Azure
Definitions
- The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour.
- A surname.
- A blue colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.
- 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.
Equivalents
38 more languages
Catalàatzur
Euskaraoztin
Gaeilgegorm
Bahasa Indonesiabiru langit
Italianoazzurro
Latinavenetus
Maltikaħlani
ไทยฟ้า
Tiếng Việtxanh da trời
Examples
“In robes of azure.”
“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 […]”
“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 […]”
“In Bb [Glover's Roll], the conventional letter B is used to indicate⟳ azure in most items.”
“Sir Henry "Hotspur" Percy: before 1399: or, a lion rampant azure, differentiated with a label⟳ gules (a blue lion rampant on a field of gold, differentiated with a red label⟳ signifying the first-born son) […]”
“Not like⟳ those steps / On heaven's azure.”
“Not a single cloud mars the flawless azure; / Not a shadow moves o'er the moveless crops; [...]”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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