lapis lazuli
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Medieval Latin lapis (“stone”) + lazulī (“heavens, skies”, genitive singular of lazulum).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌlæpɪs ˈlæz(j)əli/, /ˌlæpɪs ˈlæz(j)əlaɪ/, /ˌlæpɪs ˈlæʒəli/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌlapɪs ˈlazjʊlaɪ/, /ˌlapɪs ˈlazjʊli/
Noun[edit]
lapis lazuli (countable and uncountable, plural lapides lazuli or lapis lazulis)
- (mineralogy) A deep blue stone, used in making jewelry.
- A deep, bright blue, like that of the stone.
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lapis lazuli colour:
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Translations[edit]
precious blue stone
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Adjective[edit]
- Of a deep, bright blue, like that of the stone.
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See also[edit]
- (blues) blue; Alice blue, aqua, aquamarine, azure, baby blue, beryl, bice, bice blue, blue green, blue violet, blueberry, cadet blue, Cambridge blue, cerulean, cobalt blue, Copenhagen blue, cornflower, cornflower blue, cyan, Dodger blue, duck-egg blue, eggshell blue, electric-blue, gentian blue, ice blue, lapis lazuli, lovat, mazarine, midnight blue, navy, Nile blue, Oxford blue, peacock blue, petrol blue, powder blue, Prussian blue, robin's-egg blue, royal blue, sapphire, saxe blue, slate blue, sky blue, teal, turquoise, ultramarine, Wedgwood blue, zaffre
- sulfosilicate
- ultramarine
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English lapis lazuli, from Medieval Latin lapis (“stone”) and lazulī (“of the heavens”).
Pronunciation[edit]
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Audio (file) - Hyphenation: la‧pis la‧zu‧li
Noun[edit]
lapis lazuli m (uncountable)
- (mineralogy) lapis lazuli
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