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vert(e)
A1 adjective Couleurs
🇬🇧 English: green
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Définition

🇫🇷 French (EU)
adjective

vert(e)

Definition

🇬🇧 English

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

🇬🇧 English

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).

Exemples

Les feuilles de l'arbre sont vertes.

"Les feuilles de l'arbre sont vertes."

🇬🇧 "The leaves on the tree are green."

Ils ont une belle pelouse verte.

"Ils ont une belle pelouse verte."

🇬🇧 "They have a beautiful, green lawn."

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