ultramarine

Meaning

Adj

1. (archaic) Beyond the sea.
2. Of a brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish color like that of the pigment (noun sense 1).

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) In full ultramarine blue: a brilliant blue pigment traditionally made from ground-up lapis lazuli, and now usually either extracted from mineral deposits or made synthetically.
2. (countable, uncountable) A brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour like that of the pigment.

Opposite of

cismarine

Synonyms

ultramarine blue

prussian blue

marine blue

sky-coloured

Translations

outremer

ultramarino

ultramarijn

Ultramarinblau

ultramarin

blu oltremare

oltremare

denizaşırı

lâcivert

lapislázuli

blau d’ultramar

Königsblau

azul de ultramar

ultramar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌʌltɹəməˈɹiːn/

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ultrāmarīnus, from Latin ultrā (“beyond”) + marīnus (“of or relating to the sea, marine”). By surface analysis, ultra + marine.
Noun sense 1 (“pigment”) refers to the fact that lapis lazuli was obtained from foreign countries and hence “beyond the sea”.