blue

blue

a primary color: blue sky

Not to be confused with:

blew – past tense of blow: The wind blew hard at the coast.

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blue

 (blo͞o)

n.

1. The hue of that portion of the visible spectrum lying between green and indigo, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 420 to 490 nanometers; any of a group of colors that may vary in lightness and saturation, whose hue is that of a clear daytime sky; one of the additive or light primaries; one of the psychological primary hues.

2.

a. A pigment or dye imparting this hue.

b. Bluing.

3.

a. An object having this hue.

b. Dress or clothing of this hue: The ushers wore blue.

4.

a. A person who wears a blue uniform.

b. blues A dress blue uniform, especially that of the US Army.

5. often Blue

a. A member of the Union Army in the Civil War.

b. The Union Army.

6. A bluefish.

7. Any of various small blue butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.

8.

a. The sky.

b. The sea.

adj. blu·er, blu·est

1. Of the color blue.

2. Bluish or having parts that are blue or bluish, as the blue spruce and the blue whale.

3. Having a gray or purplish color, as from cold or contusion.

4. Wearing blue.

5. Being a trail, as for skiing, marked with a sign having a blue square, indicating an intermediate level of difficulty.

6. Relating to or being a blue state.

7.

a. Gloomy; depressed. See Synonyms at depressed.

b. Dismal; dreary: a blue day.

8. Puritanical; strict.

9. Aristocratic; patrician.

10. Indecent; risqué: a blue joke; a blue movie.

tr. & intr.v. blued, blu·ing, blues

To make or become blue.

Idioms:

blue in the face

At the point of extreme exasperation: I argued with them until I was blue in the face.

into the blue

At a far distance; into the unknown: spontaneously take a trip into the blue.

out of the blue

1. From an unexpected or unforeseen source: criticism that came out of the blue.

2. At a completely unexpected time: a long-unseen friend who appeared out of the blue.

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[Middle English blue, bleu, from Old French bleu, of Germanic origin; see bhel- in Indo-European roots.]

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blue′ly adv.

blue′ness n.

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blue

(bluː)

n

1. (Colours) any of a group of colours, such as that of a clear unclouded sky, that have wavelengths in the range 490–445 nanometres. Blue is the complementary colour of yellow and with red and green forms a set of primary colours.

2. (Dyeing) a dye or pigment of any of these colours

3. (Textiles) blue cloth or clothing: dressed in blue.

4. (Education)

a. a sportsperson who represents or has represented Oxford or Cambridge University and has the right to wear the university colour (dark blue for Oxford, light blue for Cambridge): an Oxford blue.

b. the honour of so representing one's university

5. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Brit an informal name for Tory

6. (Animals) any of numerous small blue-winged butterflies of the genera Lampides, Polyommatus, etc: family Lycaenidae

7. archaic short for bluestocking

8. slang a policeman

9. (Archery) archery a blue ring on a target, between the red and the black, scoring five points

10. (Billiards & Snooker) a blue ball in snooker, etc

11. (Dyeing) another name for blueing

12. slang Austral and NZ an argument or fight: he had a blue with a taxi driver.

13. (Law) slang Also: bluey Austral and NZ a court summons, esp for a traffic offence

14. informal Austral and NZ a mistake; error

15. out of the blue apparently from nowhere; unexpectedly: the opportunity came out of the blue.

16. into the blue into the unknown or the far distance

adj, bluer or bluest

17. (Colours) of the colour blue

18. (of the flesh) having a purple tinge, as from cold or contusion

19. depressed, moody, or unhappy

20. dismal or depressing: a blue day.

21. indecent, titillating, or pornographic: blue films.

22. (Animals) bluish in colour or having parts or marks that are bluish: a blue fox; a blue whale.

23. rare aristocratic; noble; patrician: a blue family. See blue blood

24. US relating to, supporting, or representing the Democratic Party. Compare red¹¹⁸

vb, blues, blueing, bluing or blued

25. to make, dye, or become blue

26. (Dyeing) (tr) to treat (laundry) with blueing

27. (tr) slang to spend extravagantly or wastefully; squander

[C13: from Old French bleu, of Germanic origin; compare Old Norse blār, Old High German blāo, Middle Dutch blā; related to Latin flāvus yellow]

ˈbluely adv

ˈblueness n

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Blue

(bluː) or

Bluey

n

informal Austral a nickname for a person with red hair

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blue

n.

