verdure

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈvɜːd͡ʒə/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈvɜːdjə/
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• General-American: /ˈvɝd͡ʒɚ/
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)dʒə(ɹ)
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• homophone: verger (one pronunciation)
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Inherited from Middle English verdure, from Middle French verdure, from Old French verdure, from Late Latin *viridūra, from viridis (“green”) + -ūra (abstract noun-forming suffix).

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: зе́лень (zjéljenʹ) — greenness, vegetation
• Belarusian: зеляні́на (zjeljanína) — greenness, vegetation
• Bulgarian: зеленина́ (zeleniná) — greenness, vegetation
• Chinese Mandarin: 青蔥 /青葱 (qīngcōng) — greenness, vegetation
• Chinese Mandarin: 蒼翠 /苍翠 (cāngcuì) — greenness, vegetation
• Czech: zeleň — greenness, vegetation
• Finnish: vehreys — greenness, vegetation
• Finnish: rehevyys — greenness, vegetation
• Finnish: vihreys — greenness, vegetation
• French: verdure — greenness, vegetation
• Galician: verdura — greenness, vegetation
• Galician: verdor — greenness, vegetation
• Georgian: სიმწვანე (simc̣vane) — greenness, vegetation
• Georgian: მცენარეულობა (mcenareuloba) — greenness, vegetation
• Georgian: ფოთლეულობა (potleuloba) — greenness, vegetation
• German: Grün — greenness, vegetation
• German: Wuchs — greenness, vegetation
• German: Pflanzenwuchs — greenness, vegetation
• Polish: zieleń — greenness, vegetation
• Portuguese: verdor — greenness, vegetation
• Portuguese: vegetação — greenness, vegetation
• Russian: зе́лень (zélenʹ) — greenness, vegetation
• Spanish: verdor — greenness, vegetation
• Spanish: verdura — greenness, vegetation
• Swedish: grönska — greenness, vegetation
• Turkish: yeşillik — greenness, vegetation
• Ottoman Turkish: یشیللك (yeşillik) — greenness, vegetation
• Ukrainian: зе́лень (zélenʹ) — greenness, vegetation
• Vietnamese: thảm thực vật — greenness, vegetation
• Welsh: gwyrddni — greenness, vegetation
• Bulgarian: све́жест (svéžest) — condition of health and vigour
• Chinese Mandarin: 勃勃生机 (bóbóshēngjī) — condition of health and vigour
• Chinese Mandarin: 万物竞发 (wànwùjìngfā) — condition of health and vigour
• Finnish: elinvoima — condition of health and vigour
• Finnish: kukoistus — condition of health and vigour
• Finnish: kukkeus — condition of health and vigour
• French: vigueur — condition of health and vigour
• German: Kraft — condition of health and vigour
• Portuguese: verdor — condition of health and vigour
• Russian: све́жесть (svéžestʹ) — condition of health and vigour
• Swedish: friskhet — condition of health and vigour
• Welsh: hoen — condition of health and vigour