azzurro

• IPA^(key): /adˈd͡zur.ro/

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• Rhymes: -urro
• Hyphenation: az‧zùr‧ro

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.

azzurro (feminine azzurra, masculine plural azzurri, feminine plural azzurre)

1. light blue, azure, sky blue (especially the light blue colour/color of the sky)

   Synonym: (azure, sky blue) celeste

   Hyponym: (cyan) ciano

2. (idiomatic, sports) in or of an Italian national team (athlete, player, etc.)

• blu (more dark) (blue, dark blue)
• verde acqua, acquamarina (a colour/color between celeste and light green) (acquamarine)

azzurro m (uncountable)

1. the light blue colour/color of the sky
2. (heraldry) azure

azzurro m (plural azzurri, feminine azzurra)

1. (idiomatic, sports) a member of the Italian national team

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

azzurro

1. first-person singular present indicative of azzurrare