blueprint

See also: blue-print and blue print

English

Modern blueprint of the French galleon La Belle.

Alternative forms

blue print, blue-print

Etymology

blue +‎ print

Pronunciation

enPR: blo͞o'prĭnt", IPA^(key): /ˈbluːˌpɹɪnt/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɪnt

Noun

blueprint (plural blueprints)

A type of paper-based reproduction process producing white-on-blue images, used primarily for technical and architecture's drawings, now largely replaced by other technologies.
A print produced with this process.
(architecture, engineering, by extension) A detailed technical drawing (now often in some electronically storable and transmissible form).
(informal, by extension) Any detailed plan, whether literal or figurative.
- 2020 December 2, Christian Wolmar, “Wales offers us a glimpse of an integrated transport strategy”, in Rail, page 56:
  This demonstrated serious intent, and the result is a report that should be a blueprint for subsequent assessments when road schemes are being put forward.

Synonyms

(paper-based technical drawing): cyanotype, schematic
(detailed technical drawing): schematic
(informal): road map, schematic, plan, layout

Translations

cyanotype reproduction process

Dutch: cyanotypie
Finnish: sinikopiointi
French: cyanotype (fr) m
German: Diazotypie f, Blaupause (de) f
Greek: κυανοτυπία f (kyanotypía)
Japanese: 青写真 (ja) (あおじゃしん, aojashin)
Korean: 청사진(靑寫眞) (cheongsajin)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: blåkopi m
Portuguese: cianotipo m
Russian: диазоти́пия (ru) f (diazotípija), диазогра́фия f (diazográfija)
Thai: พิมพ์เขียว (pim-kǐao)

print produced by this process

Arabic: مُخَطَّط‎ m (muḵaṭṭaṭ)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 藍圖／蓝图 (zh) (lántú)
Dutch: blauwdruk (nl) m
Finnish: sinikopio
German: Blaupause (de) f, Lichtpause f
Greek: κυανοτυπία f (kyanotypía)
Japanese: 青写真 (ja) (あおじゃしん, aojashin), 青図 (あおず, aozu)
Korean: 청사진(靑寫眞) (cheongsajin)
Kyrgyz: светокопия (ky) f (svetokopiya)
Romanian: copie de plan
Russian: светоко́пия (ru) f (svetokópija), си́нька (ru) f (sínʹka) (colloqial)
Swedish: blåkopia (sv) c
Thai: พิมพ์เขียว (pim-kǐao)
Turkish: mavi kopya, ozalit kopya (mil.)

any detailed technical drawing

Chinese:
Mandarin: 設計圖／设计图 (zh) (shèjìtú), 大樣／大样 (zh) (dàyàng)
Danish: plan (da) c (technical)
Dutch: (technisch) plan (nl)
Finnish: piirustus (fi), piirustukset pl
French: blueprint (fr) m
German: Entwurf (de) m
Greek: σχεδιάγραμμα (el) n (schediágramma), πρότυπο (el) n (prótypo), προσχέδιο (el) n (proschédio)
Hungarian: tervrajz (hu)
Italian: progetto (it) m
Japanese: 青写真 (ja) (あおじゃしん, aojashin), 設計図 (sekkeizu)
Korean: 설계도(設計圖) (ko) (seolgyedo), 청사진(靑寫眞) (cheongsajin)
Kyrgyz: план (ky) m (plan)
Malay: cetakan biru
Portuguese: planta (pt) f, projeto (pt) m
Romanian: schiță (ro) f, plan (ro) n
Russian: план (ru) m (plan), прое́кт (ru) m (projékt), чертёж (ru) m (čertjóž)
Spanish: copia de plano (es) f, plano (es) m
Turkish: dizayn (tr), tasarım (tr)

any detailed plan of action

Chinese:
Mandarin: 計劃／计划 (zh) (jìhuà), 藍圖／蓝图 (zh) (lántú)
Danish: plan (da) c
Dutch: plan (nl)
Finnish: suunnitelma (fi), toimintasuunnitelma (fi)
German: Plan (de) m
Hungarian: tervezet (hu)
Japanese: 青写真 (ja) (あおじゃしん, aojashin), 計画 (ja) (けいかく, keikaku)
Korean: 계획(計劃) (ko) (gyehoek)
Kyrgyz: план (ky) m (plan)
Russian: план (ru) m (plan), прое́кт (ru) m (projékt)
Spanish: hoja de ruta f plan (es) f proyecto (es) f
Turkish: plan (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Italian: ^{(please verify)} progetto (it) m
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} modelo (es) m, ^{(please verify)} patrón (es) m

Verb

blueprint (third-person singular simple present blueprints, present participle blueprinting, simple past and past participle blueprinted)

To make a blueprint for.
The architect blueprinted the renovation plan once the client had signed off.
To make a detailed operational plan for.
They blueprinted every aspect of the first phase of the operation.

Translations

to make a blueprint for

Finnish: sinikopioida

to make a detailed operational plan for

Finnish: suunnitella (fi)