azulejo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish azulejo.

Noun

azulejo (plural azulejos)

1. A painted tin-glazed ceramic tile of a kind found in Spain and Portugal, often arranged to form geometric patterns.

Translations

painted tin-glazed ceramic tile

• Arabic: زُلَيْج m (zulayj)

  Hijazi Arabic: زليج m (zulēj)

• Esperanto: azuleĥo, azuleho

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese azulejo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.zu.le.ʒo/

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Noun

azulejo m (plural azulejos)

1. blue tile (used on walls)
   • 2019 March 28, Pierre Hemme, “En version luxe ou vegan, le kebab risque de perdre son âme”, in Le Monde‎^[1]:

     Mignonne petite terrasse, azulejos décorant les murs, veau de lait et pain maison à base de farines bio : le cadre et la philosophie de Grillé pourraient le faire passer pour une adresse bistronomique chic de la capitale.

     A cute little balcony, blue tiles decorating the walls, suckling veal and homemade bread made from organic flour: the surroundings and the philosophy of Grillé could make it seem like a chic casual restaurant in the capital.

Further reading

• “azulejo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

azulejos

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish azulejo, from Arabic اَلزُّلَيْج (az-zulayj, “polished stone”), formed as a diminutive of زُلُج (zuluj, “smooth rocks”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.zuˈle.ʒu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.zuˈle.ʒu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.zuˈle.ʒo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.zuˈlɐ(j).ʒu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.zuˈlɐ(j).ʒu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.zuˈle.ʒu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.zuˈle.ʒu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.zuˈle.ʒu/

• Rhymes: -eʒu
• Hyphenation: a‧zu‧le‧jo

Noun

azulejo m (plural azulejos)

1. tile

Derived terms

• azulejador
• azulejar
• azulejaria
• azulejista

 

Further reading

• “azulejo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “azulejo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• azulejo on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

Etymology 2

Verb

azulejo

1. first-person singular present indicative of azulejar

Spanish

A 16th-century Spanish azulejo tile

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aθuˈlexo/ [a.θuˈle.xo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /asuˈlexo/ [a.suˈle.xo]
• Rhymes: -exo
• Syllabification: a‧zu‧le‧jo

Etymology 1

From azul +‎ -ejo.

Adjective

azulejo (feminine azuleja, masculine plural azulejos, feminine plural azulejas)

1. blue colored

   Synonym: azulado

2. indigo bunting, Passerina cyanea
3. cornflower, Centaurea cyanus

   Synonym: aciano

Etymology 2

From Andalusian Arabic اَلزُّلَيْجَة (az-zuléyja), from Arabic اَلزُّلَيْج (az-zulayj, “polished stone”), formed as a diminutive of زُلُج (zuluj, “smooth rocks”).

Noun

azulejo m (plural azulejos)

1. tile (of a wall or floor)

   Synonym: baldosa

Derived terms

• azulejar
• azulejero

 

Descendants

• → English: azulejo
• → French: azulejo
• → Portuguese: azulejo

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

azulejo

1. first-person singular present indicative of azulejar

Further reading

• “azulejo”, 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