Definition
Somewhat green in color; having a greenish tinge or hue without being fully or purely green.
Etymology
From 'green' with the diminutive suffix '-ish' (meaning somewhat or partially). This common suffix lets us express colors that aren't fully one thing—bluish, reddish, greenish—adding nuance to color description.
Kelly Says
The suffix '-ish' is incredibly useful in English—it lets us describe things that are in-between, like how the sky can be bluish-green or greenish-yellow depending on the time of day and weather!
Translations
ARالعربية
أخضر شاحب (akhdar shahhāb)
akhdar shahhāb
BNবাংলা
সবুজ (shobuj)
sho-buj
CSČeština
zelený
ze-le-ny
DADansk
grønlig
groen-lig
DEDeutsch
grünlich
groo-n-lich
ELΕλληνικά
πράσινο (prasino)
pra-see-no
ESEspañol
verdoso
ver-doh-soh
FRFrançais
verdâtre
ver-da-tre
GUGU
પીળા (piila)
pee-ee-la
HEעברית
ירוק (yark)
yah-rook
HIहिन्दी
हरा (hara)
ha-ra
IDBahasa Indonesia
kehijauan
keh-hi-jau-an
IGIG
ọkpụkpụ
oh-koo-koo-poo
ITItaliano
verdastro
ver-da-stro
JA日本語
緑っぽい (midori-poi)
mi-do-ri-poi
KKKK
жасыл (jasyl)
ja-syl
KO한국어
초록빛 (초록빛)
cho-rok-bit
MSBahasa Melayu
hijau
hi-jau
MYမြန်မာ
ကြာပြာ (kyar pyar)
kyar pyar
NLNederlands
groenachtig
groo-na-ch-tig
NONorsk
grønnlig
groen-lig
PLPolski
zielonkawy
zhye-lon-ka-wy
PTPortuguês
verdoso
ver-doh-so
RUРусский
зелёноватый (zelënovatyj)
ze-le-no-va-tyj
SVSvenska
gröntaktig
groon-tak-tig
SWKiswahili
kijani
ki-ja-ni
TAதமிழ்
பச்சை (pachai)
pa-chai
TEతెలుగు
పచ్చ (paccha)
pa-cha
THไทย
เขียวอ่อน (kiew ao)
kiew ao
TRTürkçe
yeşilcik
ye-sheel-chik
UKУкраїнська
зелений (zelenyj)
ze-le-nyj
VITiếng Việt
xanh nhạt
zanh-nat
YOYO
ìgbàgbọ́
ee-gba-g-boh
ZH中文
有点绿 (yǒu diǎn lǜ)
you dian lü