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English
Adjective
azur (not comparable)
- 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
Noun
azur m (plural azurs)
- (heraldry) azure (blue color)
- Synonym: bleu
Derived terms
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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)
- (heraldry) azure (blue color)
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
From Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
azur m or f
- azure, blue
Noun
azur m
- azure, blue
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- ⁊ a outra dazur era / coor mui marauilloſa / que ao çeo ſemella
- And the other was blue / a marvelous colour / which resembles the sky
Descendants
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Old Spanish
Etymology
From Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
azur (plural azures)
- blue
Noun
azur m (plural azures)
- 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
Noun
azur m (plural azures)
- (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
Related terms
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French azur.
Pronunciation
Noun
azur n (uncountable)
- azure, light-blue, sky-blue
Declension
declension of azur (singular only)
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singular
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n gender
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indefinite articulation
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definite articulation
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nominative/accusative
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(un) azur
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azurul
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genitive/dative
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(unui) azur
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azurului
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vocative
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azurule
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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/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /aˈsuɾ/
- Rhymes: -uɾ
- Syllabification: a‧zur
Adjective
azur m or f (masculine and feminine plural azures)
- azure (sky-blue coloured)
- (heraldry) azure
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Further reading