ажур

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈʒu̟r]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -ur
• Syllabification^(key): а‧жур
• Hyphenation^(key): ажур

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French ajour.

Noun

ажу́р • (ažúr) m (relational adjective ажу́рен)

1. hemstitch, open-worked embroidery

Declension

Declension of ажу́р

	singular
indefinite	ажу́р ažúr
definite (subject form)	ажу́рът ažúrǎt
definite (object form)	ажу́ра ažúra

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French à jour.

Adverb

ажу́р • (ažúr) (not comparable)

1. on time
2. in order, properly

   ажур съм ― ažur sǎm ― I'm all good (colloquial)

References

• “ажур”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “ажур”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “ажу̀р”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 5
• “ажур”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 20

Russian

Alternative forms

• ажу́ръ (ažúr) — pre-1918 spelling

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈʐur]

• Audio (Saint Petersburg):

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Noun

ажу́р • (ažúr) m inan (genitive ажу́ра, uncountable, relational adjective ажу́рный)

1. openwork (cloth)

Declension

Declension of ажу́р (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	ажу́р ažúr
genitive	ажу́ра ažúra
dative	ажу́ру ažúru
accusative	ажу́р ažúr
instrumental	ажу́ром ažúrom
prepositional	ажу́ре ažúre

Related terms

• в ажу́ре (v ažúre)

Further reading

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “ажур”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

Adverb

ажу́р • (ažúr)

1. (accounting) up-to-date

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from French à jour.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǎʒuːr/
• Hyphenation: а‧жур

Noun

а̀жӯр m inan (Latin spelling àžūr)

1. openwork, a-jour-work
2. cutwork
3. drawn-thread work, hemstitch

References

• “ажур”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Ukrainian

Etymology

From French à jour.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈʒur]

• Audio:

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Noun

ажу́р • (ažúr) m inan (genitive ажу́ру, nominative plural ажу́ри, genitive plural ажу́рів)

1. openwork

Declension

Declension of ажу́р
(inan hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	ажу́р ažúr	ажу́ри ažúry
genitive	ажу́ру ažúru	ажу́рів ažúriv
dative	ажу́рові, ажу́ру ažúrovi, ažúru	ажу́рам ažúram
accusative	ажу́р ažúr	ажу́ри ažúry
instrumental	ажу́ром ažúrom	ажу́рами ažúramy
locative	ажу́рі ažúri	ажу́рах ažúrax
vocative	ажу́ре ažúre	ажу́ри ažúry

Derived terms

• ажу́рний (ažúrnyj)
• ажу́рність (ažúrnistʹ)
• ажу́рно (ažúrno)

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ажур”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “ажур”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)