Etymology

From ArabicCategory:Aragonese terms derived from Arabic#AZUL لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from PersianCategory:Aragonese terms derived from Persian#AZUL لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈθul/Category:Aragonese terms with IPA pronunciation#AZUL
• IPA^(key): /aˈsul/ (Benasquese)Category:Aragonese terms with IPA pronunciation#AZUL
• Syllabification: a‧zul
• Rhymes: -ulCategory:Rhymes:Aragonese/ul#AZULCategory:Rhymes:Aragonese/ul/2 syllables#AZUL

Adjective

azul (plural azules)Category:Aragonese lemmas#AZULCategory:Aragonese adjectives#AZULCategory:Aragonese entries with incorrect language header#AZULCategory:Pages with entries#AZULCategory:Pages with 14 entries#AZUL

1. blue

Noun

azul mCategory:Aragonese lemmas#AZULCategory:Aragonese nouns#AZULCategory:Aragonese entries with incorrect language header#AZULCategory:Aragonese masculine nouns#AZULCategory:Pages with entries#AZULCategory:Pages with 14 entries#AZUL

1. blue

Derived terms

See also

References

• 2022 October, Diccionario ortografico de l'aragonés (Seguntes la PO de l'EFA) (version 13) (in Aragonese), page 276-277
• 2024 October, Diccionario aragonés-castellano-catalán: Estudio de Filología Aragonesa (version 14) (in Aragonese), pages 133-134
• “azul”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

Etymology

From ArabicCategory:Asturian terms derived from Arabic#AZUL لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from PersianCategory:Asturian terms derived from Persian#AZUL لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈθul/ [aˈθul]Category:Asturian terms with IPA pronunciation#AZUL
• Rhymes: -ulCategory:Rhymes:Asturian/ul#AZULCategory:Rhymes:Asturian/ul/2 syllables#AZUL
• Syllabification: a‧zul

Adjective

azul (epicene, plural azules)Category:Asturian lemmas#AZULCategory:Asturian adjectives#AZULCategory:Asturian entries with incorrect language header#AZULCategory:Pages with entries#AZULCategory:Pages with 14 entries#AZUL

1. blue (color)

Noun

azul m (plural azules)Category:Asturian lemmas#AZULCategory:Asturian nouns#AZULCategory:Asturian entries with incorrect language header#AZULCategory:Asturian masculine nouns#AZULCategory:Pages with entries#AZULCategory:Pages with 14 entries#AZUL

1. blue (color)

Further reading

• “azul (adjective)”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
• “azul (noun)”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “azul”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Etymology

Inherited from SpanishCategory:Chavacano terms inherited from Spanish#AZULCategory:Chavacano terms derived from Spanish#AZUL azul (“blue”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈsul/, [aˈsul]Category:Chavacano terms with IPA pronunciation#AZUL
• Hyphenation: a‧zul

Adjective

azúlCategory:Chavacano lemmas#AZULCategory:Chavacano adjectives#AZULCategory:Chavacano entries with incorrect language header#AZULCategory:Pages with entries#AZULCategory:Pages with 14 entries#AZUL

1. blue

Etymology

From Medieval LatinCategory:Dalmatian terms derived from Medieval Latin#AZUL lazulumCategory:Dalmatian undefined derivations#AZUL, from ArabicCategory:Dalmatian terms derived from Arabic#AZUL لَازَوَرْد (lāzaward), from Classical PersianCategory:Dalmatian terms derived from Classical Persian#AZUL لَاجَوَرْد (lājaward).

Adjective

azul (feminine azula)Category:Dalmatian lemmas#AZULCategory:Dalmatian adjectives#AZULCategory:Dalmatian entries with incorrect language header#AZULCategory:Pages with entries#AZULCategory:Pages with 14 entries#AZUL

1. blue

See also

Adjective

azulCategory:Extremaduran lemmas#AZULCategory:Extremaduran adjectives#AZULCategory:Extremaduran entries with incorrect language header#AZULCategory:Pages with entries#AZULCategory:Pages with 14 entries#AZUL

1. blue

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#AZULCategory:Galician terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#AZUL azul / azur (“blue”), from Medieval LatinCategory:Galician terms derived from Medieval Latin#AZUL lazulum, from ArabicCategory:Galician terms derived from Arabic#AZUL لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from PersianCategory:Galician terms derived from Persian#AZUL لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ulCategory:Rhymes:Galician/ul#AZULCategory:Rhymes:Galician/ul/2 syllables#AZUL
• Hyphenation: a‧zul

Adjective

azul m or f (plural azuis)Category:Galician lemmas#AZULCategory:Galician adjectives#AZULCategory:Galician epicene adjectives#AZULCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#AZULCategory:Pages with entries#AZULCategory:Pages with 14 entries#AZUL

1. blue (colour)

   Unha de cor azul, as outras son de vermella.