1. the pure color of a clear sky; the primary color between green and violet in the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 450 and 500 nm.

2. bluing.

3. something having a blue color.

4. a person wearing blue or belonging to a group identified by some blue symbol.

5. (often cap.) a member of the Union army in the American Civil War, or the army itself. Compare gray ¹ (def. 11).

6. bluestocking.

7. any of several blue-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.

8. Brit. and Canadian. (often cap.) Tory (def. 1).

9. the blue,

a. the sky.

b. the sea.

c. the remote distance.

adj.

10. of the color blue.

11. (of the skin) discolored by cold, contusion, fear, or vascular collapse.

12. depressed in spirits; dejected; melancholy.

13. holding or offering little hope; dismal; bleak: a blue outlook.

14. adhering to or stemming from rigid moral or religious observance; puritanical.

15. indecent; suggestive or obscene; risqué: a blue joke.

16. marked by blasphemy: The air was blue with oaths.

v.t.

17. to make blue; dye a blue color.

18. to tinge with bluing.

v.i.

19. to become or turn blue.

Idioms:

1. blue in the face, at an extreme point of frustration, irritation, discouragement, etc.: to argue till one is blue in the face.

2. out of the blue, suddenly and unexpectedly.

[1250–1300; Middle English blewe < Anglo-French blew, bl(i)u blue, livid, Old French blo, blau < Germanic *blǣwaz]

blue′ly, adv.

blue′ness, n.

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Blue

 

See Also: COLORS

1. Blue and delicate as spring sky reflected in an old window —Elizabeth Spencer
2. (Eyes) blue as chicory in bloom —Ed McBain
3. (Sky … ) blue as a robin’s egg —Lee Smith
4. Blue as a brochure sea —William McIlvanney
5. Blue as a jay bird’s wing —Ellen Glasgow
6. (Eyes as) blue as a peacock’s neck —Flannery O’Connor
7. (Sky … ) blue as a staring Northern eye —Elizabeth Enright
8. Blue as autumn mist —Thomas Hardy
9. (Eyes as) blue as corn-flowers —Lawrence Durrell
10. (Sea and sky are a matched set,) blue as delftware —T. Coraghessan Boyle
11. (Eyes) blue as heaven —Lord Byron

    Other famous poets to link heaven and the color blue include Christina Rossetti with “Saphires shining blue as heaven” and Percy Bysshe Shelley with “Blue as the overhanging heaven.” For everyday usage there’s “Blue as the sky.”

12. Blue as hyacinths —Richard Ford
13. Blue as melancholy —Anon
14. (Sky) blue as the core of a match flame —George Garrett
15. Blue as the decks of the sea —Dame Edith Sitwell
16. Blue as the glimpses of sea beyond —John Greenleaf Whittier
17. Blue as the nose that graduate drunkards wear —Don Marquis
18. Blue as the sky —American colloquialism, attributed to New England
19. Blue as with the cold —Israel Zangwill
20. Blue like a corpse —Nikolai V. Gogol
21. Blue [of a repelling place] … like the color of the lips of an asthmatic plumber dying of lead poisoning who has put himself out of his misery with cyanide —Gerald Kersh
22. Blue like the last thundercloud of a tempest dispersed —Alexander Pushkin
23. Pale blues like old people’s eyes —Edna O’Brien

