bloe

Old French

Alternative forms

• blou, bleu, blu, blef, bleve

Etymology

From Late Latin blāvus. More at English blue.

Noun

bloe oblique singular, m (oblique plural bloes, nominative singular bloes, nominative plural bloe)

1. blue
   • c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Blanches et verz, bloes et jaunes

     Whites, greens, blues and yellows.

Adjective

bloe m (feminine bloe)

1. blue

Descendants

• Bourguignon: blieu
• Champenois: bieu
• Middle French: bleu
  • French: bleu
    • Haitian Creole: ble
    • Louisiana Creole: blé, ble
    • Mauritian Creole: ble
    • Réunion Creole French: blé
    • → Greek: μπλε (ble)
    • → Istriot: blu
    • → Italian: blu
    • → Ladino: blö
  • → Dutch: bleu
• Norman: bliû (Jersey), bllu, blleu
• Walloon: bleu, bleuwe, blåwe
• → Middle English: blew, bleu, blewe, blue, blw, blwe, blyu
  • English: blue
  • Scots: blew, blue
  • Yola: blue
• → Sicilian: blu