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 superseded spelling of verde

Borrowed from Spanish verde, ultimately from Latin viridis.

• IPA^(key): /berde/ [ber.ð̞e]

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• Rhymes: -erde, -e
• 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] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “berde”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Borrowed from Spanish verde.

• Hyphenation: ber‧de
• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾde/ [ˈbeɾ.d̪e]

bérde

1. green (color/colour)

Borrowed from Spanish verde.

• Hyphenation: ber‧de
• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾde/ [ˈbiɾ̪.d̪e]

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 (masculine and feminine plural berdes)

1. green (color/colour)

berde m (plural berdes)

1. green (color/colour)

• Moisés, Pires (2004) “berde”, in Pequeno vocabulário Mirandês-Português [Small Mirandese-Portuguese Vocabulary], 2nd edition, Miranda do Douro: Câmara Municipal de Miranda do Douro, published 2019, →ISBN, page 125.
• Ferreira, Amadeu, Ferreira, José Pedro Cardona (2003–2022) “berde”, in Dicionário de Mirandês-Português [Mirandese-Portuguese Dictionary].

Borrowed from Spanish verde (“green”), from Old Spanish verde, from Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Compare Kapampangan berdi.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾde/ [ˈbɛɾ.d̪ɛ]
• 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; risqué; blue; green

   Synonyms: malaswa, mahalay, bastos