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This page contains translations for green. See the main entry for more information.

English

Adjective

Translations

having green as its colour

Abkhaz: аиаҵәа (ajacʷʼa)
Acehnese: ijo
Adyghe: уцышъо (wucəšʷo), шхъуантӏэ (šχʷantʼɛ)
Afrikaans: groen (af)
Ainu: フ (hu)
Akan: ahahamono
Akkadian: 𒅊 (warqu, SIG₇)
Albanian: gjelbër (sq), blertë (sq), jeshil (sq)
Alviri-Vidari:
Vidari: سوز (sevz)
Amharic: ኣረንጓዴ (ʾarängʷade)
Apache:
Western Apache: dotłʼizhihíí
Arabic: أَخْضَر (ar) m (ʔaḵḍar), خَضْرَاء (ar) f (ḵaḍrāʔ), خُضْر pl (ḵuḍr)
Egyptian Arabic: أخضر (aḵḍar)
Armenian: կանաչ (hy) (kanačʻ)
Aromanian: vearde
Assamese: সেউজীয়া (xeuzia)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܝܼܢܵܐ m (qīna), ܝܲܪܘܿܩܵܐ m (yāroqa)
Asturian: verde (ast)
Aymara: ch’uxña
Azerbaijani: yaşıl (az)
Balinese: gadang, ijo
Bashkir: йәшел (yəşel)
Basque: berde (eu), orlegi (eu)
Bats: აფეჼ (apẽ), სინი̆ (sinĭ)
Baure: kotiskon
Belarusian: зялёны (be) (zjaljóny)
Bengali: সবুজ (bn) (śobuj), কচুয়া (bn) (kocuẏa)
Bhojpuri: हरियर (hariyar)
Breton: glas (br) (natural), gwer (br) (artificial)
Brunei Malay: ijau, gadung
Buginese: kudara
Bulgarian: зеле́н (bg) m (zelén)
Burmese: စိမ်း (my) (cim:)
Buryat: ногоон (nogoon)
Catalan: verd (ca)
Cebuano: lunhaw, berde
Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⵣⴳⵣⴰⵡ (azgzaw)
Central Dusun: otomou
Chagatai: یاشیل (yāšï̄l)
Chamicuro: ijsu'pa
Chechen: баьццара (bäccara)
Chickasaw: okchamali'
Chinese:
Cantonese: 綠色嘅／绿色嘅 (luk⁶ sik¹ ge³)

Mandarin: 綠色的／绿色的 (lǜsè de)
Chinook Jargon: pchix̣
Chuvash: ешӗл (eš̬ĕl)
Cornish: glas (natural), gwyrdh (artificial), gwer (artificial)
Corsican: verdi (co)
Creek: lanē
Crimean Tatar: yeşil
Czech: zelený (cs)
Dalmatian: viard
Danish: grøn (da)
Dutch: groen (nl)
Egyptian:

(wꜣḏ)
Elfdalian: gryön
Erzya: пиже (piže)
Esperanto: verda (eo)
Estonian: roheline (et)
Faroese: grønur (fo)
Fijian: karakarawa (fj)
Finnish: vihreä (fi)
French: vert (fr)
Friulian: vert, verd
Gagauz: eşil
Galician: verde (gl)
Georgian: მწვანე (ka) (mc̣vane)
German: grün (de)
Alemannic German: grüen
Gilbertese: mawáwa
Greek: πράσινος (el) m (prásinos)
Ancient: χλωρός (khlōrós)
Greenlandic: qorsuk (kl)
Guerrero Amuzgo: bi
Gujarati: લીલા (līlā)
Haitian Creole: vèt, vè
Hausa: kore (ha)
Hawaiian: maʻomaʻo, ʻōmaʻomaʻo
Hebrew: ירוק \ יָרֹק (he) (yarók)
Hiligaynon: lunhawon
Hindi: हरा (hi) (harā), सब्ज़ (sabz)
Hopi: mokingpu
Hungarian: zöld (hu)
Hunsrik: grien
Icelandic: grænn (is)
Ido: verda (io)
Igbo: ndụ (ig)
Indonesian: hijau (id)
Ingrian: rohoin, rohonpäin (obsolete)
Ingush: баьццара (bäccara)
Interlingua: verde (ia)
Iranun: gadung
Irish: glas (ga), uaine
Istriot: virdo
Italian: verde (it)
Japanese: 緑の (みどりの, midori no), 緑色の (りょくしょくの, ryokushoku no), 青い (ja) (あおい, aoi), 青の (あおの, ao no)
Javanese: ijo (jv) (ngoko), ijem (jv) (krama)
Kalmyk: ноһан (noğan)
Kannada: ಹಸಿರು (kn) (hasiru), ಪಚ್ಚೆ (kn) (pacce)
Kapampangan: aluntian, aluntiang, mayaluntian, mayaluntiang
Kashubian: zelony
Kazakh: жасыл (kk) (jasyl), көк (kk) (kök)
Ket: съньсь
Khmer: បៃតង (km) (bay tɑɑŋ)
Khoekhoe: ǃgam
Komi-Permyak: веж (vež)
Kongo: matiti
Korean: 녹색의 (noksaegui), 초록의 (chorogui)
Kuna: diguargit
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: سەوز (ckb) (sewz), کەسک (kesk)

