Asturian

Adjective

verde c ‎(plural verdes)

1. green

Noun

verde m ‎(plural verdes)

1. The color green

Corsican

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈβɛr.dɛ/

Adjective

verde

1. green

Dutch

Etymology

Germanic: 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

Esperanto

Adverb

verde

1. greenly

   green colour:

Related terms

• verda ‎(“green”)
• verdi ‎(“to be green”)
• verdo ‎(“the color green”)

Galician

Etymology

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

Adjective

verde m, f (plural verdes)

1. green
2. unripe

Noun

verde m ‎(plural verdes)

1. The color green

See also

Interlingua

Adjective

verde

1. green

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈver.de/, [ˈver.d̪e]
• Hyphenation: vér‧de

Adjective

verde m, f ‎(masculine and feminine 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

See also

Anagrams

• veder

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

verde

1. definite singular of verd
2. plural form of verd

Old Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈβeɾ.de/

Adjective

verde m 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

See also

Portuguese

verde

Etymology

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

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.ðɨ/
• (Brazilian, standard, fluminense, capixaba, brasiliense) IPA^(key): /ˈveʁ.dʒi/
• (Paulista, urban Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈveɾ.d(ʒ)i/
• (Caipira, sertanejo) IPA^(key): /ˈveɻ.dʒi/
• (rural Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈveɻ.de/
• (Nordestino, baiano) IPA^(key): /ˈveh.di/
• (Northern Brazil, mineiro) IPA^(key): /ˈveh.dʒi/
• (rural far southern Brazil, gaúcho da pama, Riverense Portuñol) IPA^(key): /ˈveɾ.de/

Adjective

verde m, f ‎(plural verdes)

1. green

Derived terms

• Cabo Verde

Noun

verde m (plural verdes)

1. The color green

Related terms

See also

Romanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈver.de/

Adjective

verde m, f, n ‎(plural verzi)

1. green

Declension

Noun

verde n ‎(uncountable)

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

Declension

Derived terms

• verzui

Related terms

• înverzi
• verdeață
• varză

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbeɾ.ðe]

Adjective

verde m, f ‎(plural verdes)

1. green in colour

   La puerta es verde.‎

   The door is green.

2. unripe
3. inexperienced; naïve
4. risqué, naughty

   ¿Están verdes los vestidos?‎

   Are the dresses risqué?

5. dirty, coarse

   Esos son chistes verdes‎

   Those are dirty jokes.

6. 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)

See also