berde

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from Persian پرده (parda, parde), via Ottoman Turkish perde?)”)

berde (plural berdes)

1. A stringed instrument (chordophone) of Bosnian origin, a large guitar-shaped instrument that is played upright, using a plectrum.

• Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

• 2013. The Tamburitza Tradition: From the Balkans to the American Midwest. Richard March. Pg. 80.

• Breed, brede, breed, rebed

Borrowed from Spanish verde.

berde

1. green (color/colour)

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

berde (feminine berda, masculine plural berdes, feminine plural berdas)

1. Superseded spelling of verde.

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Borrowed from Spanish verde, ultimately from Latin viridis.

• IPA^(key): /berde/

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• Rhymes: -erde
• Hyphenation: ber‧de

berde (comparative berdeago, superlative berdeen, excessive berdeegi)

1. green (color/colour)
2. green (environmentally friendly)
3. unripe
4. (figurative) young
5. (figurative) obscene, dirty, blue

berde inan or anim

1. (inanimate) green (the colour of growing foliage)
2. (animate) green (politics)

• “berde”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “berde”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Borrowed from Spanish verde.

• Hyphenation: ber‧de
• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾde/

bérde

1. green (color/colour)

Borrowed from Spanish verde.

• Hyphenation: ber‧de
• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾde/

berde

1. green (color/colour)

berde

1. green (color/colour)

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:berde.

Borrowed from Spanish verde.

bérde

1. green (color/colour)

bérde

1. greenish

berde

1. Alternative form of burde

berde

1. Alternative form of brerd

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈveɾ.dɨ/

berde m or f (plural berdes)

1. green (color/colour)

berde (plural berdes)

1. green (color/colour)

“berde” in Amadeu Ferreira, José Pedro Cardona Ferreira, Dicionário Mirandês-Português, 1st edition, 2004.

Borrowed from Spanish verde (“green”). Compare Kapampangan berdi.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾde/
• Rhymes: -eɾde
• Syllabification: ber‧de

berde (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜇᜒ)

1. green (color/colour)

   Synonyms: lungti, lungtian

berde (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜇᜒ)

1. green (color/colour)

   Synonyms: lungti, lungtian

2. (figurative, colloquial) lewd; indecent

   Synonyms: malaswa, mahalay, bastos