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blao

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Old High German blāo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈblao/ [ˈblɑ.ʊ]
  • Rhymes: -ao
  • Hyphenation: bla‧o

Adjective

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blao m or f (plural blaos)

  1. (heraldry) azure

Noun

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blao m (plural blaos)

  1. (heraldry, obsolete) azure

References

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Old High German

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz, whence also Old English blāw, Old Norse blár.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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blāo

  1. blue

Descendants

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  • Middle High German: blā
  • Spanish: blao

Old Saxon

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz, whence also Old English blāw, Old Norse blár.

Adjective

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blāo (comparative blāworo, superlative blāwost)

  1. blue

Declension

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Descendants

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From Old High German blāo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈblao/ [ˈbla.o]
  • Rhymes: -ao
  • Syllabification: bla‧o

Adjective

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blao m or f (masculine and feminine plural blaos)

  1. (heraldry) azure
    Synonym: celeste
  2. (obsolete) blue
    Synonym: azul

Noun

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blao m (plural blaos)

  1. (heraldry, obsolete) azure
    Synonym: azur
  2. (obsolete) azure (color)
    Synonyms: azur, celeste
    • 1981, Historia general de España:
      Los ricoshombres e hidalgos se procuraban sus vestidos y telas del extranjero, sobre todo de Flandes, de donde llegaban la escarlata, el ezmelín y los blaos.
      The noblemen and hidalgos procured their clothes and fabrics from abroad, especially from Flanders, from whence came the scarlet, the ezmelín, and the azures.

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