azure

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour.
2. (countable, uncountable) A blue colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.
3. (countable, poetic, uncountable) The unclouded sky; the blue vault above.
4. (countable, uncountable) Any of various widely distributed lycaenid butterflies of the genus Celastrina.
5. (countable, uncountable) Any of various Australasian lycaenid butterflies of the genus Ogyris.
6. (countable, uncountable) Lapis lazuli.

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Sky blue; resembling the clear blue colour of the unclouded sky.
2. (not-comparable) Cloudless.
3. (not-comparable) In blazon, of the colour blue.

Verb

To colour blue.

Sinonieme

blue

sky-blue

cerulean

sky blue

blue sky

bright blue

sapphire

lazuline

pale blue

light blue

plants

sky

turquoise

vegetation

vert

welkin

Jove

lightblue

lapis lazuli blue

sky-colored

azurine

blue colour

starry-sky

bright-blue

greeness

pale ble

sky blue color

cerulean blue

ethereal blue

lazali

cerule

azureous

azured

atmosphere

azurn

bruise

cloudless

colored

cornflower

dark blue

deep blue

firmament

indigo

Vertalings

azur

azzurro

azul

azuur

atzur

azuré

γαλάζιος

hemelsblauw

γαλανός

azuurblauw

bleu azur

azurblau

himmelblau

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈæʒ.ə/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: asure

Verwante met Italiaans: azzurro

Verwante met Spaans: azul

In summary

From Middle English asure, from Old French azur, derived from Arabic لَازَوَرْد (lāzaward, “lapis lazuli”), dropping the l as if it were equivalent to the French article l'. The Arabic is from Classical Persian لاجورد (lājward, “lapis lazuli”), from the region of Lajward in Badakhshan.
Compare with Italian azzurro and Spanish azul.