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chartreuse¹

  • /ʃɑːˈtɹɜːz/ UK
  • /ʃɑɹˈtɹuːz/ US
  • /ʃɑɹˈtɹuːs/ US

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)z, -uːz, -uːs

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French chartreuse. Doublet of charterhouse.

noun chartreuses

  1. countable, uncountable A yellow or green liqueur made by Carthusian monks. Old Tinker, in evening dress, sat uncomfortably, sideways, upon the edge of a wicker and brocade “chaise lounge,” finishing a tiny glass of chartreuse, while Talbot Potter, in the middle of the room, took leave of a second guest who had been dining with him.
  2. countable, uncountable A greenish-yellow color. Well, we shot the line and we went for broke With a thousand screamin' trucks An' eleven long-haired Friends a' Jesus In a chartreuse microbus.
  3. countable, uncountable A kind of enamelled pottery.
  4. countable, uncountable A French dish of vegetables (and sometimes meat) wrapped tightly in a decorative layer of salad or vegetable leaves and cooked in a dome-shaped mould. ARRANGE DIFFERENT KINDS OF COOKED VEGETABLES IN A CASSEROLE […] The dish resembles a chartreuse.

adjective

  1. not comparable Of a bright yellowish-green colour.

Chartreuse²

Where it comes from

From chartreuse.

proper noun

  1. A female given name from English.

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adj of a bright yellowish-green colour

Deutschgelbgrün

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"chartreuse." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/chartreuse. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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chartreuse. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/chartreuse

Chicago

"chartreuse." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/chartreuse.

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@misc{chartreuse_2026,
  title = {chartreuse},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chartreuse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}