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Green

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.

Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹiːn/, [ˈɡɹʷɪi̯n]

What “Green” means

Noun

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.
A member of a green party; an environmentalist.
A putting green, the part of a golf course near the hole.
The surface upon which bowls is played.
One of the color balls used in snooker, with a value of 3 points.

Adj

Of a green hue.
Sickly, unwell.
Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.
Inexperienced.
Islamist.

Verb

To make or turn (something) green or greener.
To become or grow green in color.
To add greenspaces to (a town, etc.).
To become environmentally aware.
To make (something) environmentally friendly.

Intj

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

Where the word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *gróh₁nis Proto-Germanic *grōniz 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, Faroese grønur, Icelandic grænn. The sense of obscene, pornographic, or sexual in the Philippines is a semantic loan from Spanish verde. In other varieties of English, blue is the color instead associated with obscenity or pornography.

From Middle English grenen, from Old English grēnian (“to become green, flourish”), from Proto-West Germanic *grōnijan, from Proto-Germanic *grōnijōną, *grōnijaną (“to become green”), from the adjective (see above). Cognate with Saterland Frisian gräinje, German Low German grönen, German grünen, Swedish gröna, Icelandic gróna.

From the colors used on traffic lights; green being the one that allows vehicles to move on.

Meanings and etymology from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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