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English
The arms of Berington of Chester are simply azure .
Etymology
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 .
Compare with Italian azzurro and Spanish azul .
Pronunciation
( UK ) IPA (key ) : /ˈæʒ.ə/ , /ˈæz.jʊə/ , /æzˈjʊə/ , /əˈzjʊə/ , sometimes also /ˈeɪʒ.ə/
( US ) IPA (key ) : /ˈæʒ.ɚ/ , /əˈʒʊɹ/ , /əˈʒɝ/ , /əˈzjʊɹ/ , /əˈzjɝ/ , sometimes also /eɪ-/
Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ) , -ɜː(ɹ)
Noun
azure (countable and uncountable , plural azures )
( countable and uncountable ) The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour.
2014 , William H. Gass , On Being Blue: A Philosophical Inquiry , page 59 :For our blues we have the azures and ceruleans, lapis lazulis, the light and dusty, the powder blues, the deeps: royal, sapphire, navy, and marine [ …]
azure:
( heraldry ) 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.
azure (heraldry):
( poetic ) The unclouded sky; the blue vault above.
Any of various widely distributed lycaenid butterflies of the genus Celastrina .
Any of various Australasian lycaenid butterflies of the genus Ogyris .
Lapis lazuli .
Alternative forms
( blue color on a coat of arms ) : az. , b. , bl.
Derived terms
Translations
blue colour on a coat of arms
colour of the sky
Arabic: سَمَاوِيّ m ( samāwiyy ) , لَازَوَرْدِيّ m ( lāzawardiyy )
Basque: oztin
Belarusian: блакіт m ( blakit )
Bulgarian: небесносиньо (bg) n ( nebesnosinjo )
Catalan: atzur (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 蔚藍 / 蔚蓝 (zh) ( wèilán ) , 天藍色 / 天蓝色 (zh) ( tiānlánsè )
Danish: azurblå c
Dutch: azuurblauw (nl) n , hemelsblauw (nl) n
Esperanto: lazuro , ĉielbluo
Estonian: taevasinine
Finnish: taivaansini (fi) , taivaansininen (fi)
French: azur (fr) m
German: Himmelblau n , Azurblau n
Greek: γαλάζιο (el) n ( galázio ) , γαλανό (el) n ( galanó )
Hebrew: תְּכֵלֶת (he) f ( tchélet )
Icelandic: fagurblár m , himinblár (is) ? , heiðblár ?
Ido: azuro (io)
Indonesian: biru langit (id)
Italian: azzurro (it) m
Japanese: 空色 (ja) ( sorairo ) , 天色 (ja) ( てんしょく, tenshoku )
Korean: 하늘색 (ko) ( haneulsaek )
Lithuanian: dangaus mėlyna f
Malay: biru langit (ms) , lazuardi (ms)
Maltese: kaħlani m , kaħlanija f
Ottoman Turkish: لاجورد ( laciverd )
Polish: lazur (pl) m inan , błękit (pl) m inan
Portuguese: azul celeste m
Romanian: azur (ro) n
Russian: лазу́рь (ru) f ( lazúrʹ ) , лазурный (ru) m ( lazurnyj )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: а̀зӯрна f , пла̑ва f , ведра f
Roman: àzūrna (sh) f , plȃva (sh) f , vedra (sh) f
Swedish: azur (sv) c , azurblått (sv) ? , himmelsblått (sv) ?
Thai: ฟ้า (th) ( fáa )
Turkish: gökşin (tr) , gökçe (tr) , gök (tr) , gök mavisi (tr) , gök rengi
Vietnamese: xanh da trời (vi)
Volapük: lasürablöv (vo)
Adjective
azure (not comparable )
Sky blue ; resembling the clear blue colour of the unclouded sky.
Synonym: cerulean
Cloudless .
( heraldry ) In blazon , of the colour blue.
1846 , Edgar Allan Poe , The Cask of Amontillado :‘I forget your coat of arms.’ ‘A human foot d’or, in a field azure ; the foot crushes a serpent rampant whose fangs are imbedded in the heel.’
