azul

Aragonese

Etymology

From Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈθul/
• Rhymes: -ul
• Syllabification: a‧zul

Adjective

azul (plural azuls)

1. blue

References

• “azul”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

Asturian

Etymology

From Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”).

Adjective

azul (epicene, plural azules)

1. blue

Extremaduran

Adjective

azul

1. blue

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese azur (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aˈθul/ [aˈθuɫ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /aˈθul/ [aˈθuɫ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /aˈsul/ [aˈsuɫ]

• Rhymes: -ul

Adjective

azul m or f (plural azuis)

1. blue (colour)

   Unha de cor azul, as outras son de vermella.

   One is blue, the others are red.

Inflection

• The plural may also be azules.

Derived terms

• azul mariño
• azulado
• azular
• azulexo

 

Noun

azul m (plural azuis)

1. (countable and uncountable) azure, blue (colour)
2. (heraldry) azure

   Synonym: blao (obsolete)

   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 308:

     rreluzíã cõtra o ssol os escudos, que erã pintados de ouro et de azur

     the shields, painted in gold and azure, glittered against the sun

See also

Colors in Galician · cores (layout · text)

branco	gris	negro, preto
vermello; carmín	laranxa; castaño, marrón	amarelo; crema
verde lima	verde	menta; verde escuro
ciano; azul verdoso	cerúleo	azul
violeta; anil	maxenta; púrpura	rosa

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “azur”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “azur”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “azul”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “azul”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “azul”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese azul. Cognate with Kabuverdianu azul.

Adjective

azul

1. blue

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese azul.

Adjective

azul

1. blue

Kabyle

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Interjection

azul

1. hello

Leonese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

azul (plural azules)

1. blue

References

• AEDLL

Portuguese

azul

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese azur (“blue”), from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”). Doublet of azur, from French.

Compare with Galician azul (“blue”), Spanish azul (“blue”), French azur (“azure”), Italian azzurro (“blue”) and English azure.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈzuw/ [aˈzuʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈzul/ [ɐˈzuɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈzul/ [ɐˈzuɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈzu.li/

• (Brazil)
  • (Fluminense, brasiliense, florianopolitano, capixaba) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ˈzuw/
  • (Riverense Portuñol, gaúcho da pampa) IPA^(key): /a.ˈzul/
• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ul, (Brazil) -uw
• Hyphenation: a‧zul

Adjective

azul m or f (plural azuis)

1. blue

Noun

azul m (plural azuis)

1. blue

Derived terms

• antiazul
• azul e branco
• azul prussiano
• azul-bebê
• azul-celeste
• azul-cobalto
• azul-marinho
• azul-petróleo
• azul-real
• azulão
• azular
• azulzão
• azulzinho
• baleia-azul
• Barba Azul
• book azul
• chapim-azul
• cu azul
• gigante azul
• gralha-azuç
• grou-azul
• ifrita-de-coroa-azul
• luz azul
• nota azul
• pisco-de-peito-azul
• queijo azul
• sangue azul
• tela azul
• tela azul da morte
• tumbérgia-azul

 

Related terms

• azulado
• azur
• lápis-lazúli

 

See also

Colors in Portuguese · cores (layout · text)

branco, alvo, cândido	cinza, gris, cinzento	preto, negro, atro
vermelho, encarnado, rubro, salmão; carmim	laranja, cor de laranja; castanho, marrom	amarelo, lúteo; creme, ocre
verde-limão	verde	verde-água; verde-menta
ciano, turquesa; azul-petróleo	azul-bebê, azul-celeste	azul, índigo, anil
violeta, lilás	magenta; roxo, púrpura	rosa, cor-de-rosa, rosa-choque

• (blues) azul; azul céu, azul gelo, safira ^{(Categories: pt:Colors, pt:Blues)}

Further reading

• “azul”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “azul”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

Spanish

Alternative forms

• açul (archaic)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish azur, from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”). Doublet of azur, from French. Cognate with English azure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aˈθul/ [aˈθul]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aˈsul/ [aˈsul]
• Rhymes: -ul
• Syllabification: a‧zul

Adjective

azul m or f (masculine and feminine plural azules)

1. blue

   Synonym: (obsolete) blao

Noun

azul m (plural azules)

1. blue

   Synonym: (obsolete) blao

2. (Mexico, US, Philippines) a police officer

Derived terms

• al azul
• arándano azul
• azul celeste
• azul cielo
• azul de cobalto
• azul de mar
• azul de Prusia
• azul de Sajonia
• azul de ultramar
• azul marino
• azul petróleo
• azul ruso
• azul turquí
• azul ultramarino
• azul ultramaro
• azulado
• azular
• azulejo
• azulenco
• azuloso
• ballena azul
• botón azul
• cardo azul
• cirujano azul
• conchita azul
• de oro y azul
• División Azul
• gigante azul
• mora azul
• pícea azul
• príncipe azul
• sangre azul
• seta de pie azul
• supergigante azul
• tacuarita azul
• trepador azul
• valeriana azul

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: asul
• → Mecayapan Nahuatl: aso̱ltiꞌ
• → Tagalog: asul
• → Tlamacazapa Nahuatl: asol
• → Zoogocho Zapotec: azul

 

See also

Colors in Spanish · colores (layout · text)

blanco	gris	negro
rojo; carmín, carmesí	naranja, anaranjado; marrón	amarillo; crema
lima	verde	menta
cian, turquesa; azul-petróleo	celeste, cerúleo	azul
violeta; añil, índigo	magenta; morado, púrpura	rosa, rosado

Further reading

• “azul”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tarifit

Etymology

Possibly from Tuareg ăhul (“to send a greeting”), coined by Mammeri Mouloud.

Interjection

azul

1. (neologism) hello

Tashelhit

Etymology

Borrowed from Moroccan Amazigh azul (“hello”), from Zenaga azul (“peace”)

Interjection

azul

1. hello

References

Le Zenega des Tribus Senegalaises: Contribution a l'etude de la langue Berbere by Faidherbe Leon. page 80.

Zoogocho Zapotec

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish azul.

Adjective

azul

1. blue

References

• Long C., Rebecca, Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)‎^[1] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 3