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Definition: Azure |
AzureAdjective1. Of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky; "October's bright blue weather". Noun1. A light shade of blue. Verb1. Color azure; "Morning azured the village". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Azure" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "sky blue color". |
Date "azure" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Azure Sky blue. Represented in royal arms by the planet Jupiter, in noblemen's by the sapphire. The ground of the old shield of France was azure. Emblem of fidelity and truth. Represented in heraldic devices by horizontal lines. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mining | See:lapis lazuli; lazurite. (references) |
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Azure."
Synonyms: AzureSynonyms: bright blue (adj), cerulean (n), lazuline (n), sapphire (n), sky-blue (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Azure |
| English words defined with "azure": Azured, Azureous, Azurine, Azurn ♦ Counterchanged, Counter-paly, Cyanean ♦ Jazel ♦ lapis lazuli, lazuli ♦ Sky blue. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "azure": Caf ♦ lapis-lazuli ♦ Planets. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "azure": Azurn ♦ Lazuli. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | As clear as an azure sky of deepest summer. (A Clockwork Orange; writing credit: Stanley Kubrick) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Under Azure Skies (1916) | |
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![]() | Islands in the sun Islands, tidal passages, and shoals set in an azure to emerald sea. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. | ![]() | Looking through a cannon port towards the azure waters of the southern Gulf of Mexico. These openings also served as air conditioning and let the sea breeze through. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Henry David Thoreau | The purity men love is like the mists which envelope the earth, and not like the azure ether beyond. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Her soul soared into the azure on wings of Mechlin lace. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | And yet it has not the blue devils, but the blue angels in it, in the azure tint of its waters. |
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| "Azure" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 86.59% of the time. "Azure" is used about 82 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 (singular) | 86.59% | 71 | 39,674 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 7.32% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 2.44% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.44% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 1.22% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 82 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "azure" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Azure | Last name | 1,000 | 9,062 |
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| "Azure" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "sky blue color". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Azure." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Azura | Female | English | Azure |
| Azure | Female | English | N/A |
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Expressions using "azure": azure aster ♦ azure blue ♦ Azure Stains ♦ azure stone. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "azure": azure-and-green, azure-blue, azure-chevroned, azure-eyed, azure-lidded, azure-winged. | |
Ending with "azure": saffron-azure. | |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "azure"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | qiell i pastër, kaltërsi (sky blue), i kaltër (blue, cyanic, sky blue, skyey). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | لازوردي, اللازوردي الأزرق السماوي, السماء الصافية (ether), أزرق سماوي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ведро небе (serene), небесносиня боя, небесносин (cerulean, sky blue, skyey), небесна синева, лазурен (blue, liquid, sky blue), лазур (sky blue), безоблачен (clear, serene, unclouded). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 天藍色 , 天"色. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | azur, blankytný (sky blue), blankyt (sky-colour). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | azur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | azuurblauw. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | لاجوردی , لاجورد, سنگ لاجورد, اسمان نیلگون (Blue), رنگ نیل . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | taivaansininen (sky-blue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | azur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | himmelblau (sky blue), azurblau. