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Definition: Lazuli |
LazuliNoun1. An azure blue semiprecious stone. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "lazuli" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1832. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Mining | See:lapis lazuli. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: LazuliSynonym: lapis lazuli (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Jewelry | Diamond, brilliant, rock; beryl, emerald; chalcedony, agate, heliotrope; girasol, girasole; onyx, plasma; sard, sardonyx; garnet, lapis lazuli, opal, peridot, tourmaline, chrysolite; sapphire, ruby, synthetic ruby; spinel, spinelle; balais; oriental, oriental topaz; turquois, turquoise; zircon, cubic zirconia; jacinth, hyacinth, carbuncle, amethyst; alexandrite, cat's eye, bloodstone, hematite, jasper, moonstone, sunstone. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Lazuli |
| English words defined with "lazuli": Azure stone ♦ lapis lazuli ♦ Saunders-blue ♦ ultramarine, Ultramarine ash, ultramarine blue. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "lazuli": Colorado lapis lazuli ♦ false lapis lazuli ♦ gold sapphire ♦ luthos lazuli ♦ Swiss lapis. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "lazuli": Lazulite. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Lazuli" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 86.57% of the time. "Lazuli" is used about 67 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 86.57% | 58 | 44,427 |
| Noun (singular) | 13.43% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Total | 100.00% | 67 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "lazuli": lapis lazuli. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "lazuli": lapis-lazuli. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
lapis lazuli | 115 |
lazuli | 26 |
bunting lazuli | 9 |
by inuyasha lazuli | 4 |
lapus lazuli | 3 |
lapiz lazuli | 3 |
gold lapis lazuli | 3 |
wholesale lapis lazuli | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "lazuli"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | اللازورد (lapis lazuli). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | лазурно син цвят (lapis lazuli), лапис лазули (lapis lazuli). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | lazurit (lapis lazuli). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | lapis lazulit (lapis-lazuli), lapis lazuli (lapis-lazuli). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | lazuur (glaze, lapis-lazuli, sky blue), lapis-lazuli (lapis-lazuli). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | lazurite (lapis-lazuli), lapis-lazuli (lapis-lazuli), lapis lazuli (lapis lazuli), lapis (lapis, lapis-lazuli). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | lapis-lazuli (lapis-lazuli). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κυανόσ (azure, blue, cerulean, cornflower, lapis lazuli), λάπις-λάζουλι (lapis-lazuli). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | אבן תכלת (azure stone, lapis lazuli). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | lazurit (lapis lazuli), lapis lazuli (lapis lazuli). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | lapislazzuli (lapis-lazuli). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 琉' (lapis lazuli), '色 (azure, bright blue, lapis lazuli blue), ' (lapis lazuli), 扁'石 (lapis lazuli). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | るりいろ (azure, bright blue, lapis lazuli blue), るり (lapis lazuli), へ"せいせき (lapis lazuli). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | azulilay lapidificar (lapis lazuli), lápis-lazúli (lapis-lazuli), lápis-lázuli (lapis lazuli). (various references) ляпис-лазурь (lapis lazuli). (various references) lazulit (lapis lazuli, ultramarine). (various references) lapislazuli (lapis-lazuli). (various references) lasursten (lapis lazuli), lasurblått (lapis lazuli), lapis lazuli (lapis lazuli). (various references) lâcivert taşı (lapis lazuli). (various references) đá da trời m u xanh da trời (lapis lazuli). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "lazuli": lazulis, lazulite, lazulites. (additional references) | |
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"Lazuli" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alquila, Azali, azule, Azzilfi, Azzulo, bajuli, Jazuli, laui, lauloa, Lazell, lazely, laziali, lazilo, Lazslo, Lazzlo, Lekule, lipulin, Luapula, lunula, Mazzuoli, pasquil, Razuki. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "lazuli" (pronounced luzuw"lē) |
| 3 | -uw" l ē | coolly, Coulee, cruelly, duly, newly, truly, unduly, unruly. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-l-l-u-z" | |
-2 letters: zill. | |
-3 letters: ail, all, ill. | |
-4 letters: ai, al, la, li. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-l-l-u-z" | |
+1 letter: lazulis. | |
+2 letters: lazulite. | |
+3 letters: lazulites, pluralize. | |
+4 letters: influenzal, pluralized, pluralizes, utilizable. | |
+5 letters: azimuthally, pluralizing, quizzically, unlocalized. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 61 7A 75 6C 69 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. .- --.. ..- .-.. .. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01100001 01111010 01110101 01101100 01101001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L a z u l i |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0061 007A 0075 006C 0069 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)466792877875 |
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