"blue" in sette lingue
Significatoblue
Spagnolo
/aˈθul/
altra origine · Arabic lāzaward, from Persian lāžward 'lapis lazuli'
The initial l- was lost, probably taken for an article.
Francese
/blø/
ereditaria
Italiano
/blu/
prestito · French bleu
Azzurro (sky blue, the national colour) is the Persian-Arabic word, like Spanish azul.
Portoghese
/aˈzuw/
altra origine · Arabic lāzaward, from Persian lāžward 'lapis lazuli'
Rumeno
/alˈbastru/
altra origine · spoken Latin *ALBASTRUM 'whitish', from ALBUS 'white'
f.: albastră
A word for 'whitish' that drifted to 'blue'.
Catalano
/blaw/
ereditaria
Catalan shares the Germanic word with French and Occitan; Spanish never took it.
Inglese
/blu/
dal latino/francese · Old French bleu
Middle English took blew from French, overlaying native Old English blāw from the same Germanic root.
L’antenato
Frankish *blāo‘blue’
Tutte e sei le sorelle discendono da questa parola, salvo diversa indicazione qui sotto.
La storia
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.
Parenti inglesi: blue (Germanic cognate); azure, lapis lazuli (from the Arabic-Persian word)
Imparala
In 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.