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blue

Past participle: blued
Gerund: blueing/bluing

Imperative

blue

blue

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	blue - blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime; "he had eyes of bright blue" blueness chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour - a color that has hue azure, cerulean, lazuline, sky-blue, sapphire - a light shade of blue powder blue - a pale blue color with grey in it steel blue - a greyish blue color Prussian blue - a dark greenish-blue color dark blue, navy blue, navy - a dark shade of blue cobalt blue, greenish blue, peacock blue, aqua, aquamarine, turquoise - a shade of blue tinged with green purplish blue, royal blue - a shade of blue tinged with purple ultramarine - a vivid blue to purple-blue color
	2.	blue - blue clothing; "she was wearing blue" article of clothing, clothing, habiliment, wearable, vesture, wear - a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
	3.	blue - any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue; "the Union army was a vast blue" organization, organisation - a group of people who work together Union Army - the northern army during the American Civil War
	4.	blue - the sky as viewed during daylight; "he shot an arrow into the blue" blue air, blue sky, wild blue yonder sky - the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
	5.	blue - used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge blueing, bluing dye, dyestuff - a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair
	6.	blue - the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic amobarbital sodium, Amytal, blue angel, blue devil amobarbital - a barbiturate with sedative and hypnotic effects; used to relieve insomnia and as an anticonvulsant
	7.	blue - any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae lycaenid, lycaenid butterfly - any of various butterflies of the family Lycaenidae genus Lycaena, Lycaena - type genus of the Lycaenidae; small slender butterflies with upper surface of wings usually metallic blue or green or copper
Verb	1.	blue - turn blue discolour, discolor, color, colour - change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored"
Adj.	1.	blue - of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky; "October's bright blue weather"- Helen Hunt Jackson; "a blue flame"; "blue haze of tobacco smoke" blueish, bluish chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue
	2.	blue - used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms); "a ragged blue line" northern - in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line; "Northern liberals"; "northern industry"; "northern cities"
	3.	blue - filled with melancholy and despondency ; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted" down in the mouth, downhearted, low-spirited, gloomy, downcast, dispirited, depressed, grim, down, low dejected - affected or marked by low spirits; "is dejected but trying to look cheerful"
	4.	blue - characterized by profanity or cursing; "foul-mouthed and blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words" profane, blasphemous dirty - (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency; "dirty words"; "a dirty old man"; "dirty books and movies"; "boys telling dirty jokes"; "has a dirty mouth"
	5.	blue - suggestive of sexual impropriety; "a blue movie"; "blue jokes"; "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details"; "a juicy scandal"; "a naughty wink"; "naughty words"; "racy anecdotes"; "a risque story"; "spicy gossip" gamey, gamy, naughty, risque, spicy, racy, juicy sexy - marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest; "feeling sexy"; "sexy clothes"; "sexy poses"; "a sexy book"; "sexy jokes"
	6.	blue - belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy; "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family"; "blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South"; "aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features"; "patrician tastes" aristocratic, aristocratical, blue-blooded, patrician, gentle noble - of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times; "of noble birth"
	7.	blue - morally rigorous and strict; "the puritan work ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior" puritanic, puritanical nonindulgent, strict - characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint
	8.	blue - causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather" dismal, drear, dreary, disconsolate, gloomy, dingy, drab, sorry, grim, dark cheerless, depressing, uncheerful - causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; "the economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place"

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blue

adjective

1. depressed, low, sad, unhappy, fed up, gloomy, dismal, melancholy, glum, dejected, despondent, downcast, down in the dumps (informal), down in the mouth, low-spirited, down-hearted There's no earthly reason for me to feel so blue.
depressed happy, optimistic, sunny, cheerful, jolly, merry, cheery, genial, elated, chirpy (informal), blithe

2. smutty, dirty, naughty, obscene, indecent, vulgar, lewd, risqué, X-rated (informal), bawdy, near the knuckle (informal) a secret stash of porn mags and blue movies
smutty decent, respectable

plural noun

1. depression, gloom, melancholy, unhappiness, despondency, the hump (Brit. informal), dejection, moodiness, low spirits, the dumps (informal), doldrums, gloominess, glumness Interfering in-laws are the prime sources of the blues.

Related words
adjective cyanic

Shades of blue

aqua, aquamarine, azure, Cambridge blue, cerulean, clear blue, cobalt blue, Copenhagen blue, cyan, duck-egg blue, electric blue, gentian blue, heliotrope, indigo, lapis lazuli, midnight blue, navy blue, Nile blue, Oxford blue, peacock blue, periwinkle, perse, petrol blue, pewter, royal blue, sapphire, saxe blue, sky blue, steel blue, teal, turquoise, ultramarine, Wedgwood blue

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blue

adjective

1. In low spirits:

dejected, depressed, desolate, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, dull, dysphoric, gloomy, heavy-hearted, low, melancholic, melancholy, sad, spiritless, tristful, unhappy, wistful.

