"blue-gray" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more blue-gray [comparative], most blue-gray [superlative]
Etymology: From blue + gray. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|blue|gray}} blue + gray Head templates: {{en-adj}} blue-gray (comparative more blue-gray, superlative most blue-gray)
  1. Of a bluish grey color. Categories (topical): Colors Synonyms: blue-grey, gray-blue, grey-blue, blae (english: chiefly Scots) Hyponyms: clair de lune (english: pale bluish-gray), Copenhagen blue (english: grayish blue), slate (english: [dark] bluish-gray color of slate), slate blue (english: [dark] bluish-gray color of slate), slate gray (english: [dark] bluish-gray color of slate), Wedgwood blue (english: pale gray-blue) Related terms: perse (english: dark greyish blue (or purple)), blunket (english: a color, generally a light bluish gray or blue or gray), gainsboro (english: light bluish grey colour), gunmetal (english: dark grey or bluish-grey colour), petrol blue (english: greyish blue colour, tinted with green), caesious (english: blue very low in chroma), glaucous (english: pale green with a bluish-grey tinge) Translations (color — see also the hyponyms listed above): γλαυκός (glaukós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), аҡбуҙ (aqbuź) (note: of horses) (Bashkir), күк (kük) (english: can mean 'blue', 'gray', 'blue-gray', or 'green') (Bashkir), blauwgrijs (Dutch), blágráur (Faroese), siniharmaa (Finnish), blaugrau (German), graublau (German), taubenblau (German), glas (Irish), ブルーグレー (burū gurē) (Japanese), 鳩羽色 (hatobairo) (alt: はとばいろ) (Japanese), caesius (Latin), glaucus (Latin), pelēkzilā (Latvian), šėmas (note: of animals) (Lithuanian), ᡴᡠᡴᡠ (kuku) (Manchu), kpwt' (kabōd) (Middle Persian), ӕхси́н (æxsín) (english: dark grey; blue-gray) (Ossetian), کبود (kabôd) (english: blue-gray or blue) (Persian), خشین (xašin) (english: ashen, gray; gray-blue, dark blue) (Persian), siny [pejorative] (Polish), си́зый (sízyj) (english: dove-coloured, warm grey, bluish) (Russian), се́ро-голубо́й (séro-golubój) (Russian), blae (Scots), си̑њӣ (Serbo-Croatian), sȋnjī (english: gray, gray-blue, sea-colored) (Serbo-Croatian), çakır (note: of eyes) (Turkish), shahlo (english: blue-gray or dark blue) (Uzbek), glaslwyd (Welsh), glas (english: blue or blue-gray) (Welsh)

Alternative forms

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      "code": "os",
      "english": "dark grey; blue-gray",
      "lang": "Ossetian",
      "roman": "æxsín",
      "sense": "color — see also the hyponyms listed above",
      "word": "ӕхси́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "english": "blue-gray or blue",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kabôd",
      "sense": "color — see also the hyponyms listed above",
      "word": "کبود"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "english": "ashen, gray; gray-blue, dark blue",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xašin",
      "sense": "color — see also the hyponyms listed above",
      "word": "خشین"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "color — see also the hyponyms listed above",
      "tags": [
        "pejorative"
      ],
      "word": "siny"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "dove-coloured, warm grey, bluish",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sízyj",
      "sense": "color — see also the hyponyms listed above",
      "word": "си́зый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "séro-golubój",
      "sense": "color — see also the hyponyms listed above",
      "word": "се́ро-голубо́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "color — see also the hyponyms listed above",
      "word": "blae"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "color — see also the hyponyms listed above",
      "word": "си̑њӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "english": "gray, gray-blue, sea-colored",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "color — see also the hyponyms listed above",
      "word": "sȋnjī"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "note": "åskblå (dark gray-blue, literally \"thunder[storm sky] color\")",
      "sense": "color — see also the hyponyms listed above"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "note": "of eyes",
      "sense": "color — see also the hyponyms listed above",
      "word": "çakır"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "english": "blue-gray or dark blue",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "color — see also the hyponyms listed above",
      "word": "shahlo"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "color — see also the hyponyms listed above",
      "word": "glaslwyd"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "english": "blue or blue-gray",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "color — see also the hyponyms listed above",
      "word": "glas"
    }
  ],
  "word": "blue-gray"
}

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