cerúleo

See also: ceruleo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈɾu.le.u/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈɾu.le.u/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈɾu.le.o/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈɾu.lju/

• Hyphenation: ce‧rú‧le‧o

Adjective

cerúleo (feminine cerúlea, masculine plural cerúleos, feminine plural cerúleas)

1. azure; cerulean; sky-blue

   Synonym: azul celeste

Noun

cerúleo m (uncountable)

1. cerulean (sky blue)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caeruleus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeˈɾuleo/ [θeˈɾu.le.o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /seˈɾuleo/ [seˈɾu.le.o]
• Rhymes: -uleo
• Syllabification: ce‧rú‧le‧o

Adjective

cerúleo (feminine cerúlea, masculine plural cerúleos, feminine plural cerúleas)

1. having the color cerulean

Noun

cerúleo m (plural cerúleos)

1. the color cerulean

See also

• azul, índigo

Further reading

• “cerúleo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16