ラピスラズリ

Japanese

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from English lapis lazuli. From Medieval Latin lapis (“stone”) +‎ lazulī (“of heaven, of the sky”, genitive singular of lazulum).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ラピスラ​ズリ [ràpísú ráꜜzùrì] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [ɾa̠pʲisɨᵝ ɾa̠zɨᵝɾʲi]

Noun

ラピスラズリ • (rapisu razuri) 

1. (mineralogy) lapis lazuli

Synonyms

• 瑠(る)璃(り) (ruri)

Coordinate terms

• (lazurite): 青(せい)金(きん)石(せき) (seikinseki), ラズライト (razuraito)
• (ultramarine): 群(ぐん)青(じょう) (gunjō), ウルトラマリン (urutoramarin)