azure

Wikipedia

English

Etymology

Old French azur, derived from Arabic لازوَرْد (lāzaward, “lapis lazuli”), dropping the l as if it were equivalent to the French article l'. The Arabic is from Persian لاجورد (lajward, “azure”), from the region of Lajward in Turkestan.

Compare with Italian azzurro and Spanish azul.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /æzˈjʊə/, /ˈæʒə/, SAMPA: /"{Z@/
• (US) IPA: /ˈæʒɚ/, /ˈeɪʒɚ/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

azure (countable and uncountable; plural azures)

1. (heraldry) A blue colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.
   • 1997, Brault, Early Blazon:

     In Bb [Glover's Roll], the conventional letter B is used to indicate azure in most items.

2. The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour.

   azure colour:

3. (poetic) The unclouded sky; the blue vault above.
4. Lapis lazuli.

Alternative forms

• (blue color on a coat of arms): az., b., bl.

Derived terms

• azurely
• azureness
• azurite
• azurity

Translations

blue colour on a coat of arms

Finnish: sininen (fi) Macedonian: сина (mk) (sína) f. Portuguese: azul (pt)

Russian: лазурь (ru) (lazúr') f. Spanish: azur (es)

colour of the sky

Arabic: لازوردية (lazuwardīya), لازورد (lāzaward) Bosnian: azurna f., plava f., vedra f. Bulgarian: небесносиньо (bg) Catalan: atzur Croatian: azurna (hr) f., plava (hr) f., vedra (hr) f. Dutch: azuurblauw (nl) n., hemelsblauw (nl) n. Finnish: taivaansininen German: Himmelblau n., Azurblau Icelandic: fagurblár (is) m., himinblár (is), heiðblár (is) Indonesian: biru langit (id) Italian: azzurro (it) m.

Malay: biru langit (ms) Maltese: kaħlani m., kaħlanija f. Polish: lazur (pl) m. Portuguese: azul celeste (pt) Romanian: azur (ro) Serbian: Cyrillic: азурна f., плава f., ведра f. Roman: azurna f., plava f., vedra f. Thai: ฟ้า (th) Volapük: lasürablöv (vo)

the blue sky

Bosnian: plavetnilo (bs) n. Bulgarian: лазур (bg) Catalan: atzur Croatian: plavetnilo (hr) n.

Finnish: sinitaivas Serbian: Cyrillic: плаветнило n. Roman: plavetnilo n.

gem

Dutch: lapis lazuli (nl) m.

Finnish: lapis lazuli (fi)

Adjective

azure (not comparable)

1. Sky-blue; resembling the clear blue colour of the unclouded sky; cerulean; also, cloudless.
2. (heraldry) In blazon, of the colour blue.

Translations

sky-blue coloured

Arabic: لازوردي (lāzuwardiy) Bosnian: azurna (bs) f., plava (bs) f. Bulgarian: небесносин (bg), лазурен (bg) Catalan: atzur Croatian: azurna (hr) f., plava (hr) f. Dutch: azuurblauw Finnish: taivaansininen German: azur (de)

Italian: azzurro (it) Persian: لاجورد (lajward) Portuguese: azul celeste (pt), cerúleo (pt) m., cerúlea (pt) f. Russian: лазурный (ru) Serbian: Cyrillic: азурна f., плава f. Roman: azurna f., plava f. Volapük: lasürablövik (vo)

heraldry: of blue colour on a coat of arms

Bosnian: azurna (bs) f., plava (bs) f. Croatian: azurna (hr) f., plava (hr) f. Dutch: azuur (blauw) Finnish: sininen (fi) French: azur (fr) German: blau (de) Hungarian: kék (hu) Italian: azzurro (it) Polish: błękitny (pl)

Portuguese: azul (pt) Romanian: azuriu Russian: голубой (ru) Serbian: Cyrillic: азурна f., плава f. Roman: azurna f., plava f. Slovak: modrá Spanish: azur (es) Swedish: blått (sv)

Verb

azure (third-person singular simple present azures, present participle azuring, simple past and past participle azured)

1. (transitive) To colour blue.

Translations

to colour

Bosnian: oplaviti (bs) Croatian: oplaviti (hr) Finnish: värittää siniseksi

Serbian: Cyrillic: оплавити Roman: oplaviti

See also

• (blues) blue; Alice blue, aqua, aquamarine, azure, baby blue, beryl, bice, bice blue, blue green, blue violet, blueberry, cadet blue, Cambridge blue, cerulean, cobalt blue, Copenhagen blue, cornflower, cornflower blue, cyan, duck-egg blue, eggshell blue, electric-blue, gentian blue, ice blue, lapis lazuli, lovat, mazarine, midnight blue, navy, Nile blue, Oxford blue, peacock blue, petrol blue, powder blue, Prussian blue, robin's-egg blue, royal blue, sapphire, saxe blue, slate blue, sky blue, teal, turquoise, ultramarine, Wedgwood blue, zaffre ^{(Category: en:Blues) [edit]}