chartreuse
pronunciation
How to pronounce chartreuse in British English:
UK [ʃɑ:ˈtrɜ:z]
How to pronounce chartreuse in American English:
US [ʃɑrˈtruz]
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- Noun:
- a shade of green tinged with yellow
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- Adjective:
- having the yellowish green color of Chartreuse liqueur
Word Origin
- chartreuse (n.)
- type of liqueur, 1866, from la Grande-Chartreuse, chief monastery of the Carthusian order, which was founded 11c. and named for the massif de la Chartreuse (Medieval Latin Carthusianus) mountain group in the French Alps, where its first monastery was built. The liqueur recipe dates from early 17c.; the original now marketed as Les Pères Chartreux. The color (1884) is so called from resemblance to the pale apple-green hue of the best type of the liqueur.
Example
- 1. How chartreuse is really just another shade of green ?
- 2. The furniture is minimal : there is a long dining table painted chartreuse and small , bright-blue chinese peasant cloth pillows sit on two white couches .
- 3. While roehm acknowledged that she might have " made mistakes " in her short tenure as marketing communications officer-like painting her office chartreuse with chocolate-brown trim - she also claimed that walmart wouldn 't honor its commitment to change .
- 4. Did you see the chartreuse mini roses ?
- 5. Look at ultra zoom . He 's chartreuse !