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blue

/blɪʊ̯/BLOO
/blɪʊ̯/BLOO

Meaningpale, leaden-hued

Common meaning: the colour of a clear sky

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchbleu‘blue’source
  2. Middle Englishblosource
  3. Englishblue‘the colour of a clear sky’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old French bleu ‘pale, leaden-hued’.

Roots

  • bleu Old French “pale, leaden-hued”

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