bleu

Meaning

Adj

1. blue
2. very rare, underdone

Noun

1. the color blue
2. blue cheese
3. rookie, new recruit, raw recruit
4. bruise
5. billiard chalk
6. a supporter of the Conservative Party
7. a supporter of the Democratic Party

Pronounced as (IPA)

/blø/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French bleu, from Old French blöe, bleve, blef (“blue”), from Late Latin blāvus, from Frankish *blāu (“blue”), from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₁-, *bʰlh₁-, *bʰleh₁- (“yellow, grey, blue”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine”). Cognate with Old High German blāo (“blue”) (German blau), Dutch blauw (“blue”), Old English blāw (“blue”). More at blue.

Sentences

Il lui semblait qu’il nageait en plein ciel bleu .

It seemed to him that he was swimming in the blue sky.

En arrière-plan , on aperçoit une tente de combat stylisée , dans les tons de bleu .

In the background, we see a stylized battle tent, in shades of blue.