azur

See also: azúr, ažur, and ażur

English

Adjective

azur (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of azure (blue tincture in heraldry)

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French azur, borrowed from Medieval Latin azurium, from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, lapis lazuli), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, lapis lazuli).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.zyʁ/
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Noun

azur m (plural azurs)

  1. (heraldry) azure (blue color)
    Synonym: bleu

Derived terms

See also

Colors in French · couleurs (layout · text)
     blanc      gris      noir
             rouge; cramoisi, carmin              orange; brun, marron              jaune; crème
             lime              vert              menthe
             cyan, turquoise; bleu canard              azur, bleu ciel              bleu
             violet, lilas; indigo              magenta; pourpre              rose

Further reading

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin azurium, from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, lapis lazuli), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, lapis lazuli).

Noun

azur oblique singular, m (oblique plural azurs, nominative singular azurs, nominative plural azur)

  1. (heraldry) azure (blue color)

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈd͡zuɾ/

Adjective

azur m or f

  1. azure, blue

Noun

azur m

  1. azure, blue

Descendants

  • Galician: azul
  • Portuguese: azul

See also

Colors in Old Galician-Portuguese · coores, colores (layout · text)
     branco, blanco, alvo      gris      negro, preto
             vermelho              castanho              amarelo
                          verde             
                                       azur
                          cardẽo              rosa

Old Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈd͡zuɾ/

Adjective

azur (plural azures)

  1. blue

Noun

azur m (plural azures)

  1. blue

Descendants

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French azur, from Old French azur, from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, lapis lazuli), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, lapis lazuli). Doublet of azul.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈzuʁ/ [aˈzuh]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈzuɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈzu.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: a‧zur

Noun

azur m (plural azures)

  1. (heraldry) azure (the blue colour)
    • (Can we date this quote?), Grande enciclopédia portuguesa e brasileira, volume 3, Editorial Enciclopédia, page 962:
      Actualmente, as fábricas de corantes produzem azur muito puro.
      Currently, dye factories produce a very pure azure.
    • 1984, Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro, Anais do Congresso de História do Segundo Reinado: Comissão de Genealogia e Heráldica, Comissão de História Jurídica, Comissão de História Cultural, Comissão de História Religiosa, page 74:
      No escudo do prelado maranhense os atributos das armas originais foram transformados e dispostos em um escudo cortado em faixa, figurando no 1º quartel quatro faixas ondadas de azul em campo de prata, e no 2º quarto flores de lis também de prata, posta 2 em 2, em campo de azur, com bordadura de vermelho pleno.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2001, Antonio Miranda, Manucho e o labirinto, Global, page 37:
      Em seu brasão de família havia dragões de ouro e ostentava a branda e escudetes de sinople e azur, []
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1992, Eugenio Vergara Caffarelli, As moedas do Brasil desde o Reino Unido, 1818-1992: ilustrado com 690 fotografias, page 18:
      O vermelho ou goles se representa por linhas perpendiculares (fig. 1). O azul ou azur, por linhas horizontais (fig. 2).
      Red or gules is represented by perpendicular lines (fig. 1). Blue or azure, by horizontal lines (fig. 2).
    • (Can we date this quote?), Valton Sergio von Tempski-Silka, Histórico dos Brasões e Bandeiras do Estado do Paraná, page 18:
      Esmalte: as cores do brasão que não são metais: azul = azur, blau; verde = sinople, sinopla; preto = sable; vermelho = goles etc.
      Color: the tinctures of the blazon which are not metals: blue = azure; green = vert; black = sable; red = gules etc.
    Synonyms: blau, azul

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French azur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈzur/

Noun

azur n (uncountable)

  1. azure, light-blue, sky-blue

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French azur, from Old French azur, from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, lapis lazuli), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, lapis lazuli). Doublet of azul.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /aˈθuɾ/ [aˈθuɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /aˈsuɾ/ [aˈsuɾ]
  • Rhymes: -uɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧zur

Adjective

azur m or f (masculine and feminine plural azures)

  1. azure (sky-blue coloured)
  2. (heraldry) azure

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

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