vert
English
/vɜːt/, /vɝt/
noun
Definitions
- (tincture) A green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees counter-clockwise.
- (archaic) Green undergrowth or other vegetation growing in a forest, as a potential cover for deer.
- (archaic) The right to fell trees or cut shrubs in a forest.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English vert derived from Old French vert derived from Latin viridis (green, green in colour, fresh green).
Origin
Latin
viridis
Gloss
green, green in colour, fresh green
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
緑
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- extroversion English
- extrovert English
- extrovertish English
- extrovertist English
- extrovertness English
- verdurous English
- verjuice English
- virid English
- viridite English
- *virdia Latin
- atroviridis Latin
- capellus viridis Latin
- virdis, virdem Latin
- viridarium Latin
- viridesco Latin
- viridiflorus Latin
- viridis Latin
- Kaapverdië Dutch, Flemish
- vert French
- verde Spanish, Castilian
- antiverde Portuguese
- verde Portuguese
- verdura Portuguese
- vergeous Middle English
- vert Middle English
- vert sauce Middle English
- vert Old French
- gwyrdd Welsh
- vaert Norman
- vèrt Norman
- verd Middle French
- verde Old Portuguese
- nverdu Aromanian
- veard Romansh
- verde Old Spanish
- bèrdè Papiamentu
- gwer Breton
- gwer Cornish
- gwyrdh Cornish
- vèrde Ligurian
- verdi Kabuverdianu
- vert Walloon
- vord Bourguignon
- birde Sardinian
- verdi Guinea-Bissau Creole