green
English
/ɡɹiːn/, /ɡɹin/
adj
Definitions
- Having green as its color.
- (figurative) Sickly, unwell.
- Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.
- (figurative) Inexperienced.
- (figurative) Naive or unaware of obvious facts.
- (figurative) Overcome with envy.
- (figurative) environmentally Environmentally friendly.
- (cricket) Describing a pitch which, even if there is no visible grass, still contains a significant amount of moisture.
- (dated) Of bacon or similar smallgoods: unprocessed, raw, unsmoked; not smoked or spiced.
- (dated) Not fully roasted; half raw.
- Of freshly cut wood or lumber that has not been dried: containing moisture and therefore relatively more flexible or springy.
- (wine) High or too high in acidity.
- Full of life and vigour; fresh and vigorous; new; recent.
- (Philippines) Having a sexual connotation.
- (particle physics) Having a color charge of green.
- Being or relating to the green green currencies of the European Union.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English grene inherited from Old English grēne (green) inherited from *grōnī inherited from Proto-Germanic *grōniz (green) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (grow, become green), *gʰreh₁- (grow, become green).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʰreh₁-
Gloss
grow, become green
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Green English
- Green Hammerton English
- Green Zone English
- Greenacre English
- Greenbacker English
- Greencastle English
- Greencloth English
- Greenfield English
- Greenist English
- Greenland English
- Greenlander English
- Greenlandic English
- Greenlandification English
- Greenlandish English
- Greenpeace English
- Greenpeacer English
- Greenville English
- Greenvillian English
- acre English
- antigreen English
- aye English
- ayegreen English
- back English
- blue English
- blue-green English
- bone English
- bottle English
- brier English
- broke English
- bug English
- castle English
- checkered English
- chop English
- cliff English
- cliffgreen English
- cloth English
- crop English
- engreen English
- ever English
- evergreen English
- eye English
- faced English
- feed English
- field English
- finch English
- fish English
- fly English
- fodder English
- gage English
- ghrelin English
- gill English
- grass English
- grass-green English
- green mamba English
- green-eyed monster English
- green-white-checkered English
- greenable English
- greenage English
- greenback English
- greenbackism English
- greenbone English
- greenbottle English
- greenbrier English
- greenbroke English
- greenbug English
- greenchop English
- greencrop English
- greenery English
- greeneye English
- greenfaced English
- greenfeed English
- greenfield English
- greenfinch English
- greenfish English
- greenfly English
- greenfodder English
- greengage English
- greengagey English
- greengill English
- greengrocer English
- greengrocer's English
- greengroceress English
- greengrocery English
- greenhead English
- greenheart English
- greenhood English
- greenhouse English
- greenhouselike English
- greenie English
- greenify English
- greenish English
- greenishly English
- greenishness English
- greenism English
- greenkeeper English
- greenkeeping English
- greenlet English
- greenline English
- greenliner English
- greenling English
- greenly English
- greenmarket English
- greenness English
- greenout English
- greens English
- greensand English
- greenscamming English
- greenscape English
- greenschist English
- greenscreen English
- greenshank English
- greenshirt English
- greenshoe English
- greensick English
- greenside English
- greenskin English
- greensman English
- greenspace English
- greenspeak English
- greensperson English
- greenstone English
- greenstuff English
- greensward English
- greentech English
- greenth English
- greenward English
- greenware English
- greenway English
- greenweed English
- greenwing English
- greenwood English
- greeny English
- grocer English
- growth English
- head English
- heart English
- hood English
- house English
- hypergreen English
- keeper English
- keeping English
- khaki English
- khaki green English
- land English
- line English
- mamba English
- market English
- microgreen English
- monogreen English
- monster English
- multi-green English
- multigreen English
- nonevergreen English
- nongreen English
- nongreenhouse English
- out English
- outgreen English
- overgraze English
- peace English
- person English
- red English
- red-green English
- regreen English
- retrogreen English
- sand English
- scamming English
- schist English
- screen English
- semievergreen English
- sempergreen English
- shank English
- shirt English
- shoe English
- sick English
- side English
- skin English
- space English
- stone English
- stuff English
- sward English
- tech English
- ultragreen English
- ungreen English
- ungreenable English
- way English
- weed English
- white English
- wing English
- winter English
- wintergreen English
- wood English
- yellow English
- yellow-green English
- zone English
- evergreen Finnish
- griini Finnish
- gramen Latin
- herba Latin
- Grummet German
- Grünalge German
- Grüne German
- Grünfutter German
- Grünkern German
- Grünkohl German
- Grünling German
- Grünschenkel German
- Grünschnabel German
- Grünspan German
- Grünspecht German
- Grünzeug German
- Immergrün German
- apfelgrün German