   One is blue, the others are red.

   Category:Galician terms with usage examples#AZUL

Noun

azul m (plural azuis)Category:Galician lemmas#AZULCategory:Galician nouns#AZULCategory:Galician countable nouns#AZULCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#AZULCategory:Galician masculine nouns#AZULCategory:Pages with entries#AZULCategory:Pages with 14 entries#AZUL

1. (countableCategory:Galician countable nouns#AZUL and uncountableCategory:Galician uncountable nouns#AZUL) azure, blue (colour)
2. (heraldryCategory:gl:Heraldry#AZUL) azure

   Synonym: blao (obsolete)

   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 308:

     rreluzíã cõtra o ssol os escudos, que erã pintados de ouro et de azur

     the shields, painted in gold and azure, glittered against the sun

     Category:Galician terms with quotations#AZUL

     Category:Quotation templates to be cleaned

See also

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “azur”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “azul”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “azul”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “azul”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “azul”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Further reading

• “azul”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “azul”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Etymology

From PortugueseCategory:Guinea-Bissau Creole terms derived from Portuguese#AZUL azul. Cognate with Kabuverdianu azul.

Adjective

azulCategory:Guinea-Bissau Creole lemmas#AZULCategory:Guinea-Bissau Creole adjectives#AZULCategory:Guinea-Bissau Creole entries with incorrect language header#AZULCategory:Pages with entries#AZULCategory:Pages with 14 entries#AZUL

1. blue

Etymology

From PortugueseCategory:Kabuverdianu terms derived from Portuguese#AZUL azul.

Adjective

azulCategory:Kabuverdianu lemmas#AZULCategory:Kabuverdianu adjectives#AZULCategory:Kabuverdianu entries with incorrect language header#AZULCategory:Pages with entries#AZULCategory:Pages with 14 entries#AZUL

1. blue

Etymology

Learned borrowing from TuaregCategory:Kabyle terms borrowed from Tuareg#AZULCategory:Kabyle learned borrowings from Tuareg#AZULCategory:Kabyle terms derived from Tuareg#AZUL uhal (“to greet”) and/or tǝhult (“greeting”), coined by Mouloud MammeriCategory:Kabyle terms coined by Mouloud Mammeri#AZULCategory:Kabyle coinages#AZUL.

The form azul reflects a mistaken adaptation of Tuareg /h/ as /z/, arising from the fact that Tuareg /h/ can reflect several distinct Proto-Berber phonemes; in this lexical family, comparative evidence from other Tuareg varieties shows that the underlying consonant is */h/, not */z/^[1][2][3].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /azul/Category:Kabyle terms with IPA pronunciation#AZUL

Interjection

azulCategory:Kabyle lemmas#AZULCategory:Kabyle interjections#AZULCategory:Kabyle entries with incorrect language header#AZULCategory:Pages with entries#AZULCategory:Pages with 14 entries#AZUL

1. (neologismCategory:Kabyle neologisms#AZUL) hello

   Synonym: lɛesslama

References

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Leonese entries#AZUL

Adjective

azul (plural azules)Category:Leonese lemmas#AZULCategory:Leonese adjectives#AZULCategory:Leonese entries with incorrect language header#AZULCategory:Pages with entries#AZULCategory:Pages with 14 entries#AZUL

1. blue

References

• “azul”, in Diccionario Castellano-Leonés / Leonés-Castellano [Spanish-Leonese / Leonese-Spanish Dictionary] (in Spanish), La Asociación L'Alderique, 2012–2026

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#AZULCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#AZUL azul / azur (“blue”), from Medieval LatinCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Medieval Latin#AZUL lazulum, from ArabicCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Arabic#AZUL لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from PersianCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Persian#AZUL لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”). Doublet of azurCategory:Portuguese doublets#AZUL, from French.

