azul

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Aragonese[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Arabic لَازُوَرْد‎ (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد‎ (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”).

Adjective[edit]

azul m sg (feminine singular azul)

  1. blue

Asturian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Arabic لَازُوَرْد‎ (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد‎ (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”).

Adjective[edit]

azul (epicene, plural azules)

  1. blue

Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese azur (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Arabic لَازُوَرْد‎ (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد‎ (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /aˈθul/, (western) /aˈsul/

Adjective[edit]

azul m or f (plural azuis)

  1. blue (colour)

Inflection[edit]

The plural may also be azules.

Derived terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

azul m (plural azuis)

  1. (countable and uncountable) azure, blue (colour)
  2. (heraldry) azure
    • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 308:
      rreluzíã cõtra o ssol os escudos, que erã pintados de ouro et de azur
      the shields, painted in gold and azure, glittered against the sun

See also[edit]

Colors in Galician · cores (layout · text)
     branco      gris      negro
             vermello; carmín              laranxa; castaño, marrón              amarelo; crema
             verde lima              verde              menta; verde escuro
             ciano; azul verdoso              cerúleo              azul
             violeta; anil              maxenta; púrpura              rosa

References[edit]

  • “azur” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “azur” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “azul” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “azul” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “azul” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Guinea-Bissau Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese azul. Cognate with Kabuverdianu azul.

Adjective[edit]

azul

  1. blue

Kabuverdianu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese azul.

Adjective[edit]

azul

  1. blue

Kabyle[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Interjection[edit]

azul

  1. hello

Leonese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective[edit]

azul (plural azules)

  1. blue

References[edit]

Portuguese[edit]

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azul

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese azur (“blue”), from Arabic لَازُوَرْد‎ (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد‎ (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”). Doublet of azur, from French.

Compare with Galician azul (“blue”), Spanish azul (“blue”), French azur (“azure”), Italian azzurro (“blue”) and English azure.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Brazil)
    • (Fluminense, brasiliense, florianopolitano, capixaba) IPA(key): /ɐ.ˈzuw/
    • (Riverense Portuñol, gaúcho da pampa) IPA(key): /a.ˈzul/
  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -ul, (Brazil) -uw
  • Hyphenation: a‧zul

Adjective[edit]

azul m or f (plural azuis)

  1. blue

Noun[edit]

azul m (plural azuis)

  1. blue

Related terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Colors in Portuguese · cores (layout · text)
     branco, alvo, cândido      cinza, gris,
cinzento 		     preto, negro, atro
             vermelho,
encarnado, rubro,
salmão; carmim 		             laranja,
cor de laranja; castanho,
marrom 		             amarelo, lúteo; creme,
ocre
             verde-limão              verde              verde-água; verde-menta
             ciano,
turquesa; azul-petróleo 		             azul-celeste              azul, índigo, anil
             violeta,
lilás 		             magenta; roxo, púrpura              rosa,
cor-de-rosa, rosa-choque

Spanish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Spanish azur, from Arabic لَازُوَرْد‎ (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد‎ (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”). Doublet of azur, from French. Cognate with English azure.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /aˈθul/ [aˈθul]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /aˈsul/ [aˈsul]
  • Rhymes: -ul
  • Syllabification: a‧zul

Adjective[edit]

azul m or f (masculine and feminine plural azules)

  1. blue
    Synonym: (obsolete) blao

Noun[edit]

azul m (plural azules)

  1. blue
    Synonym: (obsolete) blao
  2. (Mexico) a police officer

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • → Cebuano: asul
  • → Mecayapan Nahuatl: aso̱ltiꞌ
  • → Tagalog: asul
  • → Tlamacazapa Nahuatl: asol
  • → Zoogocho Zapotec: azul

See also[edit]

Colors in Spanish · colores (layout · text)
     blanco      gris      negro
             rojo; carmín, carmesí              naranja, anaranjado; marrón              amarillo; crema
             lima              verde              menta
             cian, turquesa; azul-petróleo              celeste, cerúleo              azul
             violeta; añil, índigo              magenta; morado, púrpura              rosa

Further reading[edit]

Zoogocho Zapotec[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish azul.

Adjective[edit]

azul

  1. blue

References[edit]

  • Long C., Rebecca; Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)‎[1] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 3
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