Etymology

chartreuse

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Today it means: A yellow or green liqueur made by Carthusian monks. Full definition →

French chartreuse
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chartreuse · noun, adjective1

  1. French · borrowed fromchartreuse
  2. English todaychartreuse

Borrowed from French chartreuse. Doublet of charterhouse.

Chartreuse · proper noun2

From chartreuse.

Words from the same roots

Frenchchartreuse all →

charterhouse

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