Translations
sky-blue coloured
Arabic: لَازَوَرْدِيّ ( lāzawardiyy )
Belarusian: блакітны ( blakitny )
Bulgarian: небе́сносин ( nebésnosin ) , лазурен (bg) ( lazuren )
Catalan: atzur (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 蔚藍 / 蔚蓝 (zh) ( wèilán ) , 天藍色 / 天蓝色 (zh) ( tiānlánsè )
Coptic: ⲓⲱⲭⲣⲱⲟⲛ ( iōkhrōon )
Danish: azurblå
Dutch: azuurblauw (nl)
Esperanto: lazura , ĉielblua
Estonian: taevasinine
Finnish: taivaansininen (fi)
French: azur (fr) m or f
Georgian: ლაჟვარდოვანი ( lažvardovani ) , ლაჟვარდისფერი ( lažvardisperi ) , ღია ლურჯი ( ɣia lurǯi ) , მუქი ცისფერი ( muki cisperi )
German: himmelblau (de) , azur (de)
Greek: γαλάζιος (el) ( galázios ) , γαλανός (el) ( galanós )
Hebrew: תכול ( takhól )
Ido: azura (io) , azurea (io)
Italian: azzurro (it)
Japanese: 空色の (ja) ( そらいろの, sorairo no ) , 紺碧の (ja) ( こんぺきの, konpeki no )
Latin: caeruleus (la)
Malay: biru langit (ms) , lazuardi (ms)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: asurblå
Nynorsk: asurblå
Persian: لاجورد (fa) ( lâjvard ) , لاجوردی (fa) ( lâjevardi )
Portuguese: azul celeste , cerúleo (pt)
Russian: лазу́рный (ru) ( lazúrnyj ) , небе́сно-голубо́й (ru) ( nebésno-golubój )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: а̀зӯран , пла̑в
Roman: àzūran (sh) , plȃv (sh)
Spanish: azul celeste
Turkish: gökçe (tr) , gök rengi
Volapük: lasürablövik (vo)
heraldry: of blue colour on a coat of arms
Verb
azure (third-person singular simple present azures , present participle azuring , simple past and past participle azured )
( transitive ) To colour blue .
1907 , The Sugar Beet , volume 28 , page 271 :Our readers are aware that much of the sugar sold in many countries goes through an azuring treatment; blue is added to granulated sugar with the view of making it appear whiter than it actually is.
Translations
See also
(blues ) blue ; Alice blue , aqua , aquamarine , azure , baby blue , beryl , bice , bice blue , blue green , blue violet , blueberry , cadet blue , Cambridge blue , cerulean , cobalt blue , Copenhagen blue , cornflower , cornflower blue , cyan , dark blue , Dodger blue , duck-egg blue , eggshell blue , electric blue , gentian blue , ice blue , lapis lazuli , light blue , lovat , mazarine , midnight blue , navy , Nile blue , Oxford blue , peacock blue , petrol blue , powder blue , Prussian blue , robin's-egg blue , royal blue , sapphire , saxe blue , slate blue , sky blue , teal , turquoise , ultramarine , Wedgwood blue , zaffre (Category: en:Blues )
metals
main colours
less common colours
tincture
or
argent
gules
azure
sable
vert
purpure
tenné
orange
sanguine
depiction
roundel (in parentheses: semé ):
bezant (bezanty )
plate (platy )
torteau (tortelly )
hurt (hurty )
pellet (pellety ), ogress
pomme
golpe (golpy )
orange (semé of oranges)
guze (semé of guzes)
goutte ( noun ) / gutty ( adj ) thereof:
(goutte / gutty ) d'or (of gold )
d'eau (of water )
de sang (of blood )
de larmes (of tears )
de poix (of pitch )
d'huile / d'olive (olive oil )
special roundel
furs
additional, uncommon tinctures:
tincture
fountain , syke : barry wavy argent and azure
ermine
ermines , counter-ermine
erminois
pean
vair
counter-vair
potent
counter-potent
bleu celeste , brunâtre , carnation , cendrée (iron , steel , acier ), copper , murrey
depiction
French
Pronunciation
Verb
azure
inflection of azurer :
first / third-person singular present indicative / subjunctive
second-person singular imperative
Portuguese
Noun
azure m (uncountable )
Alternative form of azur