blå

See also: BLA, bl a, bl.a., bla, blá, and blä

Danish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Danish bla, from Old Norse blár (“blue”), from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blɔːˀ/, [b̥lɔ̝ˀ], [plɔ̽ˀ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑː

Adjective

blå (neuter blåt, plural and definite singular attributive blå)

  1. blue (blue-colored)
  2. (as a noun) n blue (colour)

Derived terms

  • blåt blod

See also

Colors in Danish · farver (layout · text)
     hvid      grå      sort
             rød; højrød, mørkerød              orange; brun              gul; flødefarvet
             lime, lysegrøn              grøn, mørkegrøn              mintgrøn
             cyan; turkis, lyseblå              azurblå, himmelblå              blå, mørkeblå
             violet; indigo              magenta; lilla              lyserød, rosa
blues: blåedit

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse blár (“blue”), from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bloː/
  • (Fredrikstad) IPA(key): [bɽo̞ː]

Adjective

blå (neuter singular blått, definite singular and plural blå or blåe, comparative blåere, indefinite superlative blåest, definite superlative blåeste)

  1. blue (colour)

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse blár (“blue”), from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue”). Akin to English blue.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bloː/

Adjective

blå (masculine and feminine blå, neuter blått, definite singular and plural blåe/blå, comparative blåare, indefinite superlative blåast, definite superlative blåaste)

  1. blue

Derived terms

See also

Colors in Norwegian Nynorsk · fargar (layout · text)
     kvit      grå      svart
             raud              oransje; brun              gul
                          grøn             
             (turkis)                           blå
                          rosa; lilla              rosa

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse blár (“blue”), from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bloː/, [bl̪oə̯]
  • Audio (Gotland):(file)
  • Rhymes: -oː

Adjective

blå (comparative blåare, superlative blåast)

  1. blue
    blå(a) blåbär [see the declension table]
    blue blueberries
  2. (politics) of or pertaining to conservatives or liberals in European politics

Declension

Inflection of blå
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular blå blåare blåast
neuter singular blått blåare blåast
plural blå, blåa blåare blåast
masculine plural2 blå, blåa blåare blåast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 blå, blåe blåare blåaste
all blå, blåa blåare blåare

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

See also

Colors in Swedish · färger (layout · text)
     vit      grå      svart
             röd; karmosin, karmosinröd, blodröd              orange (common), brandgul (now uncommon); brun              gul; beige
             limegrön              grön              mintgrön
             turkos (common), cyan (rare); blågrön, teal              himmelsblå, azur              blå
             lila, violett, gredelin (light lavender, now uncommon); indigo              magenta; purpur              rosa (common), skär (uncommon)

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