Idiom: down at the mouth.

2. Dark and depressing:

black, bleak, cheerless, dark, desolate, dismal, dreary, gloomy, glum, joyless, somber, tenebrific.

3. Tending to cause sadness or low spirits:

cheerless, depressing, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, joyless, melancholy, sad.

4. Bordering on indelicacy or impropriety:

earthy, off-color, provocative, racy, risqué, salty, scabrous, spicy, suggestive.

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Translations

أَزْرَقأزْرَقالسَّماءُ أو البَحْراللون الأزرقحَزين، كَئيب

син

modrýmodřmodrá barvamodromodrojas

blådeprimereti dårligt humør

blauniedergeschlagen sein

γαλάζιοςκυανόςμπλε

blublua

azulmelancólicotristedeprimidomar

sinine

آبی

sininenalakuloinendemokraattinensini

bleubleuebleuesbleuirbleus

नीलानीली

plavplava

kék

biru

blá málningblárblár liturdapurhimin-/hafblámi

blutristeturchinobluastrobrunire

ピンク青い

파란

caeruleus

bloga nuotaikabrėžinysdepresijafizinio darbo darbininkaskaip perkūnas iš giedro dangaus

zilsdrūmsjūramateriāls zilā krāsānomākts

blauwblauwe

blåblåttdeppahimmelens blånedfor

niebieski

azulazular

синийголубой

modrýbelasýdiaľkamodrá farba

modermodra

plavplavaплавплава

blå

สีฟ้า

mavimavi boyaefkârlıgökyüzü ya da denizhüzünlü

نیلانیلى

buồnchánchán nảnthất vọngxanh da trời

天蓝色天蓝色的沮丧的碧海蓝天

blue

[bluː]

A. ADJ (bluer (compar) (bluest (superl)))

1. → azul; [body, bruise] → amoratado
blue with cold → amoratado de frío
once in a blue moon → de Pascuas a Ramos
you can shout till you're blue in the face → puedes gritar hasta hartarte
to go like a blue streak (US) → ir como un rayo
to talk like a blue streak (US) → hablar muy deprisa

2. (= obscene) → verde, colorado (LAm)
blue film → película f porno

3. (= sad) → triste, deprimido
to feel blue → estar deprimido, estar tristón
to look blue → tener aspecto triste

4. (Pol) → conservador

B. N

1. (= colour) → azul m

2. (Pol) → conservador(a) m/f
see also true-blue

3. (Chem) → añil m

4. the blue (= sky) → el cielo; (= sea) → el mar
to come out of the blue [money, good news] → venir como cosa llovida del cielo, bajar del cielo; [bad news] → caer como una bomba
he said out of the blue → dijo de repente, dijo inesperadamente

5. blues (Mus) → blues m; (= feeling) → melancolía f, tristeza f
he's got the blues → está deprimido

6. Dark/Light Blue (Brit) (Univ) → deportista mf representante de Oxford/Cambridge

C. VT

1. [+ washing] → añilar, dar azulete a

2. (Brit) (= squander) → despilfarrar

D. CPD blue baby N → niño/a m/f azul, niño/a m/f cianótico/a
blue beret N → casco m azul
blue blood N → sangre f azul
blue book N (US) (Scol) → cuaderno m de exámenes
blue cheese N → queso m de pasta verde
blue chips NPL = blue-chip securities
see blue-chip blue jeans NPL → tejanos mpl, vaqueros mpl
blue pencil N → lápiz m negro (en la censura)
see also blue-pencil Blue Peter N (Naut) → bandera f de salida
blue shark N → tiburón m azul
blue whale N → ballena f azul
blue whiting N → bacaladilla f

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blue

[ˈbluː]

adj

(in colour) [eyes, dress, door, car] → bleu(e)
a blue dress → une robe bleue
to have blue eyes → avoir les yeux bleus
once in a blue moon (= hardly ever) → tous les trente-six du mois

