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"blue-color"], influenced in form by Anglo-Norman ''blew, bl(i)u, bl(i)ef'' "blue, livid, discolored" from {{etyl|fro|en}} {{term|bleu||lang=fro}}, from Frank. ''blao'' from {{proto|Germanic|blæwaz}}, from {{proto|Indo-European|bʰle-was|light-colored, blue, blond, yellow}} (a suffixed form of {{proto|Indo-European|title=|bʰel-|to shine}}); cognate with Old Church Slavonic {{term|бѣлъ|lang=cu|sc=Cyrs|tr=bělŭ}}, Russian {{term|белый|sc=Cyrl|tr=bélyj}}, Polish {{term|biały|lang=pl}}, Ancient Greek {{term|φαλός|lang=grc|sc=Grek|tr=phalos}}, Armenian {{term|բալ|sc=Armn|tr=bal||fog}}, Sanskrit {{term|भाल|sc=Deva|tr=bhāla||splendour}}, and Old English {{term|bæl|bǣl|lang=ang||fire}} (English {{term|bald}}). akin to Old English ''blāw'' "blue", Old Frisian ''blāw'' (West Frisian ''blau''), MD ''blā(u)'', Old High German ''blāo'' (G [[blau]]), Old Norse ''blār''. See also [[blae]]. ===Adjective=== {{en-adj|blu|er}} # Having a color [[shade]] close to blue. # {{informal}} [[depressed|Depressed]], [[melancholic]], [[sad]]. # {{context|entertainment|informal}} [[pornographic|Pornographic]]. # {{US|politics}} Supportive of or dominated by the [[Democratic Party]]. #: ''Many of the traditionally '''blue''' states are on the east and west coasts.'' #: ''Congress turned '''blue''' in the mid-term elections.'' # {{astronomy}} Of the higher-frequency region of the part of the [[electromagnetic spectrum]] which is relevant in the specific [[observation]]. # {{British}} a type of [[firecracker]]. ====Translations==== {{trans-top|blue-colored}} * [[Afrikaans]]: [[blou]] * Albanian: [[kaltër]] * [[Amharic]]: {{tø|am|ሰማያዊ|tr=sämayawi|sc=Ethi}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|ازرق|sc=Arab|alt=أَزْرَق|tr='azraq}} * Armenian: [[կապույտ]] (kapuyt) * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|göy|xs=Azeri}}, {{t-|az|mavi|xs=Azeri}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|plav|m}} * [[Breton]]: [[glas#Breton|glas]] * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|син|m|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[blau]] {{m}}, [[blava]] {{f}} * Chinese: [[蓝]] (lán) * Croatian: [[plav]], [[modar]] * Czech: {{t+|cs|modrý}} * Danish: {{t+|da|blå}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|blauw}}, {{t-|nl|blauwe}} * Esperanto: {{t+|eo|blua|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|sinine}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|sininen}} * French: {{t+|fr|bleu|m}}, {{t+|fr|bleue|f}}, {{t+|fr|bleus|p}}, {{t+|fr|bleues|f|p}} * [[Galician]]: {{t+|gl|azul|xs=Galician}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ლურჯი|tr=lurǰi|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|blau}} * Greek: [[γαλάζιος]] (galazios) {{m}}, [[γαλανός]] (galanos) {{m}}, [[μπλέ]] (ble) {{m}} * Hebrew: [[כחול]] (kakhól) {{m}}, [[כחולה]] (kkhula) {{f}} * Hindi: {{t+|hi|नीला|m|tr=nīlā|sc=Deva|xs=Hindi}}, {{t|hi|नीली|f|tr=nīlī|sc=Deva|xs=Hindi}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|kék}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|blár}} * [[Ido]]: [[blua]] * Indonesian: {{t+|id|biru|xs=Indonesian}} * Irish: {{t+|ga|gorm|xs=Irish}} * Italian: (''dark blue'') [[blu]] ''m, f and pl''; (''sky blue'') [[azzurro]] {{m}}, [[azzurra]] {{f}} * Japanese: [[青い]] ([[あおい]], aoi) * [[Javanese]]: [[biru]] * Korean: [[푸르다]] (pureuda), [[파랗다]] (parahda, parata) {{trans-mid}} * Kurdish: *: Kurmanji: [[şîn]] *: Sorani: {{t|ku|شین|tr=sheen|sc=ku-Arab}} * Latin: [[caeruleus]] {{m}}, [[caerulea]] {{f}}, [[caeruleum]] {{n}} * Latvian: {{t+|lv|zils|xs=Latvian}} * [[Macedonian]]: [[сина]] (sina) * Mongolian: [[цэнхэр]] (cenher) * Norwegian: {{t+|no|blå}} * [[Novial]]: [[blui]] * [[Ossetian]]: {{tø|os|цъæх|tr=c"æx}} * [[Papiamentu]]: {{tø|pap|blou}} * Persian: {{fa-Arab|[[آبی]]}} (ābi) * Polish: [[niebieski]] {{m}}, [[błękitny]] (''sky blue'') {{m}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|azul}} * Romanian: [[albastru]] {{m}}, [[albastră]] {{f}}, [[albaştri]] {{p}}, [[albastre]] ''f pl'', also [[azuriu]] * [[Romansch]]: {{t-|rm|blau|xs=Romansch}} * Russian: [[синий]] (sínij, ''navy blue''), [[голубой]] (golubój, ''sky blue'') * [[Saterland Frisian]]: [[blau]] * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[gorm]] * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sr|плав|m|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|plav|m}} * Slovak: {{t-|sk|belasý}}, {{t-|sk|modrý}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|moder|m}} * Spanish: [[azul#Spanish|azul]], (''light blue'') [[celeste]] * Swahili: {{t|sw|bluu}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|blå}} * [[Tagalog]]: [[bughaw]] * [[Tok Pisin]]: [[blu]] * Turkish: {{t+|tr|mavi}} * Urdu: {{t|ur|نیلا|m|tr=nīlā|sc=ur-Arab|xs=Urdu}}, {{t|ur|نیلى|f|tr=nīlī|sc=ur-Arab|xs=Urdu}} * Vietnamese: ([[màu]]) [[xanh]] (blue or green), [[xanh lam]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|glas|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: {{t+|fy|blau|xs=West Frisian}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|depressed}} * Dutch: [[teneergeslagen]], [[depressief]], [[depressieve]] * Finnish: {{t-|fi|alakuloinen}} * French: {{t+|fr|bleus}}, {{t+|fr|blues}} * German: [[depressiv]], [[niedergeschlagen]], [[schwermütig]], [[traurig]] {{trans-mid}} * Japanese: [[ブルー]] (burū), [[憂鬱]] (yū'utsu) * Korean: [[우울하다]] (uwulhada) * Swahili: {{t|sw|bluu}} * Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|buồn|xs=Vietnamese}}, {{t+|vi|chán|xs=Vietnamese}}, {{t+|vi|chán nản|xs=Vietnamese}}, {{t+|vi|thất vọng|xs=Vietnamese}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|pornographic}} * Finnish: [[pornografinen]], [[porno]]- * Japanese: {{t-|ja|ピンク|tr=pinku|sc=Jpan}} {{trans-mid}} * Korean: [[외설스러운]] (oeseolseureoun), [[도색적인]] (dosaekjeogin), [[원색적인]] (weonsaekjeogin) * Spanish: [[verde#Spanish|verde]] (''green'') * Swahili: {{t|sw|bluu}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|Democratic Party (US)}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|demokraattinen}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|bluu}}, {{t|sw|bluu}} {{trans-mid}} * Vietnamese: [[Dân chủ]] {{trans-bottom}} ===Noun=== {{wikipedia|Blue|Blue (colour)}} {{en-noun}} # {{colorbox|blue}} The [[colour]] of the clear sky or the deep sea, between green and violet in the visible [[spectrum]], and one of the primary additive colours for transmitted light; the colour obtained by subtracting [[red]] and [[green]] from [[white]] light using [[magenta]] and [[cyan]] filters. # A blue dye or pigment. # [[bluing|Bluing]]. # Blue clothing #: ''The boys in '''blue''' marched to the pipers.'' # {{plural}} A blue uniform. See [[blues]]. # The [[sky]], literally or figuratively. #: ''The ball came out of the '''blue''' and cracked his windshield.'' #: ''His request for leave came out of the '''blue'''. # The [[ocean]]; deep waters. # Anything blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in color. # {{context|snooker}} One of the [[colour]] balls used in [[snooker]] with a value of 5 points. # A [[bluefish]]. # {{context|Australian|colloquial}} An argument. # A liquid with an intense blue colour, added to a laundry wash to prevent yellowing of white clothes. ====Translations==== {{trans-top|colour}} * [[Afrikaans]]: [[blou]] * Albanian: [[kaltërt]] * Armenian: [[կապույտ]] (kapuyt) * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|plava|f}} * [[Breton]]: [[glas#Breton|glas]] * [[Catalan]]: [[blau]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[蓝色]] (lánsè) * Croatian: {{t-|hr|plava|f}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|modř|f}} * Danish: {{t+|da|blå}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|blauw|n}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|blu|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|sinine}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|sininen}}, {{t-|fi|sini}} * French: {{t+|fr|bleu|m}} * German: {{t+|de|Blau|n}} * Greek: [[γαλάζιο]] (ghalázio), [[γαλανό]] (ghalanó), [[μπλε]] (ble), [[κυανό]] (kianó), [[γλαυκό]] (ghlafkó) * Hawaiian: [[polū]] * Hebrew: [[כחול]] (kakhól) * Hindi: {{t+|hi|नीला|m|tr=nīlā|sc=Deva|xs=Hindi}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|kék}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|blár}} * Indonesian: {{t+|id|biru|xs=Indonesian}} * Irish: {{t+|ga|gorm|xs=Irish}} * Italian: (''dark blue'') [[blu]] {{m}}; (''sky blue'') [[azzurro]] {{m}} * Japanese: [[青]] ([[あお]], ao) * Korean: (''blue'') [[파랑]] (parang), [[파란색]] (paransæk), *: (''sky blue'') [[하늘색]] (haneulsæk), *: (''indigo'' or ''dark blue'') [[남색]] [藍色] (namsæk), [[남빛]] (nambit), [[쪽빛]] (jjokbit), *: (''ultra marine'') [[군청]] [群靑] (guncheong), [[군청색]] [群靑色] (guncheongsæk), [[남청색]] [藍靑色] (namcheongsæk) {{trans-mid}} * Kurdish: *: Sorani: {{t|ku|شین|tr=sheen|sc=ku-Arab}} * Latin: {{t-|la|caeruleus}} * Latvian: {{t+|lv|zils|xs=Latvian}} * [[Lojban]]: blanu * [[Macedonian]]: [[сина]] (sina) * Malay: {{t+|ms|biru|xs=Malay}} * [[Malayalam]]: [[നീല]] (neela) * Maltese: [[blu]]; (''sky blue'') [[ikħal]]; (''azure'') [[iżraq]] * Norwegian: [[blåfarge]] * Persian: {{t+|fa|آبی|tr=ābi|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * Polish: [[niebieski]] {{m}}, [[błękit]] (''sky blue'') {{m}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|azul|m}} * Russian: [[синий]] (sínij, ''navy blue)'', [[голубой]] (golubój, ''sky blue)'' * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[gorm]] * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t-|sr|плава|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|plava|f}} * Slovak: [[modrá]] (e.g., berlínska modrá) * Slovene: [[modra]] {{f}} * Spanish: [[azul#Spanish|azul]], (''light blue'') [[celeste#Spanish|celeste]] * Swahili: [[bluu]] * Swedish: {{t+|sv|blå}} * [[Telugu]]: [[నీలము]] (niilamu) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|mavi}} * Urdu: {{t|ur|نیلا|m|tr=nīlā|sc=ur-Arab|xs=Urdu}} * Vietnamese: ([[màu]]) [[xanh]] (blue or green), [[xanh lam]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|glas|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[blau]] {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb|blues|'''[[blueing]] '''or''' [[bluing]]'''|blued}} # {{transitive}} To make '''blue'''. # {{transitive}} {{context|Metallurgy}} To treat the surface of steel so that it is [[passivate]]d chemically and becomes more resistant to [[rust]]. #: ''See Wikipedia article on '''bluing''' steel: '' {{w|bluing (steel)}} # {{intransitive}} To turn '''blue'''. ====Translations==== {{trans-top|to make blue}} * French: {{t+|fr|bleuter}} * German: [[bläuen]] {{trans-mid}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|azular}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|bluu}} * Vietnamese: [[làm]] ([[màu]]) [[xanh]], [[nhuộm]] xanh, [[hồ lơ]] (laundry) {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|to passivate steel}} * Finnish: [[sinistää]] {{trans-mid}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|bluu}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|to turn blue}} * French: {{t+|fr|bleuir}} {{trans-mid}} * German: [[blau]] [[werden]] * Swahili: {{t|sw|bluu}} {{trans-bottom}} {{checktrans}} <!--Remove this section once all of the translations below have been moved into the tables above.