azul
AragoneseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”).
AdjectiveEdit
azul m sg (feminine singular azul)
AsturianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”).
AdjectiveEdit
GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
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”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
azul m or f (plural azuis)
- blue (colour)
InflectionEdit
The plural may also be azules.
Derived termsEdit
NounEdit
azul m (plural azuis)
- (countable and uncountable) azure, blue (colour)
- (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
- rreluzíã cõtra o ssol os escudos, que erã pintados de ouro et de azur
- 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 308:
See alsoEdit
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 |
ReferencesEdit
- “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.
Guinea-Bissau CreoleEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Portuguese azul. Cognate with Kabuverdianu azul.
AdjectiveEdit
azul
KabuverdianuEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Portuguese azul.
AdjectiveEdit
azul
KabyleEdit
EtymologyEdit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
InterjectionEdit
azul
LeoneseEdit
EtymologyEdit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
AdjectiveEdit
azul (plural azules)
ReferencesEdit
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
azul m or f (plural azuis)
NounEdit
azul m (plural azuis)
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
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 |
SpanishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- açul (archaic)
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /aˈθul/ [aˈθul]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /aˈsul/ [aˈsul]
- Rhymes: -ul
- Syllabification: a‧zul
AdjectiveEdit
azul (plural azules)
NounEdit
azul m (plural azules)
- blue
- Synonym: (obsolete) blao
- (Mexico) a police officer
Derived termsEdit
- al azul
- arándano azul
- azul celeste
- azul de cobalto
- azul de mar
- azul de Prusia
- azul de Sajonia
- azul de ultramar
- azul marino
- azul petróleo
- azul ruso
- azul turquí
- azul ultramarino
- azul ultramaro
- azulado
- azular
- azulejo
- azulenco
- ballena azul
- cardo azul
- de oro y azul
- División Azul
- gigante azul
- mora azul
- príncipe azul
- sangre azul
- supergigante azul
- trepador azul
DescendantsEdit
- → Cebuano: asul
- → Mecayapan Nahuatl: aso̱ltiꞌ
- → Tagalog: asul
- → Tlamacazapa Nahuatl: asol
- → Zoogocho Zapotec: azul
See alsoEdit
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 readingEdit
- “azul”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Zoogocho ZapotecEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
azul
ReferencesEdit
- 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)[1] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 3