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azure
CEFRC2
/ˈæz.jʊə/
adjective · noun
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In plain English
- 01
adjective
Bright blue like a clear sky.
- 02
adjective
Extra detailA blue colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.
Examples
Azure blue, green, yellow, let's add the red aza, here is the Amazigh flag!
I was mesmerized by the sheer beauty of her azure eyes.
At a glance
Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 2
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 1
Also pronounced
- /ˈæʒjʊə/
- /əˈzjʊə/
Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningThe unclouded sky; the blue vault above.
noun
Extra meaningsThe clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour.
Any of various widely distributed lycaenid butterflies of the genus Celastrina.
More examples
In contextFor our blues we have the azures and ceruleans, lapis lazulis, the light and dusty, the powder blues, the deeps: royal, sapphire, navy, and marine […]
In robes of azure.
When Britain first, at Heaven's command / Arose from out the azure main.
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Origin
adjective
From Middle English asure, from Old French azur, derived from Arabic لَازَوَرْد (lāzaward, “lapis lazuli”), dropping the l as if it were equivalent to the French article l'. The Arabic is from Classical Persian لاجورد (lājward, “lapis lazuli”), from the region of Lajward in Badakhshan. Compare with Italian azzurro and Spanish azul.