French

Adjective

bleu m ‎(feminine singular bleue, masculine plural bleus, feminine plural bleues)

1. blue

   Le ciel est bleu. - The sky is blue.

2. (of meat) very rare, underdone

Noun

bleu m ‎(plural bleux)

1. the color blue
2. blue cheese

   Le bleu ressemble au roquefort - Blue cheese looks like Roquefort

3. rookie, new recruit, raw recruit

   Ce soldat est un vrai bleu - This soldier is a real rookie

4. bruise

   Il est tombé, et maintenant il a un bleu - He fell over and now he has a bruise

5. (billiards, snooker) billiard chalk
6. (Canada) a supporter of the Conservative Party

Synonyms

• (billiard chalk): craie
• (bruise): ecchymose, contusion

Derived terms

See also

• turquoise
• outremer

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French blöe, bleve, blef ‎(“blue”), from Low Frankish *blāo ‎(“blue”), from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz ‎(“blue”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhlēw-, *bhlāw- ‎(“yellow, grey, blue”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhel- ‎(“to shine”). Cogante with Old High German blāo ‎(“blue”) (German blau), Dutch blauw ‎(“blue”), Old English blāw ‎(“blue”). More at blue.

Adjective

bleu m ‎(feminine singular bleue, masculine plural bleus, feminine plural bleues)

1. blue

Noun

bleu m (plural bleus)

1. blue

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blø/

Etymology

Borrowing from French bleu ‎(“blue”).

Adjective

bleu m, f, n ‎(invariable)

1. light blue

Declension

Noun

bleu n ‎(plural bleu-uri)

1. light blue

Declension

See also

• albastru