green

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Also spelled greene

US /ɡɹin/ UK /ɡɹiːn/ See IPA manual

Freq #1011

Meanings

1

noun
The colour of grass and leaves, between yellow and blue.

She painted the door a bright green.
2

adj
Having the colour of grass and leaves.

The fields turned green after the spring rain.
3

adj
Concerned with protecting the environment.

The company switched to green energy to cut pollution.
4

verb
To become green, or to make an area greener with plants.

The trees begin to green as soon as spring arrives.

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1 noun · the colour of grass and... emerald lime

3 adj · concerned with protecting... environmentalist

More grass-greenhoneydewlodenmalachite mintsmaragdinevirid

Word family

Forms greenestgreenlygreennessgreens

Derived forms ayegreenbleenblue-greenbullagreenengreenevergreengrass-greengreen-backedgreen-baggreen-bedgreen-bindgreen-black

Related forms blue chlorophyl envy grassgreensgullible ill inexperienced leaves lime new orange

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bluish green
a green color with a noticeable blue tint

Adjective + noun
green manure
a crop grown to be mixed into soil to improve its fertility

Adjective + noun
jade green
a pale shade of green resembling jade stone

Noun + noun
vivid green
A bright, strong shade of green.

Adjective + noun
green monkey
a savannah monkey with greenish-gray fur on its back and a yellowish tail

Adjective + noun

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It's not easy being green

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A Glowing Gleam
A glowing gleam glowing green.

Switch between /ɡl/ in glowing and gleam and /ɡɹ/ in green. Keep each cluster together without an extra vowel after /ɡ/.

Simplified etymology

Green is an Old English word associated with the colour of living plants. It shares an earlier ancestor with grass.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *grōniz 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 a…

*gʰreh₁- Proto-Indo-European grene Middle English grēne Old English *grōnī Proto-West Germanic *grōniz Proto-Germanic

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# green

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun, adj, verb
**IPA (US):** /ɡɹin/
**IPA (UK):** /ɡɹiːn/
**Frequency rank:** 1011

## Meanings
1. The colour of grass and leaves, between yellow and blue.
2. Having the colour of grass and leaves.
3. Concerned with protecting the environment.
4. To become green, or to make an area greener with plants.

## Examples
- She painted the door a bright green.
- The fields turned green after the spring rain.
- The company switched to green energy to cut pollution.
- The trees begin to green as soon as spring arrives.

## Synonyms
- emerald
- grass-green
- honeydew
- loden
- malachite
- mint
- smaragdine
- virid

## Derived Forms
- ayegreen
- bleen
- blue-green
- bullagreen
- engreen
- evergreen
- grass-green
- green-backed
- green-bag
- green-bed
- green-bind
- green-black

## Related Forms
- blue
- chlorophyl
- envy
- grass
- greens
- gullible
- ill
- inexperienced
- leaves
- lime
- new
- orange

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *gʰreh₁-
- Root: grene
- Root: grēne
- Root: *grōnī
- Root: *grōniz

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *grōniz 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 a…

## AI Etymology
Green comes 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 historical chain runs through Proto-Germanic *grōniz, Proto-West Germanic *-ī, Proto-West Germanic *grōnī, Old English grēne, Middle English grene, and English green. In current use, the main senses are “The colour of grass and leaves, between yellow and blue” and “Having the colour of grass and leaves”.

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- General Vocabulary

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