albastru

From a Vulgar Latin root *albaster, albastrum, derived from Latin albus (“white”). Compare Romanian albastru.

albastru (feminine albastrã, masculine plural albashtri, feminine plural albastri or albastre)

1. light blue; azure

• albãstrescu

• albu

• njirlu

• албастру (albastru) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

From a Vulgar Latin root *albaster, albastrum, derived from Latin albus (“white”). Probably originally referred to the whiteness in a lightly clouded sky.[1] See also the formations in Italian biancastro (“whitish”), nerastro (“blackish”), French blanchâtre (“whitish”), noirâtre (“blackish”) (with the suffixes -astro and -âtre deriving from Latin -astrum, accusative singular of -aster[2]). Compare also Italian albastrello.

• IPA^(key): /al.ˈbas.tru/

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• Rhymes: -astru
• Hyphenation: al‧bas‧tru

albastru m or n (feminine singular albastră, masculine plural albaștri, feminine and neuter plural albastre)

1. blue
2. (figuratively) blue, sad

   Synonym: trist

• albăstri
• albăstrime
• albăstrui

• alb

• alabastru