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κυανόσ (blue, cerulean, cornflower, lapis lazuli), γαλανόσ (blue), αζούρ (clear, open, open worked), ουρανόχρουσ (sky blue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | תכלת (blue), תכול (blue), כחול (blue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | égszínkék (cerulean, sky blue, turquoise, welkin), égbolt (canopy of heaven, cope of heaven, firmament, heaven, sky, vault). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | nilakandi (sapphire, sapphire blue), biru langit (ultra marine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | azzurro (blue, sky, sky blue), azurro. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | '色 (bright blue, lapis lazuli blue), 紺碧 (deep blue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ""ぺき (deep blue), るりいろ (bright blue, lapis lazuli blue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | gorrym-ghlass (aquamarine, sea-green). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | azureay azurro, azul-celeste (sky blue), azular (blue), azul escuro, azul (blue), firmamento (cope of heaven, dome, firmament, heaven, sky, sphere, welkin), cor azul, céu (above, air, blue, empyrean, firmament, heaven, paradise, roof, sky, sphere, welkin), índigo (anil, anil indigo plant, indigo plant). (various references) azuriu, azur (blue), albastru (blue, sapphirine, sky blue), senin (broad, calm, clear, cloudless, fair, fine, happy, mild, peace, serene, serenity, shiny, tranquil, unclouded, unruffled), bleu. (various references) синева, голубой (blue), лазурь (sky blue). (various references) azuran (cerulean), plavetnilo (blue), plav (blond, blue, cyanic), nebesko modrilo. (various references) azur. (various references) azurblå (azure blue, azure-blue, cerulean), azur, himmelsblå (sky blue). (various references) ฟ้าเหมือนท้องฟ้า, สีฟ้าเหมือนท้องฟ้า. (various references) mavi gök, gökyüzü (air, canopy of heaven, ether, heaven, skies, sky, sphere, vault of heaven, welkin), gök mavisi (azure blue, cerulean, sky blue). (various references) синява, голубий, лазуровий (sky blue), лазур, блакить (cerulean), блакитний (blue, sky blue). (various references) xanh da trời (celeste, cerulean, sky-blue), trong xanh, m u xanh da trời bầu trời xanh ngắt, bầu trời trong xanh đá da trời. (various references) asur, glas y ffurfafen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "azure": azures. (additional references) | |
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"Azure" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acure, agure, Aizpuru, ajure, amulree, amure, anuer, anzere, apure, Arur, Aruru, asire, asre, asture, Asue, asure, ature, audre, aure, aurei, auz, ayure, Ayuru, Azadeh, azaire, azar, Azara, azer, Azeredo, azir, Aziru, Azize, azoe, azone, azor, azore, azori, azour, azra, azraq, azuire, azule, azur, Azura, azuree, azurer, azusre, Azzara, Azzaro, Azzura, Azzuro, casure, Cazire, Erzurum, ezure, Ezzard, fasure, Izgrev, jaure, Mazrui, Mazure, Mazuri, Nazare, Nazarev, Ozgur, ozure, ozyrev, Raizure, zare, Zura, zure. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "azure" (pronounced a"zher) |
| 2 | -zh er | arbitrager, arbitrageur, closure, composure, countermeasure, Crozier, disclosure, displeasure, enclosure, exposure, foreclosure, inclosure, leisure, massager, measure, Mosher, overexposure, pleasure, seizure, treasure. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-r-u-z" | |
-1 letter: raze, urea. | |
-2 letters: are, ear, eau, era, rue. | |
-3 letters: ae, ar, er, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-r-u-z" | |
+1 letter: azures. | |
+2 letters: azurite, gauzier, unrazed. | |
+3 letters: azurites, curarize, gazumper, lazurite, quartzes, quatorze, queazier, ruralize, suzerain, urbanize, zarzuela. | |
+4 letters: authorize, brutalize, carburize, cauterize, cruzadoes, curarized, curarizes, equalizer, gazumpers, humanizer, lazurites, pauperize, pluralize, quantizer, quartzite, quartzose, quatorzes, rheumatiz, ritualize, ruralized, ruralizes, schnauzer, summarize, suzerains, trapezium, trapezius, urbanized, urbanizes, vulgarize, zarzuelas. | |
+5 letters: authorized, authorizer, authorizes, benzofuran, brutalized, brutalizes, burglarize, carburized, carburizes, cauterized, cauterizes, equalizers, glamourize, humanizers, journalize, naturalize, neutralize, pasteurize, pauperized, pauperizes, pluralized, pluralizes, popularize, quantizers, quartzites, quizmaster, regularize, rehumanize, ritualized, ritualizes, schnauzers, secularize, summarized, summarizer, summarizes, suzerainty, trapeziums, traumatize, underglaze, unrealized, visualizer, vulcanizer, vulgarized, vulgarizer, vulgarizes. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Usage Frequency 11. Names: Frequency 12. Names: Derived from | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Derivations | 17. Rhymes 18. Anagrams 19. Bibliography |
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