chartreuse

Borrowed from French chartreuse.

• (UK) IPA^(key): [ʃɑːˈtɹɜːz]

Rhymes: -ɜː(r)z

• (US) IPA^(key): [ʃɑɹˈtɹuːz], [ʃɑɹˈtɹuːs]

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Rhymes: -uːz, -uːs

chartreuse (countable and uncountable, plural chartreuses)

1. A yellow or green liqueur made by Carthusian monks.
2. A greenish-yellow colour.

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3. (art) A kind of enamelled pottery.

chartreuse (not comparable)

1. of a bright yellowish-green colour.

• Appendix:Colors

From the Chartreux (“Carthusian monks”).

• IPA^(key): /ʃaʁ.tʁøz/

chartreuse f (plural chartreuses)

1. chartreuse (liqueur)
2. a Carthusian monastery, a charterhouse

chartreuse

1. feminine singular of chartreux

• “chartreuse” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).