lapis lazuli
A deep blue stone, used in making jewelry, and traditionally used to make the pigment…A deep blue stone, used in making jewelry, and traditionally used to make the pigment ultramarine.
» I bought the lapis lazuli pendant.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A deep blue stone, used in making jewelry, and traditionally used to make the pigment ultramarine.
Lapislazuli, Lapis Lazuli, Lasurstein
лазури́тlazurít, ля́пис-лазу́рьljápis-lazúrʹ
лазури́тlazurýt, ля́піс-лазу́рljápis-lazúr
an azure blue semiprecious stone
(countable, uncountable)A deep, bright blue, like that of the stone.
Examples
1 sentencesI bought the lapis lazuli pendant.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English lapis lazuli, from Medieval Latin lapis (“stone”) + lazulī, genitive sFrom Middle English lapis lazuli, from Medieval Latin lapis (“stone”) + lazulī, genitive singular of lazulum (“lapis lazuli, azure, the sky”), from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli, azure”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard). Compare azure, of the same origin.
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Forms
plural: lapides lazuli / lapis lazulis| Singular | lapis lazuli |
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| Plural | lapides lazuli / lapis lazulis |
regular
Synonyms
3 synonymsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable