blå

See also: bla, blaa, BLA, blá, blä, bl.a., and bl a

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DanishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• (pre-1948) blaa

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse blár (“blue”), from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /blɔː/, [b̥lɔːˀ]

AdjectiveEdit

blå (neuter blåt, plural and definite singular attributive blå)

1. blue (blue-colored)
2. (as a noun) n blue (colour)

See alsoEdit

• (blues) blå; akvamarin, azurblå, babyblå, blågrøn, blågrå, blåhvid, blålilla, blårød, blåsort, blåviolet, cyan, dybblå, havblå, himmelblå, indigo, indigoblå, knaldblå, koboltblå, kongeblå, kornblå, lyseblå, marineblå, mellemblå, mørkeblå, oceanblå, rødblå, safirblå, turkisblå, ultramarin, ultramarinblå, violblå
• blå on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse blár (“blue”), from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /bɽo/, IPA^(key): /blo/

AdjectiveEdit

blå (neuter singular blått, definite singular and plural blå or blåe, comparative blåere, indefinite superlative blåest, definite superlative blåeste)

1. blue (colour)

Derived termsEdit

• asurblå
• blåaktig
• blåbær
• blåklokke
• blålig
• blålys

• blåskjell
• knallblå
• kongeblå
• lyseblå
• marineblå

ReferencesEdit

• “blå” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse blár (“blue”), from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue”). Akin to English blue.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /bloː/

AdjectiveEdit

blå (masculine and feminine blå, neuter blått, definite singular and plural blåe/blå, comparative blåare, indefinite superlative blåast, definite superlative blåaste)

1. blue

Derived termsEdit

• asurblå
• blåaktig
• blåbær
• blåklokke
• blåkval

• blålys, blåljos
• knallblå
• kongeblå
• lyseblå
• marineblå

See alsoEdit

Colors in Norwegian Nynorsk · fargar (layout · text)
kvit	grå	svart	brun
rosa	raud	oransje	gul
	grøn		(turkis)
	blå		rosa ; lilla

ReferencesEdit

• “blå” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse blár (“blue”), from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /bloː/

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AdjectiveEdit

blå (comparative blåare, superlative blåast)

1. blue
2. (politics) of or pertaining to conservatives or liberals in European politics

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of blå
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	blå	blåare	blåast
Neuter singular	blått	blåare	blåast
Plural	blåa	blåare	blåast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	blåe	blåare	blåaste
All	blåa	blåare	blåaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from blå

• blixtblå
• blåbär
• blågrå
• blågul
• blåmärke

• blått
• blåval
• blåögd
• dalablå

• gul och blå
• i det blå
• ärliga blå ögon
• åskblå

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WestrobothnianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse blár (“blue”), from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /bɽoː/, /bɽɒː/, /bɽɑː/

  Rhymes: -óː

AdjectiveEdit

blå

1. blue; black

   he var blåe nɑtta

   it was black night

   kölanste blå

   very blue, blue-black

SynonymsEdit

• (black): sohtt

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from blå

• blåarbeit
• blåber
• blåjalak
• blåler
• blåmissu

• blåmål
• blåond
• blåros
• blåsnål

• blåtomm
• blåøg
• kölblå
• skärblå