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bleu

bleu

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

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Colors in French · couleurs (layout · text)
     rouge      vert      jaune      crème      blanc
     cramoisi      magenta      bleu canard      vert citron      rose
     indigo      bleu      orange      gris      violet
     noir      pourpre      brun      azur      cyan

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

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