azure

C2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˈæʒɚ/ UK /ˈæʒə/ See IPA manual

Freq #34697

Meanings

1

verb
to color blue

Morning azured the village.
2

noun
The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour.

In robes of azure.
3

noun
A blue colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.

Berington of Chester (on the authority of Harleian manuscript No. 1535) is said to bear a plain shield of azure. Personally I doubt this coat of arms […].
4

noun
The unclouded sky; the blue vault above.

Not like those steps / On heaven's azure.

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Derived forms azureanazurelyazurenessazureousazuresinazurinazurishazuriteazurityazurousazury

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.

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# azure

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈæʒɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈæʒə/
**Frequency rank:** 34697

## Meanings
1. to color blue
2. The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour.
3. A blue colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.
4. The unclouded sky; the blue vault above.

## Examples
- Morning azured the village.
- In robes of azure.
- Berington of Chester (on the authority of Harleian manuscript No. 1535) is said to bear a plain shield of azure. Personally I doubt this coat of arms […].
- Not like those steps / On heaven's azure.

## Derived Forms
- azurean
- azurely
- azureness
- azureous
- azuresin
- azurin
- azurish
- azurite
- azurity
- azurous
- azury

## 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.

## Topics
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