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From Middle French bleu. Doublet of blauw.
bleu (comparative bleuer, superlative bleust)
Declension of bleu | ||||
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uninflected | bleu | |||
inflected | bleu | |||
comparative | bleuer | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | bleu | bleuer | het bleust het bleuste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | bleu | bleuere | bleuste |
n. sing. | bleu | bleuer | bleuste | |
plural | bleu | bleuere | bleuste | |
definite | bleu | bleuere | bleuste | |
partitive | bleus | bleuers | — |
Inherited from Middle French bleu, from Old French blöe, bleve, blef (“blue”), from Late Latin blāvus, from Frankish *blāu (“blue”), from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₁-, *bʰlh₁-, *bʰleh₁- (“yellow, grey, blue”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine”). Cognate with Old High German blāo (“blue”) (German blau), Dutch blauw (“blue”), Old English blāw (“blue”). More at blue.
bleu (feminine bleue, masculine plural bleus, feminine plural bleues)
bleu m (plural bleus)
- the color blue
- blue cheese
- rookie, new recruit, raw recruit
- bruise
- (billiards, snooker) billiard chalk
- Synonym: craie
- (Canada) a supporter of the Conservative Party
- (US) a supporter of the Democratic Party
- baleine bleue
- bleu canard
- bleu ciel
- bleu de Chartres
- bleu électrique
- bleu marine
- bleu nuit
- bleu pétrole
- bleu roi
- bleu verdâtre
- bleu, blanc et rouge
- bleu-vert
- bleuâtre
- bleuet
- bleuir
- bleuissement
- bleusaille
- bleuté
- carte bleue
- casque bleu
- chardon bleu des Pyrénées
- cordon bleu
- fleur bleue
- fleuve Bleu
- géante bleue
- Grande Bleue
- gros bleu
- nom de bleu
- petit bleu
- peur bleue
- requin bleu
- rorqual bleu
- sacrebleu
- sang bleu
- supergéante bleue
- vin bleu
blanc | gris | noir |
rouge; cramoisi, carmin | orange; brun, marron | jaune; crème |
lime | vert | menthe |
cyan, turquoise; bleu canard | azur, bleu ciel | bleu |
violet, lilas; indigo | magenta; pourpre | rose |
- “bleu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Borrowed from French bleu (“blue”).
bleu (indeclinable)
bleu m (invariable)
- blue (color)
bleu
- blue
- No gh'ò ciù de lâpi bleu. ― I don't have any more blue pencils.
From Old French blöe, bleve, blef (“blue”), from Late Latin blāvus, from Frankish *blāu (“blue”), from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“yellow, grey, blue”), from *bʰel- (“to shine”). Cognate with Old High German blāo (“blue”) (German blau), Dutch blauw (“blue”), Old English blāw (“blue”). More at blue.
bleu m (feminine singular bleue, masculine plural bleus, feminine plural bleues)
bleu m (plural bleus)
Borrowed from French bleu (“blue”).
bleu m or f or n (indeclinable)
Declension of bleu (invariable)
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | bleu | bleu | bleu | bleu | ||
definite | — | — | — | — | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | bleu | bleu | bleu | bleu | ||
definite | — | — | — | — |
bleu n (plural bleu-uri)
alb | gri | negru |
roșu; carmin | portocaliu; maro | galben; crem |
verde | verde mentă | |
cyan | bleu | albastru |
violet; indigo | mov; purpură | roz |