chartreuse
Syllabification: (char·treuse)
Pronunciation: /SHärˈtro͞oz, -ˈtro͞os/
Definition of chartreuse
noun
Origin:
named after La Grande Chartreuse, the Carthusian monastery near Grenoble, France, where the liqueur (chartreuse (sense 1)) was first made; chartreuse (sense 2) is an extended use