Northern Kurdish: kesk (ku)
Kyrgyz: жашыл (ky) (jaşıl), көк (ky) (kök)
Ladin: vërt
Lao: ຂຽວ (lo) (khiāu)
Latgalian: zaļš m
Latin: viridis (la)
Latvian: zaļš (lv)
Lezgi: къацу (q̄acu)
Ligurian: verde
Lingala: ya mpɔndɔ́
Lithuanian: žalias (lt)
Lombard: verd (lmo)
Louisiana Creole French: vè, vèr, vær, væt
Low German: gröön (nds), gräun
Luxembourgish: gréng (lb)
Macedonian: зелен (zelen)
Madurese: biru
Maguindanao: gadung
Makasar: moncoŋ bulo
Malagasy: maitso (mg)
Malay: hijau (ms)
Malayalam: പച്ച (ml) (pacca)
Maltese: aħdar (mt) m
Manchu: ᠨᡳᠣᠸᠠᠩᡤᡳᠶᠠᠨ (niowanggiyan), ᠨᡳᠣᡥᠣᠨ (niohon)
Manx: glass
Maori: kākāriki (mi), karera (refers to lighter shades of green), uri (dark green), kāriki
Mapudungun: welang
Maranao: gadong
Marathi: हिरवा (mr) (hirvā)
Mauritian Creole: ver
Minangkabau: ijau (min)
Mirandese: berde
Mizo: hring
Mòcheno: grea'
Moksha: пиже (piže)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: ногоон (mn) (nogoon)

Mongolian: ᠨᠣᠭᠤᠭᠠᠨ (noɣuɣan)
Montagnais: kashipekut
Nahuatl:
Central: xoxoctic, xoxohuic

Classical: xoxoctic
Nanai: нёнгиан (njoŋian)
Navajo: dinootłʼizh
Nepali: हरियो (ne) (hariyo)
Norman: vaert (Guernsey), vèrt (Jersey)
North Frisian:
Föhr, Hallig, Wiedingharde: green

Mooring: gräin
Northern Ohlone: nese
Norwegian: grønn (no)
Nottoway-Meherrin: sekatequantiu
O'odham: chehthagi
Occitan: verd (oc)
Odia: ସବୁଜ (sabuja), ଶାଗୁଆ (or) (śāguā)
Ojibwe: ozhaawashko-, (inanimate verb, "it is green") ozhaawashkwaa, (animate verb, "he/she/it is green") ozhaawashkozi
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: зеленъ (zelenŭ)

