See also: blŭ and blù

English

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Noun

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blu (plural blus)

  1. Abbreviation of blue.

Adjective

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blu (not comparable)

  1. Abbreviation of blue.

Bahnar

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Etymology

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

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blu 

  1. upper leg, thigh

Bislama

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Etymology

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From English blue.

Adjective

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blu

  1. blue (color/colour)

Danish

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Etymology

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A back-formation of blues.

Noun

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blu (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) ashamedness, embarrassment or shyness
    Synonym: blusel

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Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈblu/*
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: blù

Adjective

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blu (invariable)

  1. blue (color/colour)

Noun

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blu m (invariable)

  1. blue (color/colour)

Quotations

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  • 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

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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              azzurro; celeste; celeste scuro              blu; blu scuro
             violetto; indaco              magenta; viola              rosa; fucsia; porpora

Ladino

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blu

  1. blue (color/colour)

Maltese

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Etymology

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

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blu (invariable)

  1. blue (color/colour)

Usage notes

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  • 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.

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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

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Verb

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blu

  1. to swim
    Kofi blu mu lɔɔ kre kun.
    Kofi swam across the river.

Norwegian

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Adjective

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blu

  1. (obsolete) shy, unassuming
    Synonyms: blyg, sjenert, unnselig

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Pnar

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Etymology

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

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blu

  1. thigh

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English blue.

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blu

  1. blue (color/colour)

Vietnamese

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Etymology

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From French blouse, short for blu trắng.

Pronunciation

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  • (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

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blu

  1. (garment) white coat
    Synonym: blu trắng

Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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blu

  1. Soft mutation of plu.

Mutation

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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.