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az·ure  (zhr)

n.

1.

a. A light purplish-blue.

b. Heraldry The color blue.

2. The blue sky.

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[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).]

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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]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	azure - a light shade of blue cerulean, lazuline, sky-blue, sapphire blue, blueness - blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime; "he had eyes of bright blue"
Verb	1.	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" bright blue, cerulean, sky-blue chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue

Translations

azure

n → Azur (→ blau nt) m

adj sky → azurblau; eyes also → tiefblau; azure blue → azurblau