Glagolitic: ⰸⰵⰾⰵⱀⱏ (zelenŭ)
Old Dutch: gruoni
Old English: grene
Old Frisian: grēne
Old High German: gruoni
Old Javanese: hijo
Old Norse: grǿnn
Old Occitan: vert
Old Saxon: grōni
Oromo: magarisa
Ossetian: кӕрдӕгхуыз (kærdægx°yz), цъӕх (c’æx)
Ottoman Turkish: یشیل (yeşil)
Pangasinan: ampasiseng
Papiamentu: bèrdè
Pashto: زرغون (ps) (zarǧun), شين (ps) (šin)
Pennsylvania German: grie
Persian: سبز (fa) (sabz)
Piedmontese: verd
Polabian: grönĕ
Polish: zielony (pl)
Portuguese: verde (pt)
Punjabi: ਹਰਾ (harā), ਸਾਵਾ (pa) (sāvā)
Quechua: q'umir, waylla
Rapa Nui: rito mata
Rhine Franconian: grinn
Romagnol: vérd
Romani: zèleno
Romanian: verde (ro)
Romansch: verd
Russian: зелёный (ru) m (zeljónyj)
Sami:
Kildin Sami: руэнн (ruenn)
Samoan: lanumeamata
Sanskrit: हरित (sa) (harita), हरित् (sa) (harit), हरितवर्ण (haritavarṇa)
Sasak: ējo
Sassarese: verdhi
Scottish Gaelic: uaine (vivid or artificial green), glas (natural green; grey-green), gorm (of grass; usually means blue)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: зелен

Roman: zelen (sh)
Shan: ၶဵဝ် (shn) (khǎeo)
Sherpa: ལྗང་མུ (ljang mu)
Shona: girini
Sicilian: virdi (scn)
Sindhi: سائو
Sinhalese: කොළ (si) (koḷa)
Slovak: zelený (sk)
Slovene: zelen (sl)
Somali: casaar
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: zeleny

Upper Sorbian: zeleny (hsb)
Southern Altai: јажыл (ǰažïl)
Spanish: verde (es)
Sranan Tongo: grun
Sundanese: hejo
Svan: ჲჷრჟი (yərži)
Swahili: kijani (sw), chanikiwiti
Swedish: grön (sv)
Tagalog: lungti, lungtian, berde (tl)
Tahitian: matie, poemeedee
Tai Dam: ꪵꪄꪫ
Tajik: сабз (tg) (sabz), кабуд (tg) (kabud) (also "blue")
Tamil: பச்சை (ta) (paccai)
Tarifit: azegzaw m, aziza m
Tat: souz
Tatar: яшел (yaşel)
Tausug: gaddung
Telugu: పచ్చని (te) (paccani)
Tetum: matak
Thai: เขียว (th) (kǐao)
Tibetan: ལྗང་ཁུ། (ljang khu)
Tigrinya: ቀጠልያ (ḳäṭälya)
Tocharian B: motartstse
Tok Pisin: grinpela
Tongan: lanu-mata
Turkish: yeşil (tr)
Turkmen: ýaşyl, ýaaşyl, gök
Tuvaluan: moto
Udmurt: вож (vož)
Ukrainian: зеле́ний (uk) m (zelényj)
Urdu: ہرا (harā), سبز (sabz)
Uyghur: يېشىل (yëshil)
Uzbek: yashil (uz), sabz (uz)
Venetan: vérdo, verdo
Vietnamese: xanh (vi), xanh lá cây (vi), xanh lục, lục (vi)
Vilamovian: grin
Volapük: grünik (vo)
Welsh: gwyrdd (cy)
West Frisian: grien (fy)
Winnebago: xąąwį coo
Wolof: wert (wo)
Yiddish: גרין (grin)
Yoruba: àwo ewé
Yucatec Maya: yaʼax
Zazaki: kesk, hewz, kho, zergun f, sebz f
Zealandic: groen
Zhuang: heu

sickly

Finnish: kalpea (fi), sairas (fi), vihreä (fi)
French: vert (fr)
Hungarian: sápadt (hu)
Italian: verdastro (it)
Japanese: 病弱 (ja) (びょうじゃく, byōjaku)
Korean: 비리비리하다 (biribirihada)
Scottish Gaelic: uaine
Swedish: grön (sv)
Zazaki: zergani f

