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Alternative spellings
qualifier|in heraldic contexts az., b., bl.

Etymology
From Arabic term||lazward|lapis lazuli, via F. term|azur. Compare with Italian term|azzurro and Spanish term|azul.

Pronunciation
IPA|/��/, SAMPA|/"{Z@/
IPA|/��/
audio|en-us-azure.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun|-

1. tincture A blue colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.

#* 1997, Brault, Early Blazon:
#*: In Bb [Glover's Roll], the conventional letter B is used to indicate azure in most items.

1. The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour.

#:<table><tr><td>azure colour: &nbsp;</td><td bgcolor"#007FFF" width"80">&nbsp; </td></tr></table>

1. italbrac|poetical The unclouded sky; the blue vault above.
2. The lapis lazuli.

Translations
trans-top|blue colour on a coat of arms
Finnish: sininen
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trans-top|colour of the sky
Catalan: atzur
Bosnian: azurna#Croatian|azurna f, plava#Bosnian|plava f, vedra#Bosnian|vedra f
Croatian: azurna#Croatian|azurna f, plava#Croatian|plava f, vedra#Croatian|vedra f
Dutch: azuurblauw n, hemelsblauw n
Finnish: taivaansininen
German: Himmelblau n
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Maltese: kaħlani m, kaħlanija f
Polish: lazur m
Romanian: azur
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: аз��на#Serbian|аз��на f, плава#Serbian|плава f, вед�а#Serbian|вед�а f
:Roman: azurna#Serbian|azurna f, plava#Serbian|plava f, vedra#Serbian|vedra f
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trans-top|the blue sky
Catalan: atzur
Bosnian: plavetnilo#Bosnian|plavetnilo n
Croatian: plavetnilo#Croatian|plavetnilo n
Finnish: sinitaivas
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Serbian:
:Cyrillic: плаве�нило#Serbian|плаве�нило n
:Roman: plavetnilo#Serbian|plavetnilo n
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trans-top|gem
Dutch: lapis lazuli m
Finnish: lapis lazuli
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Adjective
en-adj|-

1. colour Sky-blue; resembling the clear blue colour of the unclouded sky; cerulean; also, cloudless.
2. tincture In blazon, of the colour blue.

Translations
trans-top|sky-blue coloured
Bosnian: azurna#Bosnian|azurna f, plava#Bosnian|plava f
Catalan: atzur
Croatian: azurna#Croatian|azurna f, plava#Croatian|plava f
Dutch: azuurblauw
Finnish: taivaansininen
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Russian: лаз��н�й
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: аз��на#Serbian|аз��на f, плава#Serbian|плава f
:Roman: azurna#Serbian|azurna f, plava#Serbian|plava f
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heraldry of blue colour on a coat of arms

Bosnian: azurna#Bosnian|azurna f, plava#Bosnian|plava f
Croatian: azurna#Croatian|azurna f, plava#Croatian|plava f
Dutch: azuur (blauw)
Finnish: sininen
French: azur
German: blau
Hungarian: kék
Italian: azzurro
Polish: b��kitny
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Portuguese: azul
Romanian: azuriu
Russian: гол�бой
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: аз��на#Serbian|аз��на f, плава#Serbian|плава f
:Roman: azurna#Serbian|azurna f, plava#Serbian|plava f
Slovak: modrá
Spanish: azur
Swedish: blått

Verb
en-verb|azur|ing

1. transitive To colour blue.

Translations
trans-top|to colour
Bosnian: oplaviti#Bosnian|oplaviti
Croatian: oplaviti#Croatian|oplaviti
Finnish: värittää sininen|siniseksi
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Serbian:
:Cyrillic: оплави�и#Serbian|оплави�и
:Roman: oplaviti#Serbian|oplaviti
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See also
Wiktionary_Appendix:Colours|Appendix:Colours

Category:Blues
Category:Colors
Category:Gems
Category:Persian derivations

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• 2007-09-30 01:28 - Rodasmith - inflections; tidy

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