blau

See also: Blau

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈblaw]
• Rhymes: -aw

Adjective

blau (feminine blava, masculine plural blaus, feminine plural blaves)

1. blue

Noun

blau m (plural blaus)

1. blue
2. bruise

Related terms

• blauet
• blaugrana
• blaüra
• blaürar
• blava
• blavar
• blavenc
• blavenca
• blaverol
• blavet
• blaveta
• blavís
• blavor
• blavós
• blavosenc
• blavura

 

See also

Colors in Catalan · colors (layout · text)

blanc	gris	negre
roig, vermell; carmesí	taronja; marró	groc; crema
verd llima	verd
cian; xarxet	atzur	blau
violat; indi	magenta; lila, porpra	rosa

Further reading

• “blau” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “blau”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “blau” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “blau” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German blā (genitive blāwes), from Old High German blāo, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blaʊ̯/
• Rhymes: -aʊ

• audio (Germany)

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• audio (Austria)

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Adjective

blau (comparative blauer, superlative am blausten or am blauesten)

1. blue
2. drunk

Derived terms

• aquamarinblau
• Blau
• blau machen
• blaues Auge
• dunkelblau
• hellblau
• himmelblau
• kornblumenblau
• mitternachtsblau
• sein blaues Wunder erleben
• stahlblau

 

Further reading

• “blau” in Duden online

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Hunsrik

Alternative forms

• plau (Wiesemann spelling system)

Etymology

From Middle High German blā, blāwes, from Old High German blāo, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plaʊ̯/

Adjective

blau (comparative blauer, superlative blauest)

1. blue

   Blaue Aue.

   Blue eyes.

Declension

Declension of blau (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives)
		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
Weak inflection	nominative	blau	blau	blau	blaue
	accusative	blaue	blau	blau	blaue
	dative	blaue	blaue	blaue	blaue
Strong inflection	nominative	blauer	blaue	blaues	blaue
	accusative	blaue	blaue	blaues	blaue
	dative	blauem	blauer	blauem	blaue

See also

Colors in Hunsrik · Forrve (layout · text)

Weis	Grau	Schwarz
Rod	Ranschegelleb; Braun	Gelleb, Geel
Grien (Hellgrien), (Neongrien)	Grien (Dunkelgrien)	Menz
Meergrien	Blau (Hellblau)	Blau (Dunkelblau)
Feilche	Rosch, Lila	Roserod

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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Interlingua

Adjective

blau

1. blue

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *blāo, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blaːu/, /blau/

Adjective

blau

1. blue

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• blâ
• blâeu

Descendants

• Dutch: blauw, blaauw
  • Afrikaans: blou
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: blau
  • Jersey Dutch: blāu
  • Negerhollands: blauw, blou, blau
  • Petjo: blaoe, blauw, blauwe
  • → Lokono: barautho
  • → Aukan: baaw
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: bláu
  • → Indonesian: belau
  • → Papiamentu: blou, blaauw
  • → Sranan Tongo: blaw
    • → Caribbean Javanese: blau
    • → Saramaccan: baáu
  • → Warao: hebulau, jeburau
• Limburgish: blów

Noun

blau n

1. the colour blue

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• blâeu

Further reading

• “blau (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “blau”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

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Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Adjective

blau m (feminine singular blava, masculine plural blaus, feminine plural blavas)

1. blue

Noun

blau m (plural blaus)

1. blue

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) blo
• (Puter) blov

Etymology

From a (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  language, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

Adjective

blau m (feminine singular blaua, masculine plural blaus, feminine plural blauas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Vallader) blue

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West Frisian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɔu̯/

Adjective

blau

1. blue

Inflection

Inflection of blau
uninflected	blau
inflected	blauwe
comparative	blauwer
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		blau	blauwer	it blaust it blauste
indefinite	c. sing.	blauwe	blauwere	blauste
	n. sing.	blau	blauwer	blauste
	plural	blauwe	blauwere	blauste
definite		blauwe	blauwere	blauste
partitive		blaus	blauwers	—

Further reading

• “blau”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Noun

blau n (plural [please provide])

1. blue

Further reading

• “blau”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011