azur

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See also: azúr, ažur, and ażur

English

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Adjective

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azur (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of azure (blue tincture in heraldry)

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French azur, borrowed from Medieval Latin azurium, from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, lapis lazuli), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, lapis lazuli).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a.zyʁ/
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Noun

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azur m (plural azurs)

  1. (heraldry) azure (blue color)
    Synonym: bleu

Derived terms

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See also

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Colors in French · couleurs (layout · text)
     blanc      gris      noir
             rouge; cramoisi, carmin              orange; brun, marron              jaune; crème
             lime              vert              menthe
             cyan, turquoise; bleu canard              azur, bleu ciel              bleu
             violet, lilas; indigo              magenta; pourpre              rose

Further reading

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Old French

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Etymology

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From Medieval Latin lazulum, from Arabic لَازَوَرْد (lāzaward), from Classical Persian لَاجَوَرْد (lājaward).

Noun

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azur oblique singularm (oblique plural azurs, nominative singular azurs, nominative plural azur)

  1. (heraldry) azure (blue color)

Descendants

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  • French: azur
  • Middle English: asure, asur, asour, azur, azour, azure
  • Portuguese: azur
  • Spanish: azur

Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, lapis lazuli), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, lapis lazuli).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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azur m or f

  1. azure, blue

Noun

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azur m

  1. azure, blue

Descendants

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Colors in Old Galician-Portuguese · coores, colores (layout · text)
     branco, blanco, alvo      gris      negro, preto
             vermelho              castanho              amarelo
                          verde             
                                       azur
                          cardẽo              rosa

Old Spanish

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Etymology

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From Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, lapis lazuli), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, lapis lazuli).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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azur (plural azures)

  1. blue

Noun

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azur m (plural azures)

  1. blue

Descendants

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Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French azur, from Old French azur, from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, lapis lazuli), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, lapis lazuli). Doublet of azul.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: a‧zur

Noun

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azur m (plural azures)

  1. (heraldry) azure (the blue colour)
    • (Can we date this quote?), Grande enciclopédia portuguesa e brasileira, volume 3, Editorial Enciclopédia, page 962:
      Actualmente, as fábricas de corantes produzem azur muito puro.
      Currently, dye factories produce a very pure azure.
    • 1984, Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro, Anais do Congresso de História do Segundo Reinado: Comissão de Genealogia e Heráldica, Comissão de História Jurídica, Comissão de História Cultural, Comissão de História Religiosa, page 74:
      No escudo do prelado maranhense os atributos das armas originais foram transformados e dispostos em um escudo cortado em faixa, figurando no 1º quartel quatro faixas ondadas de azul em campo de prata, e no 2º quarto flores de lis também de prata, posta 2 em 2, em campo de azur, com bordadura de vermelho pleno.
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    • 2001, Antonio Miranda, Manucho e o labirinto, Global, page 37:
      Em seu brasão de família havia dragões de ouro e ostentava a branda e escudetes de sinople e azur, []
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    • 1992, Eugenio Vergara Caffarelli, As moedas do Brasil desde o Reino Unido, 1818-1992: ilustrado com 690 fotografias, page 18:
      O vermelho ou goles se representa por linhas perpendiculares (fig. 1). O azul ou azur, por linhas horizontais (fig. 2).
      Red or gules is represented by perpendicular lines (fig. 1). Blue or azure, by horizontal lines (fig. 2).
    • (Can we date this quote?), Valton Sergio von Tempski-Silka, Histórico dos Brasões e Bandeiras do Estado do Paraná, page 18:
      Esmalte: as cores do brasão que não são metais: azul = azur, blau; verde = sinople, sinopla; preto = sable; vermelho = goles etc.
      Color: the tinctures of the blazon which are not metals: blue = azure; green = vert; black = sable; red = gules etc.
    Synonyms: blau, azul
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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French azur.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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azur n (uncountable)

  1. azure, light-blue, sky-blue

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French azur, from Old French azur, from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, lapis lazuli), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, lapis lazuli). Doublet of azul.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /aˈθuɾ/ [aˈθuɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aˈsuɾ/ [aˈsuɾ]
  • Rhymes: -uɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧zur

Adjective

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azur m or f (masculine and feminine plural azures)

  1. azure (sky-blue coloured)
  2. (heraldry) azure

See also

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Colors in Spanish · colores (layout · text)
     blanco      gris      negro
             rojo; carmín, carmesí              naranja, anaranjado; marrón              amarillo; crema
             lima              verde              menta
             cian, turquesa; azul-petróleo              celeste, cerúleo              azul
             violeta; añil, índigo              magenta; morado, púrpura              rosa, rosado

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