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az·ure  (zhr)
n.
1.
a. A light purplish-blue.
b. Heraldry The color blue.
2. The blue sky.

[Middle English, from Old French azur, from Medieval Latin azura, from Arabic al-lzaward, the azure : al-, the + lzaward, azure (from Persian ljward, lapis lazuli).]

azure [ˈæʒə -ʒʊə ˈeɪ-]
n
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) a deep blue, occasionally somewhat purple, similar to the colour of a clear blue sky
2. Poetic a clear blue sky
adj
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) of the colour azure; serene
2. (History / Heraldry) (usually postpositive) Heraldry of the colour blue
[from Old French azur, from Old Spanish, from Arabic lāzaward lapis lazuli, from Persian lāzhuward]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.azure - a light shade of blue
blue, blueness - blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime; "he had eyes of bright blue"
Verb1.azure - color azure; "Morning azured the village"
color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"
Adj.1.azure - of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky; "October's bright blue weather"
chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue
Translations
azure
nAzur (→ blau nt) m
adj skyazurblau; eyes alsotiefblau; azure blueazurblau


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