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grass-green

adj · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of a bright green color, like that of grass.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A bright green color, like that of grass.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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History

Etymology

From Middle English grasgrene, from Old English græsgrēne, from Proto-West Germanic *grasagrōnī, from Proto-Germanic *grasagrōniz, equivalent to grass + green.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: grasgroen — Of a bright green color, like that of grass.
  • Bulgarian: яркозелен (jarkozelen) — Of a bright green color, like that of grass.
  • Bulgarian: тревнозелен (trevnozelen) — Of a bright green color, like that of grass.
  • Chinese Cantonese: 草綠 /草绿 (cou2 luk6) — Of a bright green color, like that of grass.
  • Hakka Chinese: 草青 (cau3 qiang1) — Of a bright green color, like that of grass.
  • Chinese Mandarin: 草綠色 /草绿色 (cǎo-lǜsè) — Of a bright green color, like that of grass.
  • Chinese Mandarin: 草綠 /草绿 (cǎolǜ) — Of a bright green color, like that of grass.
  • Min Nan Chinese: 草青 (chháu-chhen) — Of a bright green color, like that of grass.
  • Wu Chinese: 草青 (5tshau-chin) — Of a bright green color, like that of grass.
  • Danish: græsgrøn — Of a bright green color, like that of grass.
  • Dutch: grasgroen — Of a bright green color, like that of grass.
  • Finnish: ruohonvihreä — Of a bright green color, like that of grass.
  • French: vert herbe — Of a bright green color, like that of grass.
  • German: grasgrün — Of a bright green color, like that of grass.
  • Hungarian: fűzöld — Of a bright green color, like that of grass.
  • Icelandic: grasgrænn — Of a bright green color, like that of grass.
  • Italian: verde erba — Of a bright green color, like that of grass.
  • Korean: 초록색 (choroksaek) — Of a bright green color, like that of grass.
  • Korean: 초록빛 (chorokbit) — Of a bright green color, like that of grass.
  • Russian: травянисто-зелёный (travjanisto-zeljónyj) — Of a bright green color, like that of grass.
  • Swahili: chanikiwiti — Of a bright green color, like that of grass.
  • Swedish: gräsgrön — Of a bright green color, like that of grass.