(= unhappy) [person] → cafardeux/euse, triste

(= pornographic) [film] → porno inv; [joke] → cochon(ne)

n (= colour) → bleu m

out of the blue [happen, come] → à l'improviste, sans qu'on s'y attende
It came out of the blue → C'est arrivé à l'improviste., C'est arrivé sans qu'on s'y attende.
see also bluesblue baby n → enfant mf bleu(e)

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blue

adj (+er)

→ blau; blue with cold → blau vor Kälte; until you’re blue in the face (inf) → bis zum Gehtnichtmehr (inf), → bis zum Erbrechen (inf); once in a blue moon → alle Jubeljahre (einmal); like a blue streak (inf) → wie ein geölter Blitz (inf); into the wide or wild blue yonder → weit weit weg

(inf: = miserable) → melancholisch, trübsinnig; to feel blue → den Moralischen haben (inf); to look blue → traurig aussehen

(inf: = obscene) language → derb, nicht salonfähig; joke → schlüpfrig; film → Porno-, Sex-; the air was blue (with oaths) → da habe ich/hat er etc vielleicht geflucht (inf)

(Pol) → konservativ

n

→ Blau nt; the boys in blue (inf: = police) → die Polizei pl, → die Grünen pl (dated inf)

(liter, = sky) → Himmel m; out of the blue (fig inf) → aus heiterem Himmel (inf)

(Pol) → Konservative(r) mf

(inf) the blues pl (= depression) → der Moralische (inf); to have the blues → den Moralischen haben (inf)

(Mus) the blues pl → der Blues; a blues sing → ein Blues

(Univ Sport) Student von Oxford oder Cambridge, der bei Wettkämpfen seine Universität vertritt (oder vertreten hat); (= colours) blaue Mütze, Symbol dafür, dass man seine Universität in Wettkämpfen vertreten hat

vt (inf, = spend) → auf den Kopf hauen (inf) → (on für)

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blue

:

blue baby

n → Baby nt → mit angeborenem Herzfehler

Bluebeard

n → Ritter Blaubart m

bluebell

n → Sternhyazinthe f; (Scot: = harebell) → Glockenblume f

blue beret

n → Blauhelm m

blueberry

n → Blau- or Heidelbeere f

bluebird

n → Rotkehlhüttensänger m

blue blood

n → blaues Blut

blue-blooded

adj → blaublütig

bluebook

n

(Brit Parl) → Blaubuch nt

(US: = list of prominent people) → ˜ Who’s Who nt

(US: = used-car price list) → Gebrauchtwagenpreisliste f, → ˜ Schwacke-Liste f

bluebottle

n → Schmeißfliege f

blue cheese

n → Blauschimmelkäse m

blue-chip

adj → erstklassig; shares also → Blue-Chip-; investment → sicher; blue company → Blue-Chip-Firma f, seriöses Unternehmen mit guter Finanzlage

blue-collar

adj blue worker/union/jobs → Arbeiter m → /Arbeitergewerkschaft f → /Stellen pl → für Arbeiter

blue-eyed

adj → blauäugig; somebody’s blue boy (fig) → jds Liebling(sjunge) m

blue helmet

n → Blauhelm m

bluejacket

n (dated inf) → Matrose m; to join the blues → zu den blauen Jungs gehen (dated inf)

blue jeans

pl → Bluejeans pl

blue line

n (US: Typ) → Blaupause f

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blue

:

Blue Nile

n → Blauer Nil

blue-pencil

vt (= edit, revise) → korrigieren; (= delete) → ausstreichen

blue peter

n (Naut) → Blauer Peter

blueprint

n → Blaupause f; (fig) → Plan m, → Entwurf m; do I have to draw you a blue? (inf) → muss ich dir erst ’ne Zeichnung machen? (inf)

blue rib(b)and

n → Blaues Band

blue rinse

n with her blue → mit ihrem silberblau getönten Haar

bluestocking

n (fig) → Blaustrumpf m

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blue

:

bluetit

n → Blaumeise f

blue-water

adj (Navy) blue fleet/ship → Hochseeflotte f → /-schiff nt

blue whale

n → Blauwal m

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blue

[bluː]

