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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024az•ure /ˈæʒɚ/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- the blue of a clear or unclouded sky;
a light, purplish shade of blue.
adj. - of or having the color azure.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024az•ure (azh′ər),USA pronunciation adj. - of or having a light, purplish shade of blue, like that of a clear and unclouded sky.
- Heraldryof the tincture or color blue.
n. - the blue of a clear or unclouded sky.
- a light, purplish blue.
- Heraldrythe tincture or color blue.
- the clear, cloudless sky.
- Persian lāzhuward lapis lazuli
- Anglo-French, Old French, ultimately alteration of Arabic al lazuwar(d) (by misdividing the initial l together with the article)
- Middle English asure 1275–1325
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: azure /ˈæʒə -ʒʊə ˈeɪ-/ n - a deep blue, occasionally somewhat purple, similar to the colour of a clear blue sky
- poetic a clear blue sky
adj - of the colour azure; serene
- (usually postpositive) of the colour blue
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French azur, from Old Spanish, from Arabic lāzaward lapis lazuli, from Persian lāzhuward |