Compare with Galician azul (“blue”), Spanish azul (“blue”), French azur (“azure”), Italian azzurro (“blue”) and English azure.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

  Category:Portuguese terms with audio pronunciation#AZUL
• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ul, (Brazil) -uwCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/ul#AZULCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/ul/2 syllables#AZULCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/uw#AZULCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/uw/2 syllables#AZUL
• Hyphenation: a‧zul

Adjective

azul m or f (plural azuis)Category:Portuguese lemmas#AZULCategory:Portuguese adjectives#AZULCategory:Portuguese epicene adjectives#AZULCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#AZULCategory:Pages with entries#AZULCategory:Pages with 14 entries#AZUL

1. blue

Noun

azul m (plural azuis)Category:Portuguese lemmas#AZULCategory:Portuguese nouns#AZULCategory:Portuguese countable nouns#AZULCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#AZULCategory:Portuguese masculine nouns#AZULCategory:Pages with entries#AZULCategory:Pages with 14 entries#AZUL

1. blue

Further reading

• “azul”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “azul”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “azul”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “azul”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Alternative forms

• açul (archaic)

Etymology

Inherited from Old SpanishCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish#AZULCategory:Spanish terms derived from Old Spanish#AZUL azur, from an Andalusian ArabicCategory:Spanish terms derived from Andalusian Arabic#AZUL *لَازُورْد (*lāzūrd), contracted form of ArabicCategory:Spanish terms derived from Arabic#AZUL لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”),^[1] from PersianCategory:Spanish terms derived from Persian#AZUL لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”). Doublet of azurCategory:Spanish doublets#AZUL, from French. Cognate with English azure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈθul/ [aˈθul] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#AZULCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#AZUL
• IPA^(key): /aˈsul/ [aˈsul] (Latin America, Philippines)Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#AZULCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#AZUL

• Audio (Peru):

  (file)

  Category:Spanish terms with audio pronunciation#AZUL
• Rhymes: -ulCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/ul#AZULCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/ul/2 syllables#AZUL
• Syllabification: a‧zul

Adjective

azul m or f (masculine and feminine plural azules)Category:Spanish lemmas#AZULCategory:Spanish adjectives#AZULCategory:Spanish epicene adjectives#AZULCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#AZULCategory:Pages with entries#AZULCategory:Pages with 14 entries#AZUL

1. blue

   Synonym: (obsolete) blao

Noun

azul m (plural azules)Category:Spanish lemmas#AZULCategory:Spanish nouns#AZULCategory:Spanish countable nouns#AZULCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#AZULCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#AZULCategory:Pages with entries#AZULCategory:Pages with 14 entries#AZUL

1. blue

   Synonym: (obsolete) blao

2. (MexicoCategory:Mexican Spanish#AZUL, USCategory:United States Spanish#AZUL, PhilippinesCategory:Philippine Spanish#AZUL) a police officer

   Synonyms: policía, agente

References

Further reading

• “azul”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Etymology

Learned borrowing from KabyleCategory:Tarifit terms borrowed from Kabyle#AZULCategory:Tarifit learned borrowings from Kabyle#AZULCategory:Tarifit terms derived from Kabyle#AZUL azul, from TuaregCategory:Tarifit terms derived from Tuareg#AZUL uhal (“to greet”) and/or TuaregCategory:Tarifit terms derived from Tuareg#AZUL tǝhult (“greeting”), coined by Mouloud MammeriCategory:Tarifit terms coined by Mouloud Mammeri#AZULCategory:Tarifit coinages#AZUL^[1][2][3].

Interjection

azul (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵣⵓⵍ)Category:Tarifit lemmas#AZULCategory:Tarifit interjections#AZULCategory:Tarifit entries with incorrect language header#AZULCategory:Pages with entries#AZULCategory:Pages with 14 entries#AZUL

1. (neologismCategory:Tarifit neologisms#AZUL) hello

Trivia

The word azul is one of the more regularly used neologisms^[4].

References

Etymology

Borrowed from SpanishCategory:Zoogocho Zapotec terms borrowed from Spanish#AZULCategory:Zoogocho Zapotec terms derived from Spanish#AZUL azul.

Adjective

azulCategory:Zoogocho Zapotec lemmas#AZULCategory:Zoogocho Zapotec adjectives#AZULCategory:Zoogocho Zapotec entries with incorrect language header#AZULCategory:Pages with entries#AZULCategory:Pages with 14 entries#AZUL

1. blue

References

• Long C., Rebecca; Cruz M., Sofronio (2000), Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)‎ (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 3