blue blood

English

Alternative forms

• blue-blood

Etymology

A calque of Spanish sangre azul.

Noun

blue blood (countable and uncountable; plural blue bloods)

1. (uncountable) noble or aristocratic ancestry
2. (countable) an aristocrat

Derived terms

• blue-blooded

Translations

noble or aristocratic ancestry

• Czech: modrá krev (cs) f
• Greek: γαλαζοαίματος (el) (galazoématos)
• Hungarian: kékvér (hu)
• Portuguese: sangue azul (pt)

• Romanian: sânge albastru (ro) n
• Russian: голубая кровь (ru) (golubája krov') f, белая кость (ru) (b'élaja kost') f (lit:white bone)
• Tagalog: dugong bughaw (tl)