Engreen

/ɛnˈɡriːn/ verb

Definition

To make green or to cover with greenery; to turn something green or cause vegetation to grow.

Etymology

From en- (to cause to be) + green (from Old English grene, meaning the color green or living vegetation). The prefix transforms the color/adjective into an action.

Kelly Says

Medieval poets used 'engreen' to describe spring arriving—as the world transformed from brown and gray back to color, they had this perfect word that captured both the color and the sense of life returning to the landscape.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ירוק
ye-rok
ARالعربية
أخضر
akhdar
BNবাংলা
সবুজ
so-buj
CACatalà
verd
ver-d
CSČeština
zelený
ze-le-ny
DADansk
grøn
groen
DEDeutsch
grün
groon
ELΕλληνικά
πράσινο
pra-si-no
ESEspañol
verde
ver-deh
FAفارسی
سبز
se-bze
FISuomi
vihreä
vi-hre-ä
FRFrançais
vert
ver
GUGU
પીળો
pee-lo
HAHA
sanyi
san-yi
HEעברית
ירוק
ya-rok
HIहिन्दी
हरा
hara
HUMagyar
zöld
zold
IDBahasa Indonesia
hijau
hee-jau
IGIG
nri
nri
ITItaliano
verde
ver-deh
JA日本語
midori
KKKK
жасыл
jas-yl
KMKM
ប្រាក់
braak
KO한국어
초록색
cho-rok-saek
MRMR
हरित
ha-ri-t
MSBahasa Melayu
hijau
hee-jau
MYမြန်မာ
ရွှေ
shwe
NLNederlands
groen
gro-en
NONorsk
grønn
groen
PAPA
ਪਿਆ
pee-a
PLPolski
zielony
zje-lo-ny
PTPortuguês
verde
ver-deh
RORomână
verde
ver-deh
RUРусский
зеленый
zelyonyy
SVSvenska
grön
groen
SWKiswahili
kijani
ki-ja-ni
TAதமிழ்
பச்சை
pac-chai
TEతెలుగు
పచ్చ
pac-cha
THไทย
เขียว
kheo
TLTL
berdeng
ber-den-g
TRTürkçe
yeşil
ye-sheel
UKУкраїнська
зелений
zelyenyy
URاردو
سُنہری
su-neh-ri
VITiếng Việt
xanh
zanh
YOYO
ìgbà
ee-gba
ZH中文
绿色
lǜsè
ZUZU
ingci
ing-chee

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