inexperienced

Asturian: verde (ast)
Azerbaijani: naşı (az), bişməmiş, püxtələşməmiş, təcrübəsiz (az), xam
Basque: heldugabe
Bulgarian: неопитен (bg) (neopiten)
Catalan: verd (ca)
Dutch: een groentje, onervaren (nl)
Estonian: kogenematu, kollanokk
Finnish: kokematon (fi)
French: peu expérimenté (not very experienced), nouveau (fr) (new), bleu (fr)
Galician: verde (gl)
German: grünschnäblig, naiv (de), unerfahren (de)
Hungarian: zöldfülű (hu), éretlen (hu), tapasztalatlan (hu)
Indonesian: hijau (id)
Irish: glas (ga)
Japanese: 青い (ja) (aoi), 未熟 (ja) (みじゅく, mijuku), 未経験 (みけいけん, mikeiken), 生 (ja) (なま, nama)
Korean: 풋나기다 (punnagida)
Maori: ihupuku, ihuhūpē
Nahuatl: yancuic (nah)
Polish: zielony (pl)
Portuguese: verde (pt)
Russian: нео́пытный (ru) (neópytnyj), зелёный (ru) (zeljónyj)
Scottish Gaelic: glas, gorm
Serbo-Croatian: zelen (sh)
Spanish: verde (es)
Swedish: grön (sv), oerfaren (sv)
Thai: เขียว (th) (kǐao), ตกเขียว (dtòk-kǐao)
Turkish: acemi (tr), toy (tr), tor (tr)
Vietnamese: ngây thơ (vi)
Welsh: glas (cy)
Zazaki: nazık

environmentally friendly

Azerbaijani: yaşıl (az)
Catalan: verd (ca)
Dutch: groen (nl), groene (nl)
Estonian: roheline (et)
Finnish: vihreä (fi)
French: vert (fr)
Galician: verde (gl)
Georgian: მწვანე (ka) (mc̣vane)
German: grün (de)
Hungarian: zöld (hu), természetbarát (hu), környezetkímélő (hu)
Indonesian: hijau (id)
Japanese: グリーン (ja) (gurīn), 環境に優しい (かんきょうにやさしい, kankyō ni yasashii)
Luxembourgish: gréng (lb)
Pashto: زرغون (ps) (zarǧun), شين (ps) (šin)
Persian: سبز (fa) (sabz)
Portuguese: verde (pt)
Rhine Franconian: grinn
Scottish Gaelic: uaine
Serbo-Croatian: zeleni (sh) pl
Spanish: verde (es)
Swedish: grön (sv)
Turkish: yeşil (tr)
Zazaki: hewz, kesk, kho

envious

Bulgarian: завистлив (bg) (zavistliv)
Finnish: vihreä kateudesta
French: vert de jalousie (fr)
Hebrew: ירוק מקנאה m (yarok mikin'a)
Italian: verde di invidia
Japanese: 羨ましい (ja) (うらやましい, urayamashii)
Portuguese: verde de inveja
Swedish: grön av avund (sv)

cricket pitch

Zazaki: çığ kho

of bacon, etc.: unprocessed, raw

Bulgarian: суров (bg) (surov)
Finnish: raaka (fi)
Japanese: 生 (ja) (なま, nama)
Turkish: ham (tr), çiğ (tr), pişmemiş

of fruit: unripe

Azerbaijani: yaşıl (az), yetişməmiş, kal (az), göy (az), dəyməmiş
Bulgarian: неузрял (bg) (neuzrjal)
Burmese: စိမ်း (my) (cim:)
Finnish: raaka (fi)
French: vert (fr)
Galician: inmaturo (gl), verde (gl)
Georgian: უმწიფარი (umc̣ipari), დაუმწიფებელი (daumc̣ipebeli)
German: grün (de)
Hungarian: zöld (hu), éretlen (hu)
Japanese: 未熟 (ja) (みじゅく, mijuku)
Latin: immītis
Maori: torouka, ota, hangongi, kōriri
Ngazidja Comorian: -itsi
Pashto: شين (ps) (šin)
Portuguese: verde (pt)
Rhine Franconian: grinn
Russian: неспе́лый (ru) m (nespélyj), зелёный (ru) (zeljónyj), несозревший (ru) (nesozrevšij)
Scottish Gaelic: glas
Spanish: verde (es)
Turkish: ham (tr), olmamış (tr)
Zazaki: ğem

of wine: acidic or too acidic

Bulgarian: кисел (bg) (kisel)
Finnish: hapan (fi), hapokas (fi)
Galician: agre (gl), acedo (gl)
Turkish: kekre (tr), buruk (tr)

