environmentalist.
3. (countable, uncountable) A putting green, the part of a golf course near the hole.
4. (countable, uncountable) The surface upon which bowls is played.
5. (countable, uncountable) One of the color balls used in snooker, with a value of 3 points.
6. (British, countable, uncountable) A public patch of land in the middle of a settlement.
7. (countable, uncountable) A grassy plain; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage.
8. (countable, in-plural, uncountable) Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths.
9. (countable, uncountable) Any substance or pigment of a green color.
10. (countable, uncountable) A green light used as a signal.
11. (slang, uncountable) Marijuana.
12. (US, slang, uncountable) Money.
13. (countable, particle, uncountable) One of the three color charges for quarks.
14. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, informal, uncountable) Ellipsis of green room.

Adj

1. Of a green hue.
2. (figuratively) Sickly, unwell.
3. Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.
4. (figuratively) Inexperienced.
5. (capitalized, sometimes) Islamist.
6. (figuratively) Full of life and vigour; fresh and vigorous; new; recent; young.
7. (figuratively) Naive or unaware of obvious facts.
8. (figuratively) Overcome with envy.
9. (figuratively) Environmentally friendly.
10. (capitalized, sometimes) Of a green party, environmentalism-oriented.
11. Describing a pitch which, even if there is no visible grass, still contains a significant amount of moisture.
12. (dated) Of bacon or similar smallgoods: unprocessed, raw, unsmoked; not smoked or spiced.
13. (dated) Not fully roasted; half raw.
14. (historical) Of film: freshly processed by the laboratory and not yet fully physically hardened.
15. Of freshly cut wood or lumber that has not been dried: containing moisture and therefore relatively more flexible or springy.
16. High or too high in acidity.
17. (Philippines, informal) Having a sexual connotation; indecent; lewd; risqué; obscene; profane.
18. (particle) Having a color charge of green.
19. Being or relating to the green currencies of the European Union.
20. Subject to or involving a model of open access in which a published article is only available to read for free after an embargo period.
21. Of or pertaining to a part formed from compacted metal powder which has not yet undergone sintering to improve its strength.
22. Having a status (as correct, ready, or safe) denoted or coded by the color green.

Verb

1. (transitive) To make or turn (something) green or greener.
2. To become or grow green in color.
3. (transitive) To add greenspaces to (a town, etc.).
4. (intransitive) To become environmentally aware.
5. (transitive) To make (something) environmentally friendly.

Intj

Used to indicate that the speaker wishes to commence (or to continue a previously stopped) sexual activity.

Teenoorgestelde van

nongreen, ungreen, ripe, processed, smoked, spiced, cloy, sweet, antigreen

Sinonieme

unripe

blue

raw

young

fresh

immature

inexperienced

yellow

verdant

greenish

verdure

tender

park

🏞️

uncooked

lawn

wet

new

🆕

putting green

viridity

vegetable

gullible

unripened

naive

not yet ripe

not ripe

fleeceable

putting surface

unseasoned

wet behind the ears

damp

unfamiliar

greenhorn

unpracticed

yard

premature

grass

rookie

commons

mild

black

common

lush

lively

sky blue

jet

juvenile

field

callow

haggard

greenness

Vertalings

vert

verde

grün

verde

verde

groen

verd

yeşil

viridis

Grün

πράσινος

kesk

أخضر

unreif

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɡɹiːn/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: grene

Geërf van Old English: grēne

Verwante met Noord-Fries: green

Verwante met Fries: grien

Verwante met Nederlands: groen

Verwante met Nederduits: grön

Verwante met Duits: grün

Verwante met Deens: -

Verwante met Nuwe Noors: grøn

Verwante met Sweeds: grön

Verwante met Boeknoors: grønn

Verwante met Yslands: grænn

Geërf van Middle English: grenen

Geërf van Old English: grēnian

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: gräinje

Verwante met Duits: grünen

Verwante met Sweeds: gröna

Verwante met Yslands: gróna

In summary

Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *grōniz
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂
Proto-Germanic *-į̄
Proto-West Germanic *-ī
Proto-West Germanic *grōnī
Old English grēne
Middle English grene
English green
From Middle English grene, from Old English grēne, from Proto-West Germanic *grōnī, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow”). More at grow. Doublet of Gruen.
See also North Frisian green, West Frisian grien, Dutch groen, Low German grön, green, greun, German grün, Danish and Norwegian Nynorsk grøn, Swedish grön, Norwegian Bokmål grønn, Icelandic grænn.
The sense of obscene, pornographic, or sexual in the Philippines is from a calque of Spanish verde.

Sinne

The colors of the club are green and white .

The green color represents that of the Po Valley .

A young girl in a blue and green jacket is sledding .

Red and green bell peppers are high in para-coumaric acid .

I remember how I sat on the table there in the blackness , with patches of green and crimson swimming before my eyes .