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Definitions: Verdigris |
VerdigrisNoun1. A blue or green powder used as a paint pigment. 2. A green patina that forms on copper or brass or bronze that has been exposed to the air or water for long periods of time. Verb1. Color verdigris. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "verdigris" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Synonym: VerdigrisSynonym: cupric acetate (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Verdigris |
| English words defined with "verdigris": Aeruginous, Aerugo ♦ Blue verdigris ♦ Distilled verdigris ♦ Eruginous ♦ Verdigris green, Verditer. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "verdigris": spirits of verdigris ♦ vinney. (references) |
| "Verdigris" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 85.71% of the time. "Verdigris" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 85.71% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (proper) | 14.29% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 7 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "verdigris": Blue verdigris ♦ covered with verdigris ♦ Distilled verdigris ♦ verdigris green. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
verdigris | 23 |
paint verdigris | 4 |
river verdigris | 4 |
public school verdigris | 4 |
finish verdigris | 4 |
map river verdigris | 3 |
phlogiston verdigris | 3 |
faux verdigris | 3 |
verdigris patina | 2 |
copper verdigris | 2 |
bench verdigris | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "verdigris"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | oksid bakri, acetat bakri. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الزنجار. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | зелен меден окис. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | "绿. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | mìdìnka. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | ir (cis-polyisoprene, Infra-red, Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | kopergroen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vihreä patina, kuparinruoste. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | vert-de-gris. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Grünspan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πρασινάδα χαλκού, χαλκοσκουριά, χαλκοπράσινη οξείδωση, οξικός χαλκός, οξειδωτικό στρώμα, οξείδωση χαλκού (patina). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ירוקית של חושת, ק ק תום (vitriol). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | patina (patina, tarnish). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | verderame. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 緑' (copper rust, green rust). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | りょくしょう (copper rust, green rust), ろくしょう (copper rust, green rust). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 녹청. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | mergey phrash, glassar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | erdigrisvay verdete (green patina, slime). (various references) coclealã. (various references) ярь-медянка. (various references) bazni acetat bakra. (various references) verdete, verde gris, pátina (green patina, patina). (various references) ärg (patina). (various references) bakır pası, bakır asetat. (various references) мідянка. (various references) xanh đ"ng, gỉ đ"ng. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | en. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | eruginem, erugini. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "verdigris": verdigrises. (additional references) | |
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"Verdigris" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: vedigris, verdegris, Verdiger, verdigres, vertigris. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-g-i-i-r-r-s-v" | |
-2 letters: drivers, girders, ridgier. | |
-3 letters: derris, dirges, divers, driers, driver, drives, girder, givers, grides, irides, irised, rerigs, riders, ridges, rivers. | |
-4 letters: direr, dirge, diver, dives, dregs, drier, dries, drive, girds, giver, gives, gride, grids, irids, ivied, ivies, rerig, resid, rider, rides, ridge, rigid, riser, rived, river, rives, sired, siver, viers, vires, virid, vised. | |
-5 letters: devs, dies, digs, dire, dive, dreg, egis, ergs, errs, geds, gids, gied, gies, gird, give, grid, ides, ired, ires, irid, iris, reds, regs, reis, revs, ride, rids, rigs, rise, rive, side, sire, vide, vied, vier, vies, vigs, vise. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-g-i-i-r-r-s-v" | |
+2 letters: verdigrises. | |
+3 letters: overstriding. | |
+4 letters: rediscovering. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 65 72 64 69 67 72 69 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)...- . .-. -.. .. --. .-. .. ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01100101 01110010 01100100 01101001 01100111 01110010 01101001 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V e r d i g r i s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0065 0072 0064 0069 0067 0072 0069 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)567184707573847585 |
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