lapis lazuli
English
Etymology
Medieval Latin lapis (“stone”) + lazulī, genitive singular of lazulum (“laips lazuli, azure, the sky”), from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli, azure”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard). Compare azure, of the same origin.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˌlapɪs ˈlazjʊlaɪ/, /ˌlapɪs ˈlazjʊli/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. enPR: lăp'ĭs lăzʹ(y)ə-lē, -lăzʹ(y)ə-lī, -lăzhʹə-lē, -lăzhʹə-lī, IPA(key): /ˌlæpɪs ˈlæz(j)əli/, /-ˈlæz(j)əlaɪ/, /-ˈlæʒəli/, /-ˈlæʒəlaɪ/
- Hyphenation: la‧pis la‧zu‧li
Noun
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
precious blue stone
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Adjective
- 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
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)
- sulfosilicate
- ultramarine
Further reading
- lapis lazuli on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English lapis lazuli, from Medieval Latin lapis (“stone”) and lazulī (“of the heavens”).
Pronunciation
Noun
lapis lazuli m (uncountable)
- (mineralogy) lapis lazuli
- Synonyms: azuursteen, lazuursteen
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