azure

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Alternative spellings 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Verb 1.5.1 Translations 1.6 See also

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[edit] 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.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈæʒə/, SAMPA: /"{Z@/
• IPA: /ˈeɪʒɚ/
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[edit] Noun

azure (uncountable)

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.

[edit] Alternative spellings

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

[edit] Derived terms

• azurely
• azureness
• azurite
• azurity

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[edit] Adjective

azure (not comparable)

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

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[edit] Verb

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

1. (transitive) To colour blue.

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[edit] See also

• Appendix:Colours