azul

Aragonese

Etymology

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

Adjective

azul m sg (feminine singular azul)

1. blue

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Asturian

Etymology

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

Adjective

azul

1. blue

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Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

azul m or f (plural azuis)

1. blue (colour)

Inflection

The plural may also be azules.

Derived terms

• azul mariño
• azulado
• azular
• azulexo

Noun

1. (countable and uncountable) blue (colour)
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), 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 blue, glittered against the sun

See also

Colors in Galician · cores (layout · text)

branco	gris	negro, preto
vermello; carmín	laranxa; castaño, marrón	amarelo; crema
verde lima	verde	menta; verde escuro
ciano; azul verdoso	cerúleo	azul
violeta; anil	maxenta; púrpura	rosa

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• “azur” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “azul” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese azul. Cognates with Kabuverdianu azul.

Adjective

azul

1. blue

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Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese azul.

Adjective

azul

1. blue

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Kabyle

Etymology

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

Interjection

azul

1. hello

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Leonese

Etymology

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

Adjective

azul (plural azules)

1. blue

References

• AEDLL

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Portuguese

azul

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ɐ.ˈzuɫ/
• IPA^(key): /ɐ.ˈzuw/
• IPA^(key): /a.ˈzuw/
• IPA^(key): /a.ˈzul/
• Hyphenation: a‧zul
• Rhymes: -uw

Adjective

1. blue

Noun

1. blue

Related terms

• azul-celeste
• azulado
• azular

 

See also

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

• (blues) azul; azul céu, azul gelo, safira ^{(Categories: pt:Colors, pt:Blues)}

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• açul (archaic)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aˈθul/ [aˈθul]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /aˈsul/ [aˈsul]

Adjective

azul m or f (masculine and feminine plural azules)

1. blue

Noun

azul m (plural azules)

1. blue

Synonyms

• blao (obsolete)

Derived terms

• arándano azul
• azulado
• azular
• azulejo
• azulenco
• ballena azul
• de oro y azul
• División Azul
• príncipe azul
• sangre azul

 

Descendants

• Tagalog: asul

See also

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, rosado

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001

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Zoogocho Zapotec

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish azul.

Noun

azul

1. blue

References

• 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