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Webster 1913 Edition


Azure

Az′ure

(?; 277)
,
Adj.
[F. & OSp.
azur
, Sp.
azul
, through Ar. from Per.
lājaward
, or
lājuward
, lapis lazuli, a blue color,
lājawardī
,
lājuwardī
, azure, cerulean, the initial l having been dropped, perhaps by the influence of the Ar.
azr-aq
azure, blue. Cf. G.
lasur
,
lasur
stein, azure color, azure stone, and NL. lapis
lazuli
.]
Sky-blue; resembling the clear blue color of the unclouded sky; cerulean; also, cloudless.
Azure stone
(Min.)
,
the lapis lazuli; also, the lazulite.

Az′ure

,
Noun.
1.
The lapis lazuli.
[Obs.]
2.
The clear blue color of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this color.
“In robes of azure.”
Wordsworth.
3.
The blue vault above; the unclouded sky.
Not like those steps
On heaven’s
azure
.
Milton.
4.
(Her.)
A blue color, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.

Az′ure

,
Verb.
T.
To color blue.

Webster 1828 Edition


Azure

AZ'URE

,
Adj.
azh'ur.
Of a sky-blue; resembling the clear blue color of the sky.

Definition 2024


azure

azure

See also: azuré

English

Noun

azure (countable and uncountable, plural azures)

  1. (heraldry) A blue colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.
    • 1997, Brault, Early Blazon:
      In Bb [Glover's Roll], the conventional letter B is used to indicate azure in most items.
  2. The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour.
    azure colour:    
    • Wordsworth
      In robes of azure.
    • 2014, William H. Gass, On Being Blue: A Philosophical Inquiry (page 59)
      For our blues we have the azures and ceruleans, lapis lazulis, the light and dusty, the powder blues, the deeps: royal, sapphire, navy, and marine []
  3. (poetic) The unclouded sky; the blue vault above.
  4. Lapis lazuli.

Alternative forms

  • (blue color on a coat of arms): az., b., bl.

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

azure (not comparable)

  1. Sky-blue; resembling the clear blue colour of the unclouded sky; cerulean; also, cloudless.
  2. (heraldry) In blazon, of the colour blue.
    • 1846, Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado
      ‘I forget your coat of arms.’
      ‘A human foot d’or, in a field azure; the foot crushes a serpent rampant whose fangs are imbedded in the heel.’

Translations

Verb

azure (third-person singular simple present azures, present participle azuring, simple past and past participle azured)

  1. (transitive) To colour blue.
    • 1907, The Sugar Beet (volume 28, page 271)
      Our readers are aware that much of the sugar sold in many countries goes through an azuring treatment; blue is added to granulated sugar with the view of making it appear whiter than it actually is.

Translations

See also

Colors in English · colors, colours (layout · text)
     red      green      yellow      cream      white
     crimson      magenta      teal      lime      pink
     indigo      blue      orange      gray, grey      violet
     black      purple      brown      azure, sky blue      cyan

French

Pronunciation

Verb

azure

  1. first-person singular present indicative of azurer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of azurer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of azurer
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of azurer
  5. second-person singular imperative of azurer

Portuguese

Noun

azure m (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of azur