«blue» en siete lenguas
Significadoblue
Español
/aˈθul/
otro origen · Arabic lāzaward, from Persian lāžward 'lapis lazuli'
The initial l- was lost, probably taken for an article.
Francés
/blø/
patrimonial
Italiano
/blu/
préstamo · French bleu
Azzurro (sky blue, the national colour) is the Persian-Arabic word, like Spanish azul.
Portugués
/aˈzuw/
otro origen · Arabic lāzaward, from Persian lāžward 'lapis lazuli'
Rumano
/alˈbastru/
otro origen · spoken Latin *ALBASTRUM 'whitish', from ALBUS 'white'
fem.: albastră
A word for 'whitish' that drifted to 'blue'.
Catalán
/blaw/
patrimonial
Catalan shares the Germanic word with French and Occitan; Spanish never took it.
Inglés
/blu/
del latín/francés · Old French bleu
Middle English took blew from French, overlaying native Old English blāw from the same Germanic root.
El antepasado
Frankish *blāo‘blue’
Las seis hermanas descienden de él, salvo que se indique lo contrario abajo.
La historia
Latin had no firm word for blue. French took a Frankish one and passed it to Italian; Spanish named the colour after the precious blue stone, lapis lazuli — as did Italian azzurro.
Parientes en inglés: blue (Germanic cognate); azure, lapis lazuli (from the Arabic-Persian word)
Apréndela
En una frase
- esHoy el mar está muy azul.
- frLa mer est très bleue aujourd'hui.
- itOggi il mare è azzurrissimo.
- ptO mar está muito azul hoje.
- roMarea e foarte albastră azi.
- caAvui el mar està molt blau.
- enThe sea is very blue today.