blues

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2 See also 1.2.3 Translations 1.3 Verb 1.4 Anagrams 2 Finnish 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Declension 3 Italian 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 3.3 Anagrams 4 Swedish 4.1 Noun

[edit] English

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[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: blo͞oz, IPA: /bluːz/, SAMPA: /blu:z/
• Rhymes: -uːz

[edit] Noun

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blues (uncountable)

1. Plural form of blue.
2. (informal) A feeling of sadness or depression.
   • 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

     If we had been allowed to sit idle we should all have fallen into the blues...

3. (singular or plural) (informal) One's particular life experience, particularly including the hardships one has faced.

   Your blues is just like mine.

   Your blues are just like mine.

4. A musical form, African-American in origin, generally featuring an eight-bar or twelve-bar structure and using the blues scale.

   Many great blues musicians came from the Mississippi Delta region.

   A large portion of modern popular music is influenced by the blues.

5. (music, always singular) A musical composition following blues forms.

   My next number is a blues in G.

6. A uniform made principally of a blue fabric.

   The marched in their dress blues.

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[edit] See also

• (musical form): boogie, jazz, rock and roll, shuffle, turnaround

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

blues

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blue.

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of belsu
• lubes

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[edit] Noun

blues

1. (music) blues

[edit] Declension

Declension of blues (type risti) singular plural nominative blues bluesit genitive bluesin bluesien partitive bluesia blueseja accusative blues bluesin bluesit inessive bluesissa blueseissa elative bluesista blueseista illative bluesiin blueseihin adessive bluesilla blueseilla ablative bluesilta blueseilta allative bluesille blueseille essive bluesina blueseina translative bluesiksi blueseiksi instructive – bluesein abessive bluesitta blueseitta comitative – blueseineen

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[edit] Etymology

English

[edit] Noun

blues m. inv.

1. (music) blues

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of belsu
• bluse

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[edit] Noun

Declination for blues	Singular		Uncountable
Common	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	blues	bluesen
Possessive form	bluess	bluesens

blues c.

1. blues; a musical form
2. blues; a musical composition