blu

See also: blŭ and blù

Translingual

Symbol

blu

  1. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 639-3 language code for Hmong Njua.

English

Alternative forms

  • blu. (abbreviation)

Noun

blu (plural blus)

  1. Abbreviation of blue.

Adjective

blu (not comparable)

  1. Abbreviation of blue.

Bahnar

Etymology

From Proto-Bahnaric *bluː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *bluuʔ (“thigh”); cognate with Khmer ភ្លៅ (phlɨw), Pacoh pilau and Central Nicobarese [Nancowry] pulô.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bluː/

Noun

blu 

  1. upper leg, thigh

Bislama

Etymology

From English blue.

Adjective

blu

  1. blue (color/colour)

Danish

Etymology

A back-formation of blues.

Noun

blu (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) ashamedness, embarrassment or shyness
    Synonym: blusel

Further reading

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French bleu (“blue”) from Middle French bleu, from Old French blou, bleve (“pallid, wan, discoloured/discolored, blue”), from Frankish *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue, yellowish-gray”). Doublet of biavo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈblu/*
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: blù

Adjective

blu (invariable)

  1. blue (color/colour)

Noun

blu m (invariable)

  1. blue (color/colour)

Quotations

  • 1958, Domenico Modugno, Franco Migliacci, Volare:
    Nel blu dipinto di blu, felice di stare lassù
    In the blue (sky) painted blue, happy to stay up there

Derived terms

See also

Colors in Italian · colori (layout · text)
     bianco      argento; grigio      nero
             rosso; cremisi              arancione; marrone; bronzo              giallo; oro; crema
             verde chiaro; limetta              verde              verde acqua; acquamarina; verde menta; verde menta scuro
             ciano; azzurro; celeste; blu petrolio; foglia di tè              azzurro; celeste; celeste scuro              blu; blu scuro
             violetto; indaco              magenta; viola              rosa; fucsia; porpora

Ladino

Adjective

blu

  1. blue (color/colour)

Maltese

Etymology

From Sicilian and/or Italian blu, from Old French bloe, from Frankish *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bluː/

Adjective

blu (invariable)

  1. blue (color/colour)

Usage notes

  • Maltese originally distinguished two shades of blue: iżraq (from medium blue towards turquoise) and ikħal (from medium blue towards black). Now both of them are rare, having widely been replaced with the borrowing blu, which covers all shades. Though the word ikħal is sometimes used as a native Maltese alternative for blu in puristic style, it did not originally cover light tones.

See also

Colors in Maltese · kuluri/lwien (layout · text)
     abjad      griż, rmiedi, ixheb      iswed
             aħmar; krimżi              oranġjo; kannella (ismar); kafelatte; ixqar              isfar; krema
             limetti              aħdar             
             turkwas              iżraq, ċelesti (smewwi)              blu (ikħal)
             vjola; indigo, nir              maġenta; vjola              roża (wardi)

Nafaanra

Verb

blu

  1. to swim
    Kofi blu mu lɔɔ kre kun.
    Kofi swam across the river.

Norwegian

Adjective

blu

  1. (obsolete) shy, unassuming
    Synonyms: blyg, sjenert, unnselig

Derived terms

Pnar

Etymology

From Proto-Khasian *bluː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *bluuʔ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blu/

Noun

blu

  1. thigh

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English blue.

Adjective

blu

  1. blue (color/colour)

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French blouse, short for blu trắng.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓəː˨˩ lu˧˧], [ʔɓlu˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓəː˦˩ lʊw˧˧], [ʔɓlʊw˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓəː˨˩ lʊw˧˧], [ʔɓlʊw˧˧]
  • Phonetic spelling: bờ lu, blu

Noun

blu

  1. (garment) white coat
    Synonym: blu trắng

Welsh

Pronunciation

Noun

blu

  1. soft mutation of plu

Mutation

Mutated forms of plu
radical soft nasal aspirate
plu blu mhlu phlu

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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