lapis lazuli

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

English

Lapis lazuli (1)

Etymology

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

• (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

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

1. (mineralogy) A deep-blue stone, used in making jewelry, and traditionally used to make the pigment ultramarine.

   Synonyms: lapis, lazuli, lazurite

2. (color) A deep, bright blue, like that of the stone.

   lapis lazuli:  

Translations

precious blue stone

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

  Mandarin: 青金石 (zh) (qīngjīnshí)

• Czech: lazurit m
• Dutch: lapis lazuli (nl) m, lazuriet (nl) n
• Egyptian: (ḫsbḏ)
• Esperanto: lazurito
• Finnish: lapis lazuli (fi), lapislatsuli
• French: lapis-lazuli (fr) m
• Galician: asur
• Georgian: ლაჟვარდი (lažvardi)
• German: Lapislazuli (de) m, Lapis Lazuli m, Lasurstein m, Lazurit n
• Greek: λαζουρίτης (el) m (lazourítis)
• Hindi: लाजवर्द (hi) m (lājvard), रावटी (hi) f (rāvṭī), वैडूर्य (hi) m (vaiḍūrya), वैदूर्य (hi) m (vaidūrya)
• Ido: lapislazulo (io)
• Indonesian: lazuardi (id)
• Irish: lapis lazuli

• Italian: lapislazzuli (it) m
• Japanese: 瑠璃 (ja) (るり, ruri), 琉璃 (るり, ruri), 青金石 (せいきんせき, seikinseki), ラピスラズリ (ja) (rapisu razuri)
• Malay: lazuardi (ms)
• Pali: veḷuriya n
• Persian: لاجورد‎ (fa) (lâjvard)
• Polish: lapis lazuli (pl) m, lapis-lazuli m, lazuryt (pl) m
• 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
• Ugaritic: 𐎛𐎖𐎐𐎜 (ỉqnủ)
• Ukrainian: лазури́т m (lazurýt), ля́піс-лазу́р f (ljápis-lazúr)
• Urdu: لاجورد‎ m (lājvard)
• Vietnamese: đá da trời, ngọc lưu ly
• Welsh: asur m

Adjective

lapis lazuli

1. 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.

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, 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

• lapis lazuli on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaː.pɪs laːˈzu.li/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: la‧pis la‧zu‧li

Noun

lapis lazuli m (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) lapis lazuli

   Synonyms: azuursteen, lazuursteen

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Polish

Alternative forms

• lapis-lazuli

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English lapis lazuli, French lapis-lazuli, and German Lapislazuli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.pis laˈzu.li/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uli

Noun

lapis lazuli m inan (indeclinable)

1. lapis lazuli, lazurite

   Synonym: lazuryt

Further reading

• lapis lazuli in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• lapis lazuli in Polish dictionaries at PWN