See cerulean on Wiktionary
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "sky blue — see also sky blue",
"word": "ĉielbluo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sky blue — see also sky blue",
"word": "taivaansini"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "sky blue — see also sky blue",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bleu céruléen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sky blue — see also sky blue",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Himmelblau"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "sky blue — see also sky blue",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ceiriúlach"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "sky blue — see also sky blue",
"word": "ceruleo"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "serurian burū",
"sense": "sky blue — see also sky blue",
"word": "セルリアンブルー"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "sky blue — see also sky blue",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "modry"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "sky blue — see also sky blue",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cerúleo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "sky blue — see also sky blue",
"word": "albastru"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nebésno-golubój",
"sense": "sky blue — see also sky blue",
"word": "небе́сно-голубо́й"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lazúrnyj",
"sense": "sky blue — see also sky blue",
"word": "лазу́рный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lazórevyj",
"sense": "sky blue — see also sky blue",
"word": "лазо́ревый"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "sky blue — see also sky blue",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cerúleo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "sky blue — see also sky blue",
"word": "himmelsblå"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "sky blue — see also sky blue",
"word": "serulyo"
}
],
"word": "cerulean"
}
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"Rhymes:English/uːliən",
"Rhymes:English/uːliən/4 syllables",
"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with Catalan translations",
"Terms with Esperanto translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Irish translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Japanese translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Romanian translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations",
"Terms with Tagalog translations",
"Terms with Tatar translations",
"en:Blues",
"en:Gossamer-winged butterflies"
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"word": "cerulean blue"
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{
"word": "cerulescence"
}
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"t1": "blue"
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"name": "af"
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"form": