azure

Etymology
From, from , derived from , dropping the l as if it were equivalent to the French article. The Arabic is from, from the region of Lajward in Badakhshan.

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Pronunciation



 * is the first (sometimes only) pronunciation listed in many dictionaries     and is the most commonly used. Second-most commonly mentioned is .    Though missed by most other dictionaries,  and  with stress on the second syllable are also common.
 * is the first (sometimes only) pronunciation listed in many dictionaries     and is the most commonly used. Second-most commonly mentioned is .    Though missed by most other dictionaries,  and  with stress on the second syllable are also common.


 * Other, uncommon pronunciations are and   In older English,  also occurred and is still recorded in some dictionaries, but rarely used.

Noun

 * 1)  The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour.
 * 2)  A blue colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.
 * 3)  The unclouded sky; the blue vault above.
 * 4) Any of various widely distributed lycaenid butterflies of the genus.
 * 5) Any of various Australasian lycaenid butterflies of the genus.
 * 6) Lapis lazuli.
 * 1)  The unclouded sky; the blue vault above.
 * 2) Any of various widely distributed lycaenid butterflies of the genus.
 * 3) Any of various Australasian lycaenid butterflies of the genus.
 * 4) Lapis lazuli.
 * 1) Any of various widely distributed lycaenid butterflies of the genus.
 * 2) Any of various Australasian lycaenid butterflies of the genus.
 * 3) Lapis lazuli.
 * 1) Any of various Australasian lycaenid butterflies of the genus.
 * 2) Lapis lazuli.

Translations

 * Ainu: ニㇲ イロ
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: blao
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Macedonian: си́на
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Arabic: سَمَاوِيّ, لَازَوَرْدِيّ
 * Basque: oztin
 * Belarusian: блакіт
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Danish: azurblå
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: lazuro, ĉielbluo
 * Estonian: taevasinine
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: Himmelblau, Azurblau
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic: fagurblár,, heiðblár
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean:
 * Lithuanian: dangaus mėlyna
 * Malay: ,
 * Maltese: kaħlani, kaħlanija
 * Ottoman Turkish: لاجورد
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: azul celeste
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: а̀зӯрна, пла̑ва, ведра
 * Roman:, ,
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:, , , , gök rengi
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish: sinitaivas
 * French:
 * Hebrew:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Malay: langit biru
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: плавѐтнило
 * Roman:
 * Turkish:

Adjective

 * 1) Sky blue; resembling the clear blue colour of the unclouded sky.
 * 2) Cloudless.
 * 3)  In blazon, of the colour blue.
 * 1) Cloudless.
 * 2)  In blazon, of the colour blue.

Translations

 * Arabic: لَازَوَرْدِيّ
 * Belarusian: блакітны
 * Bulgarian: небе́сносин,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Coptic: ⲓⲱⲭⲣⲱⲟⲛ
 * Danish: azurblå
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: lazura, ĉielblua
 * Estonian: taevasinine
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: ლაჟვარდოვანი, ლაჟვარდისფერი, ღია ლურჯი, მუქი ცისფერი
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew: תכול
 * Ido: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Latin:
 * Malay: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: asurblå
 * Nynorsk: asurblå
 * Persian: ,
 * Portuguese: azul celeste,
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: а̀зӯран, пла̑в
 * Roman: ,
 * Spanish: azul celeste
 * Turkish:, gök rengi
 * Volapük:


 * Czech:, azurově modrý
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: azuur (blauw)
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: а̀зӯран, пла̑в
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: modrá
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Verb

 * 1)  To colour blue.

Translations

 * Finnish: värittää siniseksi
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: оплавити
 * Roman: oplaviti