azur

== English == === Adjective === azur (not comparable) Alternative form of azure (“blue tincture in heraldry”). == Basque == === Noun === azur inan Biscayan form of hezur (“bone”) === References === R. L. Trask (2008), “azur”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 191 == 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 === IPA(key): /a.zyʁ/ === Noun === azur m (plural azurs) (heraldry) azure (blue color) Synonym: bleu ==== Derived terms ==== Côte d'Azur === See also === === Further reading === “azur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle English == === Noun === azur alternative form of asure == Old French == === Etymology === From an earlier *lazul or *lazur, which was then rebracketed so as to interpret initial l- as the article l' contracted from le; from Medieval Latin lazulum, from Arabic لَازَوَرْد (lāzaward), from Classical Persian لَاجَوَرْد (lājaward). === Noun === azur oblique singular, m (oblique plural azurs, nominative singular azurs, nominative plural azur) (heraldry) azure (blue color) ==== Descendants ==== French: azur → Middle English: asure, asur, asour, azur, azour, azureEnglish: azureScots: asure→ Welsh: asur → Portuguese: azur → Spanish: azur == Old Galician-Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin lazulum, borrowed from Arabic لََازُوَرْد (laāzuward). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈd͡zuɾ/ Rhymes: --uɾ === Adjective === azur m or f azure, blue === Noun === azur m (plural azurs) azure, blue ⁊ a outra dazur era / coor mui marauilloſa / que ao çeo ſemella […] And the other was blue / a marvelous colour / which resembles the sky […] ==== Descendants ==== Galician: azul Portuguese: azul === See also === == Old Spanish == === Etymology === From Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈd͡zuɾ/ === Adjective === azur (plural azures) blue === Noun === azur m (plural azures) blue ==== Descendants ==== == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === azure === Etymology === Borrowed from French azur. Doublet of azul. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: a‧zur === 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: (Can we date this quote?), Valton Sergio von Tempski-Silka, Histórico dos Brasões e Bandeiras do Estado do Paraná, page 18: Synonyms: blau, azul ==== Related terms ==== azul === Further reading === “azur”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French azur. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈzur/ === Noun === azur n (uncountable) azure, light-blue, sky-blue ==== Declension ==== == 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): /aˈθuɾ/ [aˈθuɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /aˈsuɾ/ [aˈsuɾ] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -uɾ Syllabification: a‧zur === Adjective === azur m or f (masculine and feminine plural azures) azure (sky-blue coloured) (heraldry) azure === See also === === Further reading === “azur”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swedish == === Noun === azur c azure (color) (poetic) azure (clear blue sky or space above (or the sea or the like)) ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== himmelsblå (“sky blue”) === References === “azur”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “azur”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “azur”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)