blue-green

See also: blue green

English

Etymology

blue +‎ green.

• (color): Compare with the color called orange in Modern English, which was called geoluread (“yellow-red”) in Old English and Middle English.
• (politics): from blue representing conservatism and green representing environmentalism

Adjective

blue-green (comparative more blue-green, superlative most blue-green)

1. Of a color between blue and green; darker shades are called teal, lighter ones are cyan.
2. (politics) Synonym of ecocapitalist; concerning ecocapitalism

Synonyms

• (of a color between blue and green): green-blue, turquoise, aquamarine

Derived terms

• blue-green alga
• blue-green bacteria

Related terms

• bleen
• grue

Noun

blue-green (countable and uncountable, plural blue-greens)

1. Alternative form of blue green

Translations

color between blue and green

• Catalan: blauverd m
• Chinese:

  Literary Chinese: 青

• Czech: zelenomodrý
• Esperanto: bluverda, glaŭka
• Finnish: sinivihreä (fi)
• French: bleu-vert (fr) m
• German: blaugrün (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: γλαυκός (glaukós)

• Japanese: 青緑 (ja) (aomidori)
• Latin: venetus
• Portuguese: verde-água (pt)
• Scottish Gaelic: (plants) gorm