azur

See also: ažur

English

Adjective

azur (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) Alternative form of azure

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French

Etymology

From Old French azur, borrowed from Medieval Latin azurium, from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.zyʁ/

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Noun

azur m (plural azurs)

1. (heraldry) azure (blue color)

Synonyms

• bleu

See also

Colors in French · couleurs (layout · text)

blanc	gris	noir
rouge; cramoisi, carmin	orange; brun, marron	jaune; crème
lime	vert	menthe
cyan, turquoise; bleu canard	azur, bleu ciel	bleu
violet, lilas; indigo	magenta; pourpre	rose

Further reading

• “azur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin azurium, from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”).

Noun

azur oblique singular, m (oblique plural azurs, nominative singular azurs, nominative plural azur)

1. (heraldry) azure (blue color)
   • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Qui est li chevaliers armez
     D'unes armes d'azur et d'or[?]

     Who is the knight armed
     With armaments of azure and of gold?

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈd͡zuɾ/

Adjective

azur m or f

1. azure, blue

Noun

azur m

1. azure, blue
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 384 (facsimile):

     ⁊ a outra dazur era / coor mui marauilloſa / que ao çeo ſemella […]

     And the other was blue / a marvelous colour / which resembles the sky […]

Descendants

• Galician: azul
• Portuguese: azul

See also

Colors in Old Galician-Portuguese · coores, colores (layout · text)

branco, blanco, alvo	gris	negro, preto
vermelho	castanho	amarelo
	verde
		azur
	cardẽo	rosa

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Old Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈd͡zuɾ/

Adjective

azur (plural azures)

1. blue

Noun

azur m (plural azures)

1. blue

Descendants

• Spanish: azul

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• azure

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐ.ˈzuɾ/
• Hyphenation: a‧zur

Noun

azur m (plural azures)

1. (heraldry) azure (the blue colour)
   • (Can we date this quote?), Grande enciclopédia portuguesa e brasileira, volume 3, Editorial Enciclopédia, page 962:

     Actualmente, as fábricas de corantes produzem azur muito puro.

     Currently, tincture factories produce a very pure azure.

   • 1984, Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro, Anais do Congresso de História do Segundo Reinado: Comissão de Genealogia e Heráldica, Comissão de História Jurídica, Comissão de História Cultural, Comissão de História Religiosa, page 74:

     No escudo do prelado maranhense os atributos das armas originais foram transformados e dispostos em um escudo cortado em faixa, figurando no 1º quartel quatro faixas ondadas de azul em campo de prata, e no 2º quarto flores de lis também de prata, posta 2 em 2, em campo de azur, com bordadura de vermelho pleno.

   • 2001, Antonio Miranda, Manucho e o labirinto, Global, page 37:

     Em seu brasão de família havia dragões de ouro e ostentava a branda e escudetes de sinople e azur, […]

   • 1992, Eugenio Vergara Caffarelli, As moedas do Brasil desde o Reino Unido, 1818-1992: ilustrado com 690 fotografias, page 18:

     O vermelho ou goles se representa por linhas perpendiculares (fig. 1). O azul ou azur, por linhas horizontais (fig. 2).

     Red or gules is represented by perpendicular lines (fig. 1). Blue or azure, by horizontal lines (fig. 2).

   • (Can we date this quote?), Valton Sergio von Tempski-Silka, Histórico dos Brasões e Bandeiras do Estado do Paraná, page 18:

     Esmalte: as cores do brasão que não são metais: azul = azur, blau; verde = sinople; sinopla; preto = sable; vermelho = goles etc.

Synonyms

• blau, azul

Related terms

• azul

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French azur.

Noun

azur n (uncountable)

1. azure, light-blue, sky-blue

Declension

declension of azur (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) azur	azurul
genitive/dative	(unui) azur	azurului
vocative	azurule

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aˈθuɾ/ [aˈθuɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /aˈsuɾ/ [aˈsuɾ]

Adjective

azur m or f (masculine and feminine plural azures)

1. azure (sky-blue coloured)
2. (heraldry) azure