verdant

English

Etymology

From Middle French verdoyant, from Old French verb verdier, verdoier, from vert (“green”), from Vulgar Latin *virdis, from Latin viridis.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈvɝ.dənt/

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Adjective

verdant (comparative more verdant, superlative most verdant)

1. Green in colour.

   Synonyms: greenly, (literary, poetic) virid

2. Abundant in verdure; lush with vegetation.
   • 1796, Francois Le Vaillant, New Travels into the Interior Parts of Africa By Way of the Cape of Good Hope in the Years 1783, 84 and 85, G.G. And J. Robinson, page 224:

     It was a verdant and delightful valley, watered by a rivulet ...

   • 1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter VI, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC:

     A serene sky and verdant fields filled me with ecstasy.

3. Fresh.
4. Inexperienced.

   a verdant youth from the interior of Connecticut

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Related terms

• verdancy
• verdantly
• verdure
• verdurous
• vert
• virid

 

Translations

green

• Bulgarian: зелен (bg) (zelen), свеж (bg) (svež)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 青 (zh) (qīng),苍翠 (zh) (cāngcuì),葱绿 (zh) (Cōnglǜ)

• Dutch: groen (nl) n
• Finnish: vihreä (fi)
• French: verdoyant (fr), vert (fr)
• Galician: verde (gl)
• Georgian: მწვანე (ka) (mc̣vane)
• German: grün (de)
• Greek: πράσινος (el) m (prásinos)
• Italian: verde (it) m
• Macedonian: зе́лен (zélen)
• Maori: mata (mi), matomato
• Norwegian: grønn (no)
• Polish: zielenisty m, zielony (pl) m
• Portuguese: verdejante (pt)
• Romanian: verde (ro)
• Russian: зелёный (ru) (zeljónyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: (plants) gorm
• Spanish: verde (es)
• Swedish: grön (sv) c

abundant in verdure

• Bulgarian: зелен (bg) (zelen)
• Dutch: weelderig (nl) n
• Finnish: vihanta (fi), vehreä (fi), rehevä (fi), vehmas (fi)
• French: verdoyant (fr), luxuriant (fr)
• Galician: verdoso
• Georgian: მწვანე (ka) (mc̣vane)
• German: üppig (de), grünend (de)
• Greek: χλοερός (el) m (chloerós)
• Ingrian: haljas
• Italian: verdeggiante (it)
• Macedonian: зе́лен (zélen)
• Maori: matomato
• Portuguese: verdejante (pt)
• Romanian: luxuriant (ro)
• Russian: зелёный (ru) (zeljónyj)

fresh

• Bulgarian: свеж (bg) (svež)
• Dutch: vers (nl) n, fris (nl) n
• Finnish: vihanta (fi), vehreä (fi), vihreä (fi)
• Georgian: ახალი (axali)
• German: frisch (de)
• Greek: χλωρός (el) m (chlorós)
• Macedonian: свеж (svež)
• Romanian: proaspăt (ro)
• Russian: све́жий (ru) (svéžij)

inexperienced

• Bulgarian: незрял (bg) (nezrjal), неопитен (bg) (neopiten)
• Dutch: onervaren (nl)
• Finnish: vihreä (fi)
• Galician: verde (gl)
• Georgian: გამოუცდელი (gamoucdeli)
• German: unerfahren (de), grün hinter den Ohren, unreif (de)
• Greek: άγουρος (el) m (ágouros)
• Macedonian: не́зрел (nézrel), неи́скусен (neískusen)
• Romanian: ageamiu (ro)
• Russian: зелёный (ru) (zeljónyj), нео́пытный (ru) (neópytnyj)

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Translations to be checked

• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 蒼翠／苍翠 (zh) (cāngcuì)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} verdoso (es)

See also

• Appendix:Colors

Anagrams

• ventrad