azzurro

== Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /adˈd͡zur.ro/ Rhymes: -urro Hyphenation: az‧zùr‧ro === Etymology 1 === From Medieval Latin lazulum (through a variant lazurum and with rebracketing of the initial l- as the article l'), from Arabic لَازَوَرْد (lāzaward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”). Cognate with English azure, French azur, and Portuguese and Spanish azul. ==== Adjective ==== azzurro (feminine azzurra, masculine plural azzurri, feminine plural azzurre) light blue, azure, sky blue (especially the light blue colour/color of the sky) Synonym: (azure, sky blue) celeste Hyponym: (cyan) ciano (idiomatic, sports) in or of an Italian national team (athlete, player, etc.) ===== Related terms ===== blu (more dark) (blue, dark blue) verde acqua, acquamarina (a colour/color between celeste and light green) (acquamarine) ==== Noun ==== azzurro m (uncountable) the light blue colour/color of the sky (heraldry) azure ==== Noun ==== azzurro m (plural azzurri, feminine azzurra) (idiomatic, sports) a member of the Italian national team === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== azzurro first-person singular present indicative of azzurrare === Related terms === === See also ===