bleu

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blø/

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Etymology

From Middle French bleu, from Old French blöe, bleve, blef (“blue”), from Frankish *blāo (“blue”), from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₁-, *bʰlh₁-, *bʰleh₁- (“yellow, grey, blue”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine”). Cognate with Old High German blāo (“blue”) (German blau), Dutch blauw (“blue”), Old English blāw (“blue”). More at blue.

Adjective

bleu (feminine singular bleue, masculine plural bleus, feminine plural bleues)

1. blue

   Le ciel est bleu. - The sky is blue.

2. (of meat) very rare, underdone

Noun

bleu m (plural bleux)

1. the color blue
2. blue cheese

   Le bleu ressemble au roquefort - Blue cheese looks like Roquefort

3. rookie, new recruit, raw recruit

   Ce soldat est un vrai bleu - This soldier is a real rookie

4. bruise

   Il est tombé, et maintenant il a un bleu - He fell over and now he has a bruise

5. (billiards, snooker) billiard chalk
6. (Canada) a supporter of the Conservative Party

Synonyms

• (billiard chalk): craie
• (bruise): ecchymose, contusion

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bleuâtre
• bleuet
• bleuetière
• bleuir
• bleuissement

• bleu marin
• bleu roi
• bleuté
• bleu vert

Descendants

• Greek: μπλε (ble)

See also

• turquoise
• outremer

Further reading

• “bleu” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French blöe, bleve, blef (“blue”), from Low Frankish *blāo (“blue”), from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhlēw-, *bhlāw- (“yellow, grey, blue”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhel- (“to shine”). Cognate with Old High German blāo (“blue”) (German blau), Dutch blauw (“blue”), Old English blāw (“blue”). More at blue.

Adjective

bleu m (feminine singular bleue, masculine plural bleus, feminine plural bleues)

1. blue

Noun

bleu m (plural bleus)

1. blue

Descendants

• French: bleu
  • Haitian Creole: ble

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blø/

Etymology

Borrowing from French bleu (“blue”).

Adjective

bleu m, f, n (invariable)

1. light blue

Declension

declension of bleu (invariable)

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	bleu		bleu	bleu	bleu
	definite	—		—	—	—
genitive/ dative	indefinite	bleu		bleu	bleu	bleu
	definite	—		—	—	—

Noun

bleu n (plural bleu-uri)

1. light blue

Declension

declension of bleu

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) bleu	bleu-ul	(niște) bleu-uri	bleu-urile
genitive/dative	(unui) bleu	bleu-ului	(unor) bleu-uri	bleu-urilor
vocative	bleu-ule		bleu-urilor

See also

• albastru