lapis lazuli

See also: Lapislazuli, lapislázuli, lapis-lazuli, and lápis-lazúli

English

Lapis lazuli (1)

Etymology

Medieval Latin lapis (“stone”) +‎ lazulī (“heavens, skies”, genitive singular of lazulum).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌlæpɪs ˈlæz(j)əli/, /ˌlæpɪs ˈlæz(j)əlaɪ/, /ˌlæpɪs ˈlæʒəli/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌlapɪs ˈlazjʊlaɪ/, /ˌlapɪs ˈlazjʊli/

Noun

lapis lazuli (countable and uncountable, plural lapides lazuli or lapis lazulis)

1. (mineralogy) A deep blue stone, used in making jewelry.
2. A deep, bright blue, like that of the stone.

   lapis lazuli colour:  

Synonyms

• (stone): lapis, lazuli, lazurite

Translations

precious blue stone

• Arabic: لَازَوَرْد‎‎ (ar) (lāzaward)
• Armenian: լաջվարդ (hy) (laǰvard)
• Catalan: lapislàtzuli m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 青金石 (zh) (qīngjīnshí)

• Czech: lazurit m
• Dutch: lapis lazuli (nl) m, lazuriet (nl) n
• Esperanto: lazurito
• Finnish: lapis lazuli (fi), lapislatsuli
• French: lapis-lazuli (fr) m
• Galician: lapislázuli (gl)
• Georgian: ლაჟვარდი (lažvardi)
• German: Lapislazuli (de) m, Lapis Lazuli m, Lasurstein m, Lazurit n
• Greek: λαζουρίτης (el) m (lazourítis)
• Hindi: लाजवर्द (hi) m (lājvard)
• Ido: lapislazulo (io)
• Indonesian: lazuardi (id)

• Irish: lapis lazuli
• Italian: lapislazzuli (it) m
• Japanese: 琉璃 (るり, ruri), 青金石 (せいきんせき, seikinseki), ラピスラズリ (rapisu razuri)
• Malay: lazuardi
• Persian: لاجورد‎‎ (fa) (lâjvard)
• Portuguese: lápis-lazúli m
• Romanian: lapislazuli (ro) n, lazurit (ro) n
• Russian: лазури́т (ru) m (lazurít), ля́пис-лазу́рь (ru) f (ljápis-lazúrʹ)
• Sanskrit: वैडूर्य (sa) (vaiḍūrya)
• Scottish Gaelic: clach-chopair f
• Spanish: lapislázuli (es) m
• Swedish: lapis lazuli (sv), lasursten c
• Turkish: lazur taşı
• Urdu: لاجورد‎‎ m (lājvard)
• Vietnamese: đá da trời
• Welsh: asur m

Adjective

lapis lazuli

1. Of a deep, bright blue, like that of the stone.

Related terms

• azure
• lazurite

See also

• (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

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English lapis lazuli, from Medieval Latin lapis (“stone”) and lazulī (“of the heavens”).

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: la‧pis la‧zu‧li

Noun

lapis lazuli m (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) lapis lazuli