verdure en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈvɜːdjə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈvɝd͡ʒɚ/ (General-American)
- /ˈvɜːd͡ʒə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology
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).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The greenness of lush or growing vegetation (greenery); also: the vegetation itself.
Through the brazen hours that followed high noon, we crept onwards through a tunnel of glittering verdure.
1952, Norman Lewis, Golden Earth:This is itself a cheerless spot, particularly on a rainy day, when, overshadowed by the great massif of rock that towers in the background, and surrounded by the grey and cheerless quarries, it has a depressing character much in contrast with the green verdure encountered on the northern end of this interesting branch line.
1954 August, H. M. Madgwick, “The Blaenau Festiniog Tunnel”, in Railway Magazine, page 569:The five weeks which she had now passed in Kent had made a great difference in the country, and every day was adding to the verdure of the early trees.
1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], Pride and Prejudice: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:[…] now he was / The ivy which had hid my princely trunk, / And suck'd my verdure out on't.
1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):To her belonged Amber Spring, the water which gave verdure and beauty to the village and made living possible on that wild purple upland waste.
1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 1, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC:
- (broadly, countable, uncountable) A condition of health and vigour.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| verdures | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Synonyms
verdancy · greenth · greenliness
Translations (42)
de Grün (greenness, vegetation) · es verdor (greenness, vegetation) · be зеляні́на (greenness, vegetation) · fr verdure (greenness, vegetation) · sv friskhet (condition of health and vigour) · de Pflanzenwuchs (greenness, vegetation) · pt vegetação (greenness, vegetation) · vi thảm thực vật (greenness, vegetation) · cmn 勃勃生机 (condition of health and vigour) · ru зе́лень (greenness, vegetation) · fr vigueur (condition of health and vigour) · es verdura (greenness, vegetation) · be зе́лень (greenness, vegetation) · fi rehevyys (greenness, vegetation) · fi kukkeus (condition of health and vigour) · de Kraft (condition of health and vigour) · pt verdor (greenness, vegetation) · de Wuchs (greenness, vegetation) · cmn 蒼翠 /苍翠 (greenness, vegetation) · bg зеленина́ (greenness, vegetation) · fi kukoistus (condition of health and vigour) · bg све́жест (condition of health and vigour) · ka ფოთლეულობა (greenness, vegetation) · cmn 万物竞发 (condition of health and vigour) · tr yeşillik (greenness, vegetation) · ru све́жесть (condition of health and vigour) · ka სიმწვანე (greenness, vegetation) · cmn 青蔥 /青葱 (greenness, vegetation) · fi vihreys (greenness, vegetation) · gl verdor (greenness, vegetation) · ota یشیللك (greenness, vegetation) · pl zieleń (greenness, vegetation) · cy gwyrddni (greenness, vegetation) · pt verdor (condition of health and vigour) · sv grönska (greenness, vegetation) · ka მცენარეულობა (greenness, vegetation) · fi vehreys (greenness, vegetation) · fi elinvoima (condition of health and vigour) · cs zeleň (greenness, vegetation) · uk зе́лень (greenness, vegetation) · cy hoen (condition of health and vigour) · gl verdura (greenness, vegetation)