azure
Sky blue; resembling the clear blue colour of the unclouded skySky blue; resembling the clear blue colour of the unclouded sky.
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» There are green rocks in the azure box.
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3 senses(not comparable)Sky blue; resembling the clear blue colour of the unclouded sky.
himmelblau, azur
лазу́рныйlazúrnyj, небе́сно-голубо́йnebésno-golubój, голубо́йgolubój
лазу́рнийlazúrnyj, блаки́тнийblakýtnyj
of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky
(not comparable)Cloudless.
(not comparable)In blazon, of the colour blue.
blau
голубо́йgolubój
Examples
5 sentencesThere are green rocks in the azure box.
I was mesmerized by the sheer beauty of her azure eyes.
The wheat fields are a golden yellow, and the sky an azure blue.
deDie Weizenfelder sind goldgelb, und der Himmel ist azurblau. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
She had azure hair and a face white as wax. Her eyes were closed and her hands crossed on her breast.
deSie hatte himmelblaue Haare und ein wachsbleiches Gesicht. Ihre Augen waren geschlossen und ihre Hände vor der Brust verschränkt. — Yorwba
Azure blue, green, yellow, let's add the red aza, here is the Amazigh flag!
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English asure, from Old French azur, derived from Arabic لَازَوَرْد (lāzaward,From Middle English asure, from Old French azur, derived from Arabic لَازَوَرْد (lāzaward, “lapis lazuli”), dropping the l as if it were equivalent to the French article l'. The Arabic is from Classical Persian لاجورد (lājward, “lapis lazuli”), from the region of Lajward in Badakhshan.
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