lapis lazuli
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English lapis lazuli, from Medieval Latin lapis (“stone”) + lazulī, genitive singular of lazulum (“lapis lazuli, azure, the sky”), from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli, azure”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard). Compare azure, of the same origin.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌlap.ɪs ˈlaz.jʊ.laɪ/, /ˈlaz.jʊ.li/
- (General American) enPR: lăp'ĭs lăzʹ(y)ə-lē, lăzʹ(y)ə-lī, lăzhʹə-lē, lăzhʹə-lī, IPA(key): /ˌlæp.ɪs ˈlæz.(j)ə.li/, /ˈlæz.(j)ə.laɪ/, /ˈlæʒ.ə.li/, /ˈlæʒ.ə.laɪ/, /ləˈzu.li/
- Hyphenation: la‧pis la‧zu‧li
Noun[edit]
lapis lazuli (countable and uncountable, plural lapides lazuli or lapis lazulis)
- (mineralogy) A deep-blue stone, used in making jewelry, and traditionally used to make the pigment ultramarine.
- (color) A deep, bright blue, like that of the stone.
- lapis lazuli:
Translations[edit]
precious blue stone
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Adjective[edit]
- Of a deep, bright blue, like that of the stone.
- 1997, David Foster Wallace, “A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again”, in A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, Kindle edition, Little, Brown Book Group:
- I cannot convey to you the sheer and surreal scale of everything: the towering ship, the ropes, the ties, the anchor, the pier, the vast lapis lazuli dome of the sky.
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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, dark blue, Dodger blue, duck-egg blue, eggshell blue, electric-blue, gentian blue, ice blue, lapis lazuli, light blue, 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 (Category: en:Blues)
- sodium aluminum sulfosilicate
- ultramarine
Further reading[edit]
lapis lazuli on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English lapis lazuli, from Medieval Latin lapis (“stone”) and lazulī (“of the heavens”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lapis lazuli m (uncountable)
- (mineralogy) lapis lazuli
- Synonyms: azuursteen, lazuursteen
Polish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Internationalism; compare English lapis lazuli, French lapis-lazuli, and German Lapislazuli.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lapis lazuli m inan (indeclinable)
- lapis lazuli, lazurite
- Synonym: lazuryt
Further reading[edit]
- lapis lazuli in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- lapis lazuli in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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