azulejo

Borrowed from Spanish azulejo.

azulejo (plural azulejos)

1. A painted tin-glazed ceramic tile of a kind found in Spain and Portugal, often arranged to form geometric patterns.

Borrowed from Portuguese azulejo.

• IPA^(key): /a.zu.le.ʒo/

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azulejo m (plural azulejos)

1. blue tile (used on walls)
   • 2019 March 28, Pierre Hemme, “En version luxe ou vegan, le kebab risque de perdre son âme”, in Le Monde‎^[1]:

     Mignonne petite terrasse, azulejos décorant les murs, veau de lait et pain maison à base de farines bio : le cadre et la philosophie de Grillé pourraient le faire passer pour une adresse bistronomique chic de la capitale.

     A cute little balcony, blue tiles decorating the walls, suckling veal and homemade bread made from organic flour: the surroundings and the philosophy of Grillé could make it seem like a chic casual restaurant in the capital.

• “azulejo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from Spanish azulejo, from Arabic اَلزُّلَيْج (az-zulayj, “polished stone”), formed as a diminutive of زُلُج (zuluj, “smooth rocks”).

• Rhymes: -eʒu
• Hyphenation: a‧zu‧le‧jo

azulejo m (plural azulejos)

1. tile

• “azulejo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “azulejo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• azulejo on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

azulejo

1. first-person singular present indicative of azulejar

• IPA^(key): /aθuˈlexo/ [a.θuˈle.xo] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /asuˈlexo/ [a.suˈle.xo] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -exo
• Syllabification: a‧zu‧le‧jo

From azul +‎ -ejo.

azulejo (feminine azuleja, masculine plural azulejos, feminine plural azulejas)

1. blue colored

   Synonym: azulado

2. indigo bunting, Passerina cyanea
3. cornflower, Centaurea cyanus

   Synonym: aciano

From Andalusian Arabic اَلزُّلَيْجَة (az-zuléyja), from Arabic اَلزُّلَيْج (az-zulayj, “polished stone”), formed as a diminutive of زُلُج (zuluj, “smooth rocks”).

azulejo m (plural azulejos)

1. tile (of a wall or floor)

   Synonym: baldosa

• → English: azulejo
• → French: azulejo
• → Portuguese: azulejo

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

azulejo

1. first-person singular present indicative of azulejar

• “azulejo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024