- blassgrün German
- blaugrün German
- dunkelgrün German
- flaschengrün German
- gelbgrün German
- giftgrün German
- goldgrün German
- grasgrün German
- grün German
- grünblau German
- grüngelb German
- grünlich German
- hellgrün German
- jadegrün German
- jägergrün German
- lichtgrün German
- lindgrün German
- meeresgrün German
- neongrün German
- olivgrün German
- rot-grün German
- smaragdgrün German
- sommergrün German
- tiefgrün German
- evergreen Italian
- Groenland Dutch, Flemish
- appelblauwzeegroen Dutch, Flemish
- appelgroen Dutch, Flemish
- bladgroen Dutch, Flemish
- blauwgroen Dutch, Flemish
- eendengroen Dutch, Flemish
- etgroen Dutch, Flemish
- groen Dutch, Flemish
- groenachtig Dutch, Flemish
- groenblauw Dutch, Flemish
- groenblijvend Dutch, Flemish
- groenig Dutch, Flemish
- groente Dutch, Flemish
- groenwier Dutch, Flemish
- olijfgroen Dutch, Flemish
- veldgroen Dutch, Flemish
- φορβή Ancient Greek
- *gʰreH₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰreh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰrōni- Proto-Indo-European
- dypgrønn Norwegian Bokmål
- eviggrønn Norwegian Bokmål
- grønn Norwegian Bokmål
- grønnaktig Norwegian Bokmål
- grønnkål Norwegian Bokmål
- grønnlig Norwegian Bokmål
- grønnsak Norwegian Bokmål
- grønnskifer Norwegian Bokmål
- grøntområde Norwegian Bokmål
- lysegrønn Norwegian Bokmål
- mørkegrønn Norwegian Bokmål
- olivengrønn Norwegian Bokmål
- smaragdgrønn Norwegian Bokmål
- vintergrønn Norwegian Bokmål
- *grasą Proto-Germanic
- *grōaną Proto-Germanic
- *grōniz Proto-Germanic
- Grönland Swedish
- evergreen Swedish
- grön Swedish
- grön biätare Swedish
- grönaktig Swedish
- grönbena Swedish
- grönfink Swedish
- gröngöling Swedish
- grönkål Swedish
- grönmes Swedish
- grönsak Swedish
- grönsiska Swedish
- grönsångare Swedish
- rödgrön Swedish
- turkosgrön Swedish
- グリーンランド Japanese
- eirgrøn Norwegian Nynorsk
- grøn Norwegian Nynorsk
- grønskifer Norwegian Nynorsk
- grøntområde Norwegian Nynorsk
- smaragdgrøn Norwegian Nynorsk
- grasian Old English
- grene Old English
- grenian Old English
- grennes Old English
- grēne Old English
- singrene Old English
- grasgrene Middle English
- grene Middle English
- grene wode Middle English
- grenes Middle English
- grenyssh Middle English
- ungrene Middle English
- grœnn Old Norse
- grǿnn Old Norse
- green Danish
- green Czech
- غرواس Persian
- groene Middle Dutch
- gruoni Old High German
- groen Afrikaans
- greenhouse Norman
- grüene Middle High German
- gréng Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *grōnī gmw-pro
- *gruoni Old Dutch
- gruoni Old Dutch
- gruan Cimbrian
- grümma Cimbrian
- grüun Cimbrian
- евергрин Macedonian
- groni Old Saxon
- grōni Old Saxon
- geriénts Alemannic German
- grien Alemannic German
- gréén Alemannic German
- grüen Alemannic German
- grün Alemannic German
- grø̄n, grøn Old Swedish
- imamba Zulu
- grien Western Frisian
- griente Western Frisian
- kūriin Marshallese
- grene Old Frisian
- grēne Old Frisian
- grün Volapük
- grünik Volapük
- grünikön Volapük
- grünön Volapük
- grünük Volapük
- grünükön Volapük
- grin Tok Pisin
- grinpela Tok Pisin
- grea' Mòcheno
- grie Pennsylvania German
- grun Sranan Tongo
- green North Frisian
- grian Bavarian
- grien Bavarian
- grin Bislama
- out
- way
- fly
- bug
- eye
- aye
- red
- chop
- gill
- feed
- wood
- skin
- hood
- acre
- blue
- sick
- head
- shoe
- back
- fish
- land
- gage
- line
- sand
- weed
- bone
- zone
- ever
- wing
- crop
- side
- tech
- shank
- khaki
- cloth
- Green
- faced
- space
- stone
- shirt
- mamba
- grass
- field
- white
- peace
- broke
- heart
- brier
- sward
- cliff
- finch
- house
- stuff
- yellow
- schist
- winter
- greens
- market
- keeper
- screen
- greeny
- grocer
- castle
- growth
- person
- bottle
- fodder
- keeping
- monster
- regreen
- greenly
- greenth
- ungreen
- engreen
- greenie
- ghrelin
- nongreen
- Greenist
- greenify
- greenism
- greenbug
- greenery
- greeneye
- ayegreen
- outgreen
- scamming
- greenage
- greenfly
- greenway
- greenlet
- greenout
- greenish
- Greenacre
- greengage
- greenhood
- greenskin
- greencrop
- greenwood
- greensand
- greenweed
- greenline
- overgraze
- greenness
- greenchop
- greenside
- greenbone
- greensick
- monogreen
- greenward
- checkered
- evergreen
- greengill
- greenback
- antigreen
- greenwing
- greensman
- greenfeed
- greenshoe
- red-green
- greentech
- greenware
- greenable
- greenhead
- Greenland
- greenling
- greenfish
- greenshank
- greenfinch
- greenstuff
- greenheart
- multigreen
- greenspeak
- greenshirt
- greensward
- Greenfield
- blue-green
- greenbrier
- hypergreen
- ultragreen
- microgreen
- greenfield
- Greenpeace
- retrogreen
- greenscape
- greenspace
- cliffgreen
- greenhouse
- greenliner
- greenfaced
- greenbroke
- Greenville
- greenstone
- Green Zone
- Greencloth
- greenishly
- greengagey
- greenbottle
- khaki green
- grass-green
- wintergreen
- greenscreen
- Greenbacker
- green mamba
- multi-green
- Greenlandic
- Greenpeacer
- greenkeeper
- ungreenable
- Greenlander
- greenfodder
- greenschist
- Greencastle
- sempergreen
- greenmarket
- greengrocer
- greensperson
- Greenvillian
- greenbackism
- nonevergreen
- greengrocery
- greenkeeping
- Greenlandish
- greenishness
- yellow-green
- nongreenhouse
- greengrocer's
- greenscamming
- semievergreen
- greenhouselike
- greengroceress
- Green Hammerton
- Greenlandification
- green-eyed monster
- green-white-checkered