azure

§English

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§Etymology

Old French azur, derived from Arabic لازوَرْد (lāzaward, “lapis lazuli”), dropping the l as if it were equivalent to the French article l'. The Arabic is from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”), from the region of Lajward in Turkestan.

Compare with Italian azzurro and Spanish azul.

§Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæʒ(j)ʊə/, /ˈæʒə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæʒɚ/, /ˈeɪʒɚ/

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§Noun

azure (countable and uncountable, plural azures)

1. (heraldry) A blue colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.
   • 1997, Brault, Early Blazon:

     In Bb [Glover's Roll], the conventional letter B is used to indicate azure in most items.

2. The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour.

   azure colour:

   • Wordsworth

     In robes of azure.

3. (poetic) The unclouded sky; the blue vault above.
   • John Milton's s:Paradise lost

     Not like those steps / On heaven's azure.

4. Lapis lazuli.

§Alternative forms

• (blue color on a coat of arms): az., b., bl.

§Derived terms

• azurely
• azureness
• azurite
• azurity

§Translations

blue colour on a coat of arms

• Dutch: azuur (nl)
• Finnish: sininen (fi)
• French: azur (fr)
• German: Blau (de)
• Italian: azzurro (it)
• Japanese: 青 (ja) (ao), アジュール (ajyūru)
• Macedonian: сина f (sína)

• Portuguese: azul (pt)
• Russian: лазурь (ru) f (lazúrʹ)
• Spanish: azur (es)

colour of the sky

• Arabic: لازوردية (lazuwardiyya), لازورد (ar) (lāzaward)
• Bulgarian: небесносиньо (bg) (nebesnosinjo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蔚藍, 蔚蓝 (zh) (wèilán), 天藍色 (zh), 天蓝色 (tiānlánsè)

• Catalan: atzur m
• Dutch: azuurblauw (nl) n, hemelsblauw (nl) n
• Esperanto: lazuro
• Finnish: taivaansininen
• French: azur (fr) m
• German: Himmelblau n, Azurblau
• Hebrew: תכלת (he) (tkhélet)
• Icelandic: fagurblár m, himinblár (is), heiðblár
• Ido: azuro (io)
• Indonesian: biru langit (id)

• Italian: azzurro (it) m
• Japanese: 空色 (sorairo)
• Malay: biru langit, lazuardi
• Maltese: kaħlani m, kaħlanija f
• Polish: lazur (pl) m, błękit (pl) m
• Portuguese: azul celeste m
• Romanian: azur (ro)
• Russian: лазурь (ru) f (lazúrʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: азурна f, плава f, ведра f

  Roman: azurna (sh) f, plava (sh) f, vedra f

• Swedish: azur (sv) c, azurblått, himmelsblått
• Thai: ฟ้า (th)
• Volapük: lasürablöv (vo)

the blue sky

• Bulgarian: лазур (bg) (lazur)
• Catalan: atzur m
• Finnish: sinitaivas
• French: azur (fr) m
• Japanese: 青天 (ja) (seiten)

• Malay: langit biru
• Polish: lazur (pl) m, błękit (pl) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: плаветнило n

  Roman: plavetnilo (sh) n

lapis lazuli — see lapis lazuli

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§Adjective

azure (not comparable)

1. Sky-blue; resembling the clear blue colour of the unclouded sky; cerulean; also, cloudless.
   • Rule, Britannia!

     When Britain first, at Heaven's command / Arose from out the azure main.

2. (heraldry) In blazon, of the colour blue.

§Translations

sky-blue coloured

• Arabic: لازوردي (lāzuwardiyy)
• Bulgarian: небесносин (nebesnosin), лазурен (bg) (lazuren)
• Catalan: atzur
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蔚藍, 蔚蓝 (zh) (wèilán), 天藍色 (zh), 天蓝色 (tiānlánsè)

• Dutch: azuurblauw (nl)
• Esperanto: lazura
• Finnish: taivaansininen
• French: azur (fr) m, f
• German: azur (de)
• Hebrew: תכול (takhól)
• Ido: azura (io), azurea (io)

• Italian: azzurro (it)
• Japanese: 空色の (そらいろの, sorairo no), 紺碧の (こんぺきの, konpeki no)
• Malay: biru langit, lazuardi
• Persian: لاجورد (fa) (lajward), لاجوردی (fa) (lajevardi)
• Portuguese: azul celeste, cerúleo (pt)
• Russian: лазурный (ru) (lazúrnyj), небесно-голубой (ru) (nebésno-golubój)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: азурна f, плава f

  Roman: azurna (sh) f, plava (sh) f

• Spanish: cielo azul
• Volapük: lasürablövik (vo)

heraldry: of blue colour on a coat of arms

• Czech: azurový (cs), azurově modrý
• Dutch: azuur (blauw)
• Finnish: sininen (fi)
• French: azur (fr)
• German: blau (de)
• Hungarian: kék (hu)
• Italian: azzurro (it)
• Japanese: 青い (ja) (aoi)
• Polish: błękitny (pl)

• Portuguese: azul (pt)
• Romanian: azuriu (ro)
• Russian: голубой (ru) (golubój)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: азурна f, плава f

  Roman: azurna (sh) f, plava (sh) f

• Slovak: modrá
• Spanish: azur (es)
• Swedish: blått (sv)

§Verb

azure (third-person singular simple present azures, present participle azuring, simple past and past participle azured)

1. (transitive) To colour blue.

§Translations

to colour

• Finnish: värittää siniseksi
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: оплавити

  Roman: oplaviti

§See also

• (blues) blue; Alice blue, aqua, aquamarine, azure, baby blue, beryl, bice, bice blue, blue green, blue violet, blueberry, cadet blue, Cambridge blue, cerulean, cobalt blue, Copenhagen blue, cornflower, cornflower blue, cyan, Dodger blue, duck-egg blue, eggshell blue, electric-blue, gentian blue, ice blue, lapis lazuli, lovat, mazarine, midnight blue, navy, Nile blue, Oxford blue, peacock blue, petrol blue, powder blue, Prussian blue, robin's-egg blue, royal blue, sapphire, saxe blue, slate blue, sky blue, teal, turquoise, ultramarine, Wedgwood blue, zaffre ^{(Category: en:Blues)}

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§Portuguese

§Noun

azure m (uncountable)

1. alternative form of azur