of vegetables: freshly harvested

Finnish: tuore (fi)
Galician: fresco (gl)
Ingrian: viherä
Maori: māota
Turkish: taze (tr)
Zazaki: teze m, tezi f

lumber

Bulgarian: неизсъхнал (bg) (neizsǎhnal)
Esperanto: suka (eo)
Finnish: tuore (fi)
Galician: verde (gl)
Japanese: 生 (ja) (なま, nama)
Maori: kaimata, whakarae
Turkish: yaş (tr)
Zazaki: boğımo kho

Noun

Translations

colour

Afrikaans: groen (af)
Amharic: ኣረንጓዴ (ʾarängʷade)
Arabic: أَخْضَر (ar) m (ʔaḵḍar), خَضْرَاء (ar) f (ḵaḍrāʔ), خُضْر pl (ḵuḍr)
Aragonese: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: կանաչ (hy) (kanačʻ)
Asturian: verde (ast) m
Azerbaijani: yaşıl (az)
Basque: berde (eu)
Belarusian: зялёны (be) (zjaljóny)
Bengali: please add this translation if you can
Brunei Malay: gadung
Bulgarian: зеле́н (bg) m (zelén)
Burmese: အစိမ်း (my) (a.cim:)
Catalan: verd (ca) m
Cebuano: berde
Chechen: баьццара (bäccara)
Cherokee: ᎢᏤ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ (itse iyusdi)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 綠色／绿色 (luk⁶ sik¹), 青 (ceng¹)

Mandarin: 綠色／绿色 (zh) (lǜsè), 青 (zh) (qīng)
Chinook Jargon: pchix̣
Crimean Tatar: yeşil
Czech: zelená (cs) f
Danish: grøn (da)
Dutch: groen (nl) n
Esperanto: verdo
Estonian: roheline (et)
Faroese: grønur (fo) m, grønt n, grønur litur m
Finnish: vihreä (fi)
French: vert (fr) m
Galician: verde (gl) m
Georgian: მწვანე (ka) (mc̣vane)
German: Grün (de) n
Greek: πράσινο (el) n (prásino)
Greenlandic: qorsuk (kl)
Gujarati: લીલો (gu) (līlo)
Hausa: kṓṛḕ
Hawaiian: ʻōmaʻomaʻo
Hebrew: ירוק (he) (yarók)
Hiligaynon: lunhaw
Hindi: हरा (hi) (harā), सब्ज़ (sabz)
Hungarian: zöld (hu)
Icelandic: grænn (is)
Indonesian: hijau (id)
Ingrian: rohoin, rohonpäin (obsolete)
Irish: (painted or dyed green) uaine, (of grass, trees, etc.) glas (ga)
Italian: verde (it) m
Japanese: 緑 (ja) (みどり, midori), 緑色 (ja) (りょくしょく, ryokushoku)
Javanese: ijo (jv) (ngoko), ijem (jv) (krama)
Kannada: please add this translation if you can
Kapampangan: luntian
Khmer: ពណ៌បៃតង (poa baytɑɑng)
Korean: 초록 (ko) (chorok), 녹색 (ko) (noksaek)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: سەوز (ckb) (sewz), کەسک (kesk)

Northern Kurdish: kesk (ku), sewz (ku)
Kyrgyz: жашыл (ky) (jaşıl)
Latin: viridis (la)
Latvian: zaļš (lv)
Ligurian: verde
Lithuanian: žalias (lt)
Louisiana Creole French: vè, vèr, vær, væt
Malay: hijau (ms)
Malayalam: പച്ച (ml) (pacca)
Maltese: aħdar (mt)
Manx: glass
Maori: kākāriki (mi)
Marathi: हिरवा (mr) (hirvā)
Mirandese: berde m
Mizo: hring
Mongolian: ногоон (mn) (nogoon)
Navajo: dinootłʼizh
Nepali: हरियो (ne) (hariyo)
O'odham: chehthagi
Occitan: verd (oc) m
Odia: ସବୁଜ (sabuja)
Ottoman Turkish: یشیل (yeşil)
Pangasinan: pasiseng
Pashto: شين (ps) (šin)
Persian: سبز (fa) (sabz)
Polish: zieleń (pl) f
Portuguese: verde (pt) m
Punjabi: ਹਰਾ (harā), ਸਾਵਾ (pa) (sāvā)
Romanian: verde (ro)
Russian: зелёный (ru) m (zeljónyj)
Sanskrit: हरित (sa) m (harita)
Sassarese: verdhi m
Scottish Gaelic: (painted or dyed green) uaine, (of grass, trees, etc.) glas, (of grass, trees, etc.) gorm
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: зелена f