1. adj

a. (light blue) → azzurro/a, celeste; (darker) → blu inv
bright blue → bluette inv
blue with cold → livido/a dal freddo
once in a blue moon → a ogni morte di papa
you can talk till you're blue in the face → puoi parlare fino a domani
to be in a blue funk (old) → avere una fifa nera

b. (obscene, film, book) → porno inv; (joke) → sporco/a, sconcio/a

c. (fam) (sad) to feel blue → sentirsi giù

2. n (colour) (see adj) → azzurro, celeste m, blu m inv
the blue (sky) → l'azzurro
out of the blue (fig) → all'improvviso

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blue

(bluː) adjective

1. of the colour of a cloudless sky. blue paint; Her eyes are blue. blou أزْرَق син azul modrý blau blå μπλε, γαλάζιοςazul sinine آبی sininen bleuכחל, כחול नीला plavo kék biru blár litur blu, azzurro 青い 파란색의 mėlynas zils biru blauwblåniebieski اوبیز azul al­bas­­tru голубой, синий modrý moder plav blå ฟ้า; น้ำเงิน mavi 天藍色的 синій; блакитний نیلا xanh 天蓝色的

2. sad or depressed. I'm feeling blue today. af, depressief حَزين، كَئيب унил deprimido sklíčený, smutný niedergeschlagen sein i dårligt humør; deprimeret μελαγχολικόςtriste, deprimido, melancólico kurvameelne محزون؛ دلگیر surullinen déprimé דכאון, דיכאון दुखी भावना potišten rosszkedvű sedih dapur depresso 憂うつな 우울한 liūdnas, prislėgtas drūms; nomākts sedih zwaarmoedignedfor, «deppa», utaforprzygnębiony نیولی خپه deprimido trist подавленный, в состоянии хандры sklesnutý potrt tužan nere, deppig เศร้าใจ efkârlı, hüzünlü, kederli 沮喪的 понурий, засмучений افسردہ ، اداس chán nản 沮丧的

noun

1. the colour of a cloudless sky. That is a beautiful blue. blou اللون الأزرق син, лазурен azul modř, modrá barva das Blau blå το γαλάζιο χρώμα azul sinine رنگ آبی sininen bleuכחל, כחול नीला रंग modrina (kék) ég warna langit cerah himinblámi blu, azzurro 青色 하늘색 mėlynumas, žydrumas zila krāsa langit biru blauwblålazur نیلی رنګ azul albastru голубой, синий цвет modrá farba sinjina plavetnilo blå färg, blått สีฟ้า; สีน้ำเงิน mavi 天藍色 синій колір آسمانی رنگ màu xanh 天蓝色

2. a blue paint, material etc. We'll have to get some more blue. blou دِهانٌ أزْرَق синьо azul modř, modrá barva das Blau blå(t) υλικό μπλε χρώματος (π.χ. μπογιά) azul sinine رنگدانۀ آبی sininen bleu צבע כחל, כחול एक नीला पेंट या सामग्री plava boja kék (szín) cat biru blá málning blu 青の絵具 청색 물감 mėlyni dažai materiāls zilā krāsā cat biru blauwblåttbłękit نیلی رنګدانه azul albastru голубой, синий цвет modrá farba modra barva plava farba blå, blått สีฟ้า; สีน้ำเงิน mavi boya 藍顏料 синя фарба روغن کا رنگ phẩm xanh, sơn xanh 蓝颜料

3. the sky or the sea. The balloon floated off into the blue. bloute السَّماءُ أو البَحْر море, небе azul modro, modrojas das Blau ud i det blå ουρανός, θάλασσαcielo; mar taevas, meri آسمان؛ دریا meri tai taivas ciel הַיָם, הַשָׁמַים आसमान या समुद्र plavetnilo (kék) ég, (kék) tenger langit himin-/hafblámi cielo; mare 空, 海 하늘, 바다 mėlynė zilgme; jūra biru lucht, zeehimmelenbłękit اسمان ، سیند azul cer небо; море diaľka modrina plavetnilo det blå ท้องฟ้าหรือทะเล gökyüzü ya da deniz 藍天，碧海 небо; море آسمان یا سمندر bầu trời, biển cả 蓝天，碧海

