blu

See also: blŭ and blù

English

Alternative forms

• blu. (abbreviation)

Noun

blu (plural blus)

1. Abbreviation of blue.

Adjective

blu (not comparable)

1. Abbreviation of blue.

Bahnar

Etymology

From Proto-Bahnaric *bluː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *bluuʔ (“thigh”); cognate with Khmer ភ្លៅ (phlɨw), Pacoh pilau and Central Nicobarese [Nancowry] pulô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bluː/

Noun

blu 

1. upper leg, thigh

Bislama

Etymology

From English blue.

Adjective

blu

1. blue (color/colour)

Danish

Etymology

A back-formation of blues.

Noun

blu (uncountable)

1. (archaic) ashamedness, embarrassment or shyness

   Synonym: blusel

Further reading

• “blu” in Den Danske Ordbog

Italian

Alternative forms

• blù (misspelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from French bleu (“blue”) from Middle French bleu, from Old French blou, bleve (“pallid, wan, discoloured/discolored, blue”), from Frankish *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue, yellowish-gray”). Doublet of biavo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblu/^*

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• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: blù

Adjective

blu (invariable)

1. blue (color/colour)

Noun

blu m (invariable)

1. blue (color/colour)

Quotations

• 1958, Domenico Modugno, Franco Migliacci, Volare:

  Nel blu dipinto di blu, felice di stare lassù

  In the blue (sky) painted blue, happy to stay up there

Derived terms

• bluastro

See also

Colors in Italian · colori (layout · text)

bianco	argento; grigio	nero
rosso; cremisi	arancione; marrone; bronzo	giallo; oro; crema
verde chiaro; limetta	verde	verde acqua; acquamarina; verde menta; verde menta scuro
ciano; azzurro; celeste; blu petrolio; foglia di tè	azzurro; celeste; celeste scuro	blu; blu scuro
violetto; indaco	magenta; viola	rosa; fucsia; porpora

Ladino

Adjective

blu

1. blue (color/colour)

Maltese

Etymology

From Sicilian and/or Italian blu, from Old French bloe, from Frankish *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bluː/

Adjective

blu (invariable)

1. blue (color/colour)

Usage notes

• Maltese originally distinguished two shades of blue: iżraq (from medium blue towards turquoise) and ikħal (from medium blue towards black). Now both of them are rare, having widely been replaced with the borrowing blu, which covers all shades. Though the word ikħal is sometimes used as a native Maltese alternative for blu in puristic style, it did not originally cover light tones.

See also

Colors in Maltese · kuluri/lwien (layout · text)

abjad	griż, rmiedi, ixheb	iswed
aħmar; krimżi	oranġjo; kannella (ismar); kafelatte; ixqar	isfar; krema
limetti	aħdar
turkin, turkważ	iżraq, ċelesti (smewwi)	blu (ikħal)
vjola; indigo, nir	maġenta; vjola	roża (wardi)

Nafaanra

Verb

blu

1. to swim

   Kofi blu mu lɔɔ kre kun.

   Kofi swam across the river.

Norwegian

Adjective

blu

1. (obsolete) shy, unassuming

   Synonyms: blyg, sjenert, unnselig

Derived terms

• bluferdig
• ublu

Pnar

Etymology

From Proto-Khasian *bluː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *bluuʔ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blu/

Noun

blu

1. thigh

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English blue.

Adjective

blu

1. blue (color/colour)

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• bờ lu
• bờ-lu

Etymology

From French blouse, short for blu trắng.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓəː˨˩ lu˧˧], [ʔɓlu˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓəː˦˩ lʊw˧˧], [ʔɓlʊw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓəː˨˩ lʊw˧˧], [ʔɓlʊw˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: bờ lu, blu

Noun

blu

1. (garment) white coat

   Synonym: blu trắng

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /blɨː/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /bliː/

Noun

blu

1. Soft mutation of plu.

Mutation

Mutated forms of plu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
plu	blu	mhlu	phlu

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.