--> * {{ttbc|Bulgarian}}: [[потиснат]] (potisnat) {{m}} (2), [[депресиран]] (depresiran) {{m}} (2) ===Related terms=== {{rel-top3|related terms}} * [[between the devil and the deep blue sea]] * [[bice blue]] * [[black and blue]] * [[blue baby]] * [[blue bag]] * [[Blue Bird]] * [[blue blood]] * [[blue book]] * [[blue box]] * [[blue cat]] * [[blue catfish]] * [[blue cheese]] * [[blue chip]] * [[blue circle rate]] * [[blue cod]] * [[blue cohosh]] * [[blue crab]] * [[blue curls]] * [[blue devils]] * [[blue duck]] * [[Blue Ensign]] * [[blue flag]] * [[blue flier]] * [[blue flu]] * [[blue fox]] * [[blue funk]] * [[blue gound]] * [[blue gouse]] * [[blue gum]] * [[blue heaven]] * [[blue heeler]] * [[blue helmet]] * [[blue heron]] * [[blue jay]] * [[blue jeans]] * [[blue john]] * [[blue law]] * [[blue line]] * [[blue list]] * [[Blue Mantle]] * [[blue mold]] * [[blue Monday]] * [[blue moon]] * [[blue movie]] * [[Blue Nile]] * [[blue note]] * [[blue pages]] * [[blue pencil]] * [[Blue Peter]] * [[blue pike]] * [[blue plate]] * [[blue point]] * [[blue racer]] * [[blue riband]] * [[Blue Ridge]] * [[blue rinse]] * [[blue runner]] * [[blue shark]] * [[blue sheep]] {{rel-mid3}} * [[blue spruce]] * [[blue state]] * [[blue streak]] * [[blue vitriol]] * [[blue water]] * [[blue whale]] * [[blue wren]] * [[blueback]] * [[blueback salmon]] * [[bluebeard]] * [[bluebeat]] * [[bluebell]] * [[blueberry]] * [[bluebill]] * [[bluebird]] * [[blue-black]] * [[blue-blooded]] * [[bluebonnet]] * [[bluebottle]] * [[blue-chip]] * [[bluecoat]] * [[blue-collar]] * [[bluecurls]] * [[blue-eyed boy]] * [[blue-eyed grass]] * [[blue-eyed Mar]] * [[blue-eyed soul]] * [[bluefin]] * [[bluefin tuna]] * [[bluefish]] * [[bluegill]] * [[bluegrass]] * [[blue-green alga]] * [[blueing]] * [[blueish]] * [[bluejacket]] * [[bluely]] * [[blueness]] * [[bluenose]] * [[blue-pencil]] * [[blue-plate]] * [[bluepoint]] * [[blueprint]] * [[blue-ribbon]] * [[bluerinse]] * [[blue-rinse]] * [[blues]] * [[blueshift]] * [[blue-sky]] * [[blue-sky law]] * [[bluesman]] * [[bluestem]] * [[bluestocking]] * [[bluestone]] * [[bluesy]], bluesier, blusiest * [[bluet]] * [[blue-tile fever]] * [[bluetit]] * [[bluetongue]] {{rel-mid3}} * [[blue-water]] * [[blueweed]] * [[bluey]] * [[bluing]] * [[bluish]] * [[bluishness]] * [[blut tit]] * [[bolt from the blue]] * [[boys in blue]] * [[Cambridge blue]] * [[cobalt blue]] * [[code blue]] * [[Colorado blue spruce]] * [[common blue]] * [[Copenhagen blue]] * [[cordon bleu]] * [[cornflower blue]] * [[cry blue murder]] * [[Danish blue]] * [[dark blue]] * [[duck-egg blue]] * [[eggshell blue]] * [[electric-blue]] * [[genetian blue]] * [[go blue]] * [[half-blue]] * [[ice blue]] * [[in a blue funk]] * [[indigo blue]] * [[iron blue]] * [[Kerry blue terrier]] * [[light blue]] * [[methylene blue]] * [[midnight blue]] * [[navy blue]] * [[Nile blue]] * [[once in a blue moon]] * [[out of the blue]] * [[Oxford blue]] * [[peacock blue]] * [[petrol blue]] * [[powder blue]] * [[Prussian blue]] * [[pygmy blue]] * [[robin’s-egg blue]] * [[royal blue]] * [[Russian blue]] * [[saxe blue]] * [[Saxon blue]] * [[scream blue murder]] * [[sky blue]] * [[slate blue]] * [[steel blue]] * [[Tasmanian blue gum]] * [[the blues]] * [[true-blue]] * [[trypan blue]] * [[until one is blue in the face]] * [[Wedgwood blue]] {{rel-bottom}} ===See also=== * [[Havasupai]] * [[primary colour]] * [[rainbow]] * [[RGB]] * [[Appendix:Colours]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Blues]] [[Category:Colors]] [[Category:Colors of the rainbow]] [[ar:blue]] [[zh-min-nan:blue]] [[ca:blue]] [[cs:blue]] [[de:blue]] [[et:blue]] [[el:blue]] [[es:blue]] [[fa:blue]] [[fr:blue]] [[gl:blue]] [[ko:blue]] [[hy:blue]] [[io:blue]] [[id:blue]] [[it:blue]] [[kl:blue]] [[kk:blue]] [[sw:blue]] [[ku:blue]] [[lo:blue]] [[lt:blue]] [[hu:blue]] [[nl:blue]] [[ja:blue]] [[no:blue]] [[pl:blue]] [[pt:blue]] [[ro:blue]] [[ru:blue]] [[simple:blue]] [[sr:blue]] [[fi:blue]] [[sv:blue]] [[ta:blue]] [[te:blue]] [[th:blue]] [[tr:blue]] [[uk:blue]] [[ug:blue]] [[vi:blue]] [[zh:blue]]