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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ul•tra•ma•rine /ˌʌltrəməˈrin/USA pronunciation adj. - of a deep blue color.
- beyond the sea.
n. [uncountable] - a deep blue color.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ul•tra•ma•rine (ul′trə mə rēn′),USA pronunciation adj. - of the color ultramarine.
- beyond the sea.
n. - Fine Arta blue pigment consisting of powdered lapis lazuli.
- Fine Arta similar artificial blue pigment.
- Fine Artany of various other pigments.
- a deep-blue color.
- Medieval Latin ultrāmarīnus, equivalent. to Latin ultrā ultra- + marīnus marine
- 1590–1600
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ultramarine /ˌʌltrəməˈriːn/ n - a blue pigment consisting of sodium and aluminium silicates and some sodium sulphide, obtained by powdering natural lapis lazuli or made synthetically: used in paints, printing ink, plastics, etc
- a vivid blue colour
adj - of the colour ultramarine
- from across the seas
Etymology: 17th Century: from Medieval Latin ultramarinus, from ultrā beyond (see ultra-) + mare sea; so called because the lapis lazuli from which the pigment was made was imported from Asia |