bleu
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle French bleu. Doublet of blauw.
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Adjective
editbleu (comparative bleuer, superlative bleust)
Declension
editDeclension of bleu | ||||
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uninflected | bleu | |||
inflected | bleu | |||
comparative | bleuer | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | bleu | bleuer | het bleust het bleuste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | bleu | bleuere | bleuste |
n. sing. | bleu | bleuer | bleuste | |
plural | bleu | bleuere | bleuste | |
definite | bleu | bleuere | bleuste | |
partitive | bleus | bleuers | — |
Derived terms
editFrench
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle French bleu, from Old French blöe, bleve, blef (“blue”), from Late Latin blāvus, from Frankish *blāu (“blue”), from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₁-, *bʰlh₁-, *bʰleh₁- (“yellow, grey, blue”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine”). Cognate with Old High German blāo (“blue”) (German blau), Dutch blauw (“blue”), Old English blāw (“blue”). More at blue.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /blø/
Audio: (file) Audio; “du bleu”: (file) Audio (Belgium): (file) - Homophones: bleue, bleus, bleues
Adjective
editbleu (feminine bleue, masculine plural bleus, feminine plural bleues)
Noun
editbleu m (plural bleus)
- the color blue
- blue cheese
- rookie, new recruit, raw recruit
- bruise
- (billiards, snooker) billiard chalk
- Synonym: craie
- (Canada) a supporter of the Conservative Party
- (US) a supporter of the Democratic Party
Derived terms
edit- baleine bleue
- bleu canard
- bleu ciel
- bleu de Chartres
- bleu électrique
- bleu marine
- bleu nuit
- bleu pétrole
- bleu roi
- bleu verdâtre
- bleu, blanc et rouge
- bleu-vert
- bleuâtre
- bleuet
- bleuir
- bleuissement
- bleusaille
- bleuté
- carte bleue
- casque bleu
- chardon bleu des Pyrénées
- cordon bleu
- fleur bleue
- fleuve Bleu
- géante bleue
- Grande Bleue
- gros bleu
- nom de bleu
- petit bleu
- peur bleue
- requin bleu
- rorqual bleu
- sacrebleu
- sang bleu
- supergéante bleue
- vin bleu
Descendants
editSee also
editblanc | gris | noir |
rouge; cramoisi, carmin | orange; brun, marron | jaune; crème |
lime | vert | menthe |
cyan, turquoise; bleu canard | azur, bleu ciel | bleu |
violet, lilas; indigo | magenta; pourpre | rose |
Further reading
edit- “bleu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French bleu (“blue”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editbleu (indeclinable)
Ligurian
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editbleu m (invariable)
- blue (color)
Adjective
editbleu
- blue
- No gh'ò ciù de lâpi bleu. ― I don't have any more blue pencils.
Middle French
editEtymology
editFrom Old French blöe, bleve, blef (“blue”), from Late Latin blāvus, from Frankish *blāu (“blue”), from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“yellow, grey, blue”), from *bʰel- (“to shine”). Cognate with Old High German blāo (“blue”) (German blau), Dutch blauw (“blue”), Old English blāw (“blue”). More at blue.
Adjective
editbleu m (feminine singular bleue, masculine plural bleus, feminine plural bleues)
Noun
editbleu m (plural bleus)
Descendants
editRomanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French bleu (“blue”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editbleu m or f or n (indeclinable)
Declension
editsingular | plural | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | bleu | bleu | bleu | bleu | ||
definite | — | — | — | — | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | bleu | bleu | bleu | bleu | ||
definite | — | — | — | — |
Noun
editbleu n (plural bleu-uri)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) bleu | bleu-ul | (niște) bleu-uri | bleu-urile |
genitive/dative | (unui) bleu | bleu-ului | (unor) bleu-uri | bleu-urilor |
vocative | bleu-ule | bleu-urilor |
See also
editSee also
editalb | gri | negru |
roșu; carmin | portocaliu; maro | galben; crem |
verde | verde mentă | |
cyan | bleu | albastru |
violet; indigo | mov; purpură | roz |
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