🇬🇧 English from 🇰🇷 Korean All Words
green
/ɡriːn/
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🇰🇷 Korean: 녹색
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Definition

🇬🇧 English
adjective

The colour of grass and leaves. Green is between yellow and blue on the colour spectrum.

Grammar Notes

🇬🇧 English

Adjective. Used before nouns: 'a green plant', or after verbs: 'the grass is green'. Common collocations: green tea, green card, green light (permission), evergreen.

Cultural Notes

Green is strongly associated with nature, health, and environmentalism. In traffic lights, green means 'go'. 'Going green' means becoming more environmentally friendly. Green is also associated with luck in Irish culture (shamrocks).

Example Sentences

The leaves on the tree are green.

"The leaves on the tree are green."

🇰🇷 "나무의 잎사귀는 초록색입니다."

They have a beautiful, green lawn.

"They have a beautiful, green lawn."

🇰🇷 "그곳에는 아름답고 푸른 잔디밭이 있습니다."

Practice Quiz

1. What colour is grass?
2. 'A green light' means:

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