ˈblueness noun

blouerigheid زُرْقَه син цвят azul modř die Bläue det at være blåfarvet; det at være i dårligt humør το μπλε χρώμα ως ιδιότητα azul, lo azul sina حزن؛ اندوه sinisyys bleuעצבות, דכדוך नीलापन plavetnilo, modrina kékség biru blámi; blár litur azzurro 青さ 푸름 mėlynumas zilums kebiruan blauwheid det å være blåfarget; nedtrykthetbłękit غم ، اندیښنه azul albăstreală синева modrosť sinjina plavetnilo blåhet ความเป็นสีฟ้าหรือสีน้ำเงิน mavilik 藍色 синява, блакитність نیلاہٹ sự buồn chán 蓝色

ˈbluish adjective

quite blue; close to blue. a bluish green. blou مائِلٌ إلى الزُّرْقَه синкав azulado modravý, namodralý bläulich blålig; blå- γαλαζωπός azulado sinakas مایل به آبی sinertävä bleuâtreכחלחל नीलापन लिए plavo kékes kebiru-biruan bláleitur bluastro, azzurrognolo 青みがかった 푸르스름한 melsvas zilgans kebiru-biruan blauwachtigblålig niebieskawy نیلی ته ورته azulado albăstrui, albăstriu голубоватый, синеватый modravý modrikast plavkast blåaktig ซึ่งเป็นสีฟ้าหรือสีน้ำเงิน mavimtrak 帶藍色的 синюватий نیلاہٹ بھرا hơi xanh 带蓝色的

ˈbluebottle noun

a kind of large house-fly with a blue abdomen. brommer ذُبابَةٌ زَرْقاء вид голяма синя муха varejeira masařka der Brummer spyflue κρεατόμυγα moscón lihakärbes نوعی خرمگس lihakärpänen mouche bleue זְבוּב הַתּכֶלֶת मक्खी muha zujara húslégy lalat besar fiskifluga, maðkafluga, húsfluga moscone azzurro あおばえ 청파리 mėsinė musė zilā muša langau biru bromvliegspyflue mucha mięsna یوډول خرمچ varejeira muscă albastră трупная муха mäsiarka mesarska muha vrsta muve spyfluga แมลงวันหัวเขียว mavi at sineği 青蠅 м'ясна муха نیلے رنگ کی مکھی nhặng xanh 蓝丽蝇，绿头大苍蝇

ˈbluecollar adjective

(of workers) wearing overalls and working in factories etc. Blue collar workers are demanding the same pay as office staff. blouboordjie أصْحابُ الياقَةِ الزَّرْقاء: العَمّال работнически operário dělnický blauer Arbeitsanzug industri-; fabriks-; special- εργάτης εργοστασίου obrero sinikrae- کارگران فنی و نیمه فنی sinikauluksinen col bleu צַווָארוֹן כָּחוֹל शारीरिक श्रम करने वाले श्रमिक fizički, industrijski fizikai munkás pekerja kasar verkamanna-, iðnverkamanna- operaio 筋肉労働者の 육체 노동의 fizinio darbo darbininkas fiziska darba [] pekerja kolar biru hand-, handen- arbeider- pracownik fizyczny مسلکی او نیمه مسلکی کارکوونکی operário salahor, care munceşte cu braţele производственный рабочий, синий воротничок robotnícky delovni pajac radnički arbetar- ซึ่งเป็นชนชั้นแรงงาน işçi sınıfından 藍領(勞工)階級 робітничої професії فیکٹری میں کام کرنے والے lao động chân tay 蓝领（工人）阶级的，体力劳动的

