Well attestedNamed for a product of the place
chartreuse
noun · first attested 19th century
The colour is named after a monastery in the Alps.
A green or yellow herbal liqueur, and the colour of it.
45.3633°N 5.7936°E · Q180709
Record
- Relationship
- Named for a product of the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 19th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Grande Chartreuse
- In English
chartreuse
Carthusian monks at the Grande Chartreuse have made the liqueur since the 18th century. English borrowed the name for the drink, then for its particular green.
France
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