bleu
French
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.
Pronunciation
Adjective
bleu (feminine bleue, masculine plural bleus, feminine plural bleues)
Noun
bleu m (plural bleus)
- the color blue
- blue cheese
- rookie, new recruit, raw recruit
- bruise
- Il est tombé, et maintenant il a un bleu ― He fell over and now he has a bruise
- (billiards, snooker) billiard chalk
- (Canada) a supporter of the Conservative Party
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
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
- “bleu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Etymology
Borrowed from French bleu (“blue”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
bleu
Ligurian
Etymology
From Low Frankish *blāo.
Pronunciation
Noun
bleu m (invariable)
- blue (color)
Adjective
-
- blue
- No gh'ò ciù de lâpi bleu. ― I don't have any more blue pencils.
Middle French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French blöe, bleve, blef (“blue”), from Low (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "frk" is not valid. See WT:LOL. *blāo (“blue”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *bhlēw-, *bhlāw- (“yellow, grey, blue”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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)
Noun
bleu m (plural bleus)
Descendants
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French bleu (“blue”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
bleu m or f or n (indeclinable)
Declension
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)
Declension
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
- French terms inherited from Middle French
- French terms derived from Middle French
- French terms inherited from Old French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms derived from Frankish
- French terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- French 1-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French adjectives
- French terms with usage examples
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- fr:Billiards
- fr:Snooker
- Canadian French
- French plurals ending in -eus
- German terms borrowed from French
- German terms derived from French
- Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
- German adjectives
- Ligurian terms derived from Frankish
- Ligurian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ligurian lemmas
- Ligurian nouns
- Ligurian masculine nouns
- Ligurian adjectives
- Ligurian terms with usage examples
- lij:Colors
- Middle French terms derived from Old French
- Middle French terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Middle French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Middle French lemmas
- Middle French adjectives
- Middle French nouns
- Middle French masculine nouns
- Middle French countable nouns
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
- Romanian terms derived from French
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian adjectives
- Romanian indeclinable adjectives
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian neuter nouns
- ro:Colors