azul

azul

Aragonese

Etymology

From Arabic لَازُوَرْد‎ (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد‎ (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”).

Adjective

azul m sg (feminine singular azul)

1. blue

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Asturian

Etymology

From Arabic لَازُوَرْد‎ (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد‎ (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”).

Adjective

azul (epicene, plural azules)

1. blue

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese azur (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Arabic لَازُوَرْد‎ (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد‎ (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈθul/, (western) /aˈsul/

Adjective

azul m or f (plural azuis)

1. blue (colour)

Inflection

The plural may also be azules.

Derived terms

• azul mariño
• azulado
• azular
• azulexo

Noun

azul m (plural azuis)

1. (countable and uncountable) azure, blue (colour)
2. (heraldry) azure
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 308:

     rreluzíã cõtra o ssol os escudos, que erã pintados de ouro et de azur

     the shields, painted in gold and azure, glittered against the sun

See also

Colors in Galician · cores (layout · text)

branco	gris	negro
vermello; carmín	laranxa; castaño, marrón	amarelo; crema
verde lima	verde	menta; verde escuro
ciano; azul verdoso	cerúleo	azul
violeta; anil	maxenta; púrpura	rosa

References

• “azur” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “azur” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “azul” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “azul” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “azul” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese azul. Cognate with Kabuverdianu azul.

Adjective

azul

1. blue

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Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese azul.

Adjective

azul

1. blue

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Kabyle

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Interjection

azul

1. hello

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Leonese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

azul (plural azules)

1. blue

References

• AEDLL

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Portuguese

azul

Etymology

From Old Portuguese azur (“blue”), from Arabic لَازُوَرْد‎ (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد‎ (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”). Doublet of azur, from French.

Compare with Galician azul (“blue”), Spanish azul (“blue”), French azur (“azure”), Italian azzurro (“blue”) and English azure.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈzuw/ [aˈzuʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈzul/ [ɐˈzuɫ]

• (Brazil)
  • (Fluminense, brasiliense, florianopolitano, capixaba) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ˈzuw/
  • (Riverense Portuñol, gaúcho da pampa) IPA^(key): /a.ˈzul/
• Rhymes: -ul, -uw
• Hyphenation: a‧zul

Adjective

azul m or f (plural azuis)

1. blue

Noun

azul m (plural azuis)

1. blue

Related terms

• azulado
• azular
• azul-celeste

 

See also

Colors in Portuguese · cores (layout · text)

branco, alvo, cândido	cinza, gris, cinzento	preto, negro, atro
vermelho, encarnado, rubro, salmão; carmim	laranja, cor-de-laranja; castanho, marrom	amarelo, lúteo; creme, ocre
verde-limão	verde, verde claro
ciano, turquesa; azul-petróleo	azul céu, azul-celeste	azul,índigo, anil
violeta, lilás	magenta; roxo, púrpura	rosa, cor-de-rosa, rosa-choque

• (blues) azul; azul céu, azul gelo, safira ^{(Categories: pt:Colors, pt:Blues)}

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• açul (archaic)

Etymology

From Old Spanish azur, from Arabic لَازُوَرْد‎ (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد‎ (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”). Doublet of azur, from French. Cognate with English azure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aˈθul/ [aˈθul]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /aˈsul/ [aˈsul]
• Rhymes: -ul
• Syllabification: a‧zul

Adjective

azul (plural azules)

1. blue

   Synonym: (obsolete) blao

Noun

azul m (plural azules)

1. blue

   Synonym: (obsolete) blao

2. (Mexico) a police officer

Derived terms

• al azul
• arándano azul
• azulado
• azular
• azul celeste
• azul de cobalto
• azul de mar
• azul de Prusia
• azul de Sajonia
• azul de ultramar
• azulejo
• azulenco
• azul marino
• azul petróleo
• azul ruso
• azul turquí
• azul ultramarino
• azul ultramaro
• ballena azul
• cardo azul
• de oro y azul
• División Azul
• gigante azul
• mora azul
• príncipe azul
• sangre azul
• supergigante azul

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: asul
• → Mecayapan Nahuatl: aso̱ltiꞌ
• → Tagalog: asul
• → Tlamacazapa Nahuatl: asol
• → Zoogocho Zapotec: azul

See also

Colors in Spanish · colores (layout · text)

blanco	gris	negro
rojo; carmín, carmesí	naranja, anaranjado; marrón	amarillo; crema
lima	verde	menta
cian, turquesa; azul-petróleo	celeste, cerúleo	azul
violeta; añil, índigo	magenta; morado, púrpura	rosa

Further reading

• “azul”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Zoogocho Zapotec

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish azul.

Noun

azul

1. blue

References

• Long C., Rebecca; Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)‎ (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 3