A1adjective · frequent

blue

blue · bluer · bluest

синій, блакитний, голубий, лазурний

синий, демократический, голубой, лазурный

blau, blaaw

Of a blue hueOf a blue hue.

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UK/bluː/US/blu/

» He couldn't tell green from blue.

Er konnte Grün nicht von Blau unterscheiden.

Он не различал зелёный и синий.

Он не мог отличить зелёный от синего.

Він не розрізняв зелений і синій кольори.

Meaning

15 senses

Of a blue hue.
the deep blue sea
Why is the sky blue?
(informal)Depressed, melancholic, sad.
depressiv, niedergeschlagen, schwermütig
уны́лыйunýlyj, гру́стныйgrústnyj, печа́льныйpečálʹnyj
сумни́йsumnýj
Having a bluish or purplish shade to the skin due to a lack of oxygen to the normally deep-red red blood cells; cyanotic.
My hands were blue with cold.
The divers got them out of the car just in time – they were starting to turn blue.
Pale, without redness or glare.
The candle burns blue.
Supportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by a political party represented by the colour blue.
(US)Supportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by the Democratic Party.
I live in a blue constituency. Congress turned blue in the mid-term elections.
демократи́ческийdemokratíčeskij, си́нийsínij
(Australian)Supportive of or related to the Liberal Party.
Illawarra turns blue in Liberal washout
(UK)Supportive of or related to the Conservative Party.
Of, dominated by, or shifted toward the higher-frequency, or "bluer", end of the electromagnetic spectrum.
(particle)Having a colour charge of blue.
Extra rare; left very raw and cold.
Having a coat of fur of a slaty gray shade.
(informal)Risqué; obscene; profane; pornographic.
His material is too blue for prime time.
The air was blue with oaths.
порнографи́ческийpornografíčeskij
порнографі́чнийpornohrafíčnyj

More definitions

causing dejection
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
morally rigorous and strict
used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)

Examples

1820 sentences

He couldn't tell green from blue.
Він не розрізняв зелений і синій кольори. — hectorvk
ruОн не различал зелёный и синий. — marafon
deEr konnte Grün nicht von Blau unterscheiden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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She is wearing a blue dress.
Вона у блакитній сукні. — deniko
ruНа ней синее платье. — marafon
deSie trägt ein blaues Kleid. — MUIRIEL
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I always wear a blue shirt.
Я завжди ношу синю сорочку. — deniko
ruЯ всегда хожу в синей рубашке. — odexed
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Mary is wearing a blue dress.
Мері у блакитному платті. — deniko
ruМэри в синем платье. — marafon
deMaria trägt ein blaues Kleid. — wolfgangth
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I don't think Tom likes blue.
Не думаю, що Тому подобається синій колір. — deniko
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 3

blue-coloured — see also dark blue, light blue:

depressed:

pornographic:

Русский

By meaning 4

blue-coloured — see also dark blue, light blue:

depressed:

of or pertaining to US Democratic Party:

pornographic:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

blue-coloured — see also dark blue, light blue:

depressed:

Origin

From Middle English blew, blewe, from Anglo-Norman blew, from Middle French bleu, from Old

From Middle English blew, blewe, from Anglo-Norman blew, from Middle French bleu, from Old French blöe, bleve, blef (“blue”), from Frankish *blāu (“blue”) (perhaps through a Late Latin blāvus, blāvius (“blue”) attested from Isidore of Seville), from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue, dark blue”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlēw- (“yellow, blond, grey”).

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