ˈblueprint noun

a detailed photographic plan of work to be carried out. the blueprints for a new aircraft. bloudruk مُخَطَّطٌ تَفْصيلي подробен план/проект/описание planta plán, nákres die Blaupause blåtryk προσχέδιοanteproyecto sinikoopia, plaan نقشۀ کلی pohjapiirros bleuתרשים अन्तिम रूप-रेखा nacrt tervrajz rancangan áætlun, uppdráttur progetto 青写真 청사진 brėžinys, planas plāns; projekts merangka tindak blauwdrukplan; blåkopi, lyskopi projekt بشپړه نقشه plano plan, schiţă светокопия (technicky) modrák načrt plan planritning, utkast พิมพ์เขียว ozalit kopya 藍圖 детальний проект, план کام کرنے کے لئے مفصل نقشہ bản kế hoạch 蓝图

once in a blue moon

very seldom. He visits his mother once in a blue moon. selde نادِرٌ، قَلَّمـا يَحْدُث много рядко raramente jednou za uherský rok alle Jubeljahre sjældent μια στο τόσο de higos a brevas haruharva به ندرت؛ تقریباً هرگز hyvin harvoin tous les trente-six du mois פָּעַם בְּיוֹבֵל कभी-कभार vrlo rijetko hébe-hóba jarang sekali mjög sjaldan di rado, ogni morte di papa ごくまれに 아주 드물게 labai retai ļoti reti sangat jarang een hoogstenkele keer en gang hvert jubelår bardzo rzadko, raz od wielkiego święta په ندرت سره، تقریباْ هیڅ raramente din an în Paşti очень редко raz za uhorský rok na vsake kvatre enkrat veoma retko sällan eller aldrig ไม่บ่อย kırk yılda bir, pek ender 千載難逢 дуже рідко کبھی کبھار hiếm khi 千载难逢

out of the blue

without warning. He arrived out of the blue, without phoning first. uit die bloute فَجْأه، على غَيْرِ انتِظار изведнъж de surpresa z čista jasna, znenadání aus heiterem Himmel uden varsel απροειδοποίητα, ξαφνικά como caído del cielo, de improviso nagu välk selgest taevast ناگهان؛ غیرمنتظره äkkiarvaamatta à l'improvisteפתאום बिना कोई खोज-खबर दिए iznenada hirtelen tiba-tiba úr heiðskíru lofti, öllum að óvörum all'improvviso 出し抜けに 불시에 kaip perkūnas iš giedro dangaus pēkšņi; bez brīdinājuma tiba-tiba datang onverwachtuten varselniespodziewanie, ni stąd ni zowąd نا څاپه ، غیرمتراقبه de surpresa pe neaşteptate внезапно, без предупреждения znenazdania kar na lepem iznenada utan förvarning, helt oväntat ไม่ได้บอกล่วงหน้า ansızın, beklenmedik bir zamanda, pat diye 突然地 несподівано; як грім з неба اچانک ، دفعۃً hoàn toàn bất ngờ 突然地

the blues

low spirits; depression. He's got the blues today but he's usually cheerful. depressiwiteit, terneergedruktheid كآبه отчаяние depressão smutná/mrzutá nálada die Schwermut melankoli; tungsind μελαγχολία, κατήφειαmelancolía, depresión masendus افسرده؛ غمگین masentuneisuus cafard בְּלוּז अवसाद, मायूसी melankolija rossz hangulat tekanan jiwa þunglyndi depressione 気のふさぎ 우울함 bloga/prislėgta nuotaika, depresija grūtsirdība; depresija sugul zwaarmoedigheidmelankoli, tungsinnchandra خپه، انديښمن depressão depri­mare, tristeţe хандра zlá nálada potrtost tuga deppighet, [vara] deppig ความเศร้าเสียใจ hüzün, iç sıkıntısı 憂鬱，垂頭喪氣 меланхолія, нудьга رنجیدہ ہونا، مایوس ہونا sự buồn chán 忧郁，垂头丧气

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blue

→ أَزْرَق modrý blå blau γαλάζιος azul sininen bleu plav blu 青い 파란 blauw blå niebieski azul голубой blå สีฟ้า mavi xanh da trời 蓝色的

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

blue

n. color azul;

a. triste, malancólico-a;

___ baby syndrome → cianosis congénita, pop. mal azul.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

blue

adj azul; (fam, sad) triste; the blues (fam) melancolía, tristeza

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