English Pronunciation bloo͞, /bluː/, /blu:/ Homophones blew Adjective blue (bluer, bluest) of the colour blue. feeling depressed. (UK) pornograpic, rude Translations Albanian: kaltërt Breton: glas Bulgarian: син m (1), потиснат m (2), депресиран m (2) Catalan: blau m, blava f Czech: modrý Danish: blå Dutch: blauw (1), blauwe (1), teneergeslagen (2), depressief (2), depressieve (2) Esperanto: blua Estonian: sinine Finnish: sininen French: bleu m (1), bleue f (1), bleus m, pl (1), bleues f, pl (1) Frisian: blau German: blau (1), traurig (2) Greek: μπλε (ble) Hebrew: כחול Hungarian: kék Icelandic: blár Indonesian: biru Irish: gorm Italian: (dark blue) blu; (sky blue) azzurro Japanese: 青 (あお, ao), 青い (あおい, aoi) Latin: caerulus Macedonian: сина Norwegian: blåfarge Polish: niebieski, (sky blue) błękit Portuguese: azúl Russian: синий, голубой (light blue) Serbian: plava Slovak: belasý, modrý Spanish: azul, celeste (light blue) Swedish: blå (1) Tok Pisin: blu (1) Turkish: mavi Vietnamese: xanh (blue or green), xanh lam Welsh: glas Noun blue the colour of the clear sky or the deep sea. a primary additive colour for transmitted light a colour between green and violet in the visible spectrum the colour obtained by subtracting red and green from white light using magenta and cyan filters.
See also Appendix:Colours Translations Albanian: kaltërt Breton: glas Catalan: blau m Czech: modř Danish: blå Dutch: blauw n Esperanto: blu Estonian: sinine Finnish: sininen French: bleu m Frisian: blau German: Blau n Greek: μπλε (ble) Hungarian: kék Icelandic: blár Indonesian: biru Irish: gorm Italian: (dark blue) blu; (sky blue) azzurro Japanese: 青 (あお, ao), 青い (あおい, aoi) Latin: caerulus Macedonian: сина Norwegian: blåfarge Polish: niebieski, (sky blue) błękit Portuguese: azúl Russian: синий, голубой (light blue) Serbian: plava Slovak: modrá e.g. berlínska modrá Spanish: azul, celeste (light blue) Swedish: blå Turkish: mavi Vietnamese: xanh (blue or green), xanh lam Welsh: glas Related Terms bluish blue movie blue note the blues baby blue black and blue dark blue light blue sky blue steel blue
