chartreuse
/ʃɑɹˈtɹuːz/noun, adjective
chartreuse is spelled C-H-A-R-T-R-E-U-S-E: 10 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 56,788th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Chartreuse, the name). As a noun, chartreuse means “A yellow or green liqueur made by Carthusian monks” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of chartreuse is chartreuses.
How many letters and syllables are in chartreuse?
| Letters | 10: C-H-A-R-T-R-E-U-S-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 56,788th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is chartreuse?
Chartreuse appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 56,788th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Chartreuse, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce chartreuse?
- UK /ʃɑːˈtɹɜːz/
- US /ʃɑɹˈtɹuːz/
- US /ʃɑɹˈtɹuːs/
Chartreuse has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-chartreuse.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with chartreuse?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as chartreuse from its last stressed vowel (/uz/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of chartreuse
- chartreuses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does chartreuse mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A yellow or green liqueur made by Carthusian monks.
- 2
A greenish-yellow color.
- 3
A kind of enamelled pottery.
- 4
A French dish of vegetables (and sometimes meat) wrapped tightly in a decorative layer of salad or vegetable leaves and cooked in a dome-shaped mould.
adjective
- 1
Of a bright yellowish-green colour.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Chartreuse in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of a bright yellowish-green colour:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | gelbgrün |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does chartreuse come from?
Borrowed from French chartreuse. Doublet of charterhouse.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).