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azul

Aragonese

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aˈθul/
  • Rhymes: -ul
  • Syllabification: a‧zul

Adjective

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azul (plural azuls)

  1. blue

References

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  • “azul”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

Asturian

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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azul (epicene, plural azules)

  1. blue

Extremaduran

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Adjective

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azul

  1. blue

Galician

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (standard) /aˈθul/ [aˈθuɫ]
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /aˈsul/ [aˈsuɫ]

Adjective

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azul m or f (plural azuis)

  1. blue (colour)

Inflection

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The plural may also be azules.

Derived terms

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Noun

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azul m (plural azuis)

  1. (countable and uncountable) azure, blue (colour)
  2. (heraldry) azure
    • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, 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

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Colors in Galician · cores (layout · text)
     branco      gris      negro, preto
             vermello; carmín              laranxa; castaño, marrón              amarelo; crema
             verde lima              verde              menta; verde escuro
             ciano; azul verdoso              cerúleo              azul
             violeta; anil              maxenta; púrpura              rosa

References

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  • Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “azur”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “azur”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • “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 Creole

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Etymology

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From Portuguese azul. Cognate with Kabuverdianu azul.

Adjective

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azul

  1. blue

Kabuverdianu

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Etymology

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From Portuguese azul.

Adjective

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azul

  1. blue

Kabyle

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Etymology

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

Interjection

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azul

  1. hello

Leonese

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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azul (plural azules)

  1. blue

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Portuguese

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azul

Etymology

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From Old Galician-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

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

Adjective

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azul m or f (plural azuis)

  1. blue

Noun

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azul m (plural azuis)

  1. blue
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See also

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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-água; verde-menta
             ciano,
turquesa; azul-petróleo 		             azul-celeste              azul, índigo, anil
             violeta,
lilás 		             magenta; roxo, púrpura              rosa,
cor-de-rosa, rosa-choque

Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited 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

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

Adjective

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azul m or f (masculine and feminine plural azules)

  1. blue
    Synonym: (obsolete) blao

Noun

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azul m (plural azules)

  1. blue
    Synonym: (obsolete) blao
  2. (Mexico, US, Philippines) a police officer

Derived terms

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Descendants

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

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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, rosado

Further reading

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Tarifit

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Etymology

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Possibly from Tuareg ăhul (“to send a greeting”), coined by Mammeri Mouloud.

Interjection

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azul

  1. (neologism) hello

Zoogocho Zapotec

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish azul.

Adjective

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azul

  1. blue

References

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  • 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
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