blauw

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. blue
2. visibly bruised
3. pertaining to aquatic nature
4. (slang) drunk

Noun

1. (neuter) the colour blue
2. (neuter) police (especially in the phrase: blauw op straat (“police on the street”))

Sinonieme

blauwe

beschonken

azuur

dronken

groen

zat

bezopen

hemelsblauw

lazuur

blauwig

bosbes

blaw

blauwachtig

Vertalings

blue

azul

azul

bleu

blau

blau

blu

mavi

azzurro

caeruleus

celeste

μπλε

Blau

şîn

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/blɑu̯/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle Dutch: blau

Geërf van Old Dutch: *blāo

In summary

From Middle Dutch blau, blauwe, from Old Dutch *blāo, from Proto-West Germanic *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz. Doublet of bleu.