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green

putting green (golf)

noun GREEN Rare

Origin: English green

Usage Note

Green is an anglicism fully adopted into French golf vocabulary, referring to the closely mown area around the hole. It is invariably masculine and unchanged in the plural. French golfers also use fairway and rough without translation.

Examples

"La balle s'arrête sur le green."

Natural Translation

The ball stops on the green.

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