Roman: zelena f
Slovak: zeleň f
Slovene: zelena (sl) f
Somali: cagaar (so)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: zeleń f
Spanish: verde (es) m
Sranan Tongo: grun
Sundanese: héjo (su)
Swedish: grönt (sv)
Tagalog: berde (tl), lungti, lungtian
Tajik: please add this translation if you can
Tamil: பச்சை (ta) (paccai)
Telugu: ఆకుపచ్చ (te) (ākupacca)
Thai: สีเขียว (th) (sǐi-kǐao)
Tigrinya: ቀጠልያ (ḳäṭälya)
Turkish: yeşil (tr)
Turkmen: ýaşyl
Ukrainian: зеле́ний (uk) m (zelényj)
Urdu: ہرا (harā), سبز (sabz)
Uyghur: يېشىل (yëshil)
Vietnamese: (màu) xanh, (màu) xanh lá cây, (màu) xanh lục, (archaic) lục (vi)
Volapük: grün (vo)
Walloon: vert (wa) m, vete (wa) m
Welsh: gwyrdd (cy), gwyrddlas (cy)
West Frisian: grien (fy)
White Hmong: ntsuab
Winnebago: xąąwį coo
Yiddish: גרין (grin)
Zazaki: kho, kho, zergun f

member of a green party

Azerbaijani: yaşıl (az)
Basque: berde (eu)
Czech: zelený (cs) m, zelená (cs) f
Dutch: groene jongen m
Esperanto: verdulo
Estonian: roheline (et)
Finnish: vihreä (fi)
French: vert (fr) m, verte (fr) f
Galician: verde (gl) m or f
German: Grüner (de) m, Grüne (de) f
Hungarian: zöld (hu)
Italian: verde (it) m or f
Latvian: zaļais (lv)
Persian: سبز (fa) (sabz)
Portuguese: verde (pt) m or f
Spanish: verde (es) m or f
Swedish: grön (sv)
Turkish: yeşilci
Vietnamese: đảng viên đảng Xanh
Zazaki: kho, khowan c

putting green — see putting green

bowling green — see bowling green

snooker: green ball with value 3

Finnish: vihreä (fi)

Public patch of land in the middle of a settlement

Verb

Translations

make (something) green

Azerbaijani: yaşıllaşdırmaq
Bulgarian: позеленявам (pozelenjavam)
Crimean Tatar: yeşillendirmek
Dutch: vergroenen (nl)
Esperanto: verdigi
Finnish: värjätä (fi), muuttaa (fi), maalata vihreäksi
French: verdir (fr)
Greek: πρασινίζω (el) (prasinízo)
Hungarian: zöldít (hu), zöld eb bé tesz
Polish: zielenić
Portuguese: esverdear
Russian: зелени́ть (ru) (zelenítʹ)
Turkish: yeşillendirmek (tr)
Ukrainian: зелени́ти (zelenýty)
Vietnamese: (màu) làm (vi) xanh, (to dye green) nhuộm xanh
Zazaki: kho kerden

become green

Azerbaijani: yaşıllaşmaq, yaşıllaşdırılmaq
Esperanto: verdiĝi
German: grünen (de)

add green spaces to

Azerbaijani: yaşıllaşdırmaq
Bulgarian: озеленявам (bg) (ozelenjavam)
Finnish: rakentaa (fi), lisätä viheralueita
German: begrünen (de)
Greek: πρασινίζω (el) (prasinízo)
Turkish: yeşillendirmek (tr)
Zazaki: khoyi

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Translations to be checked

Turkmen: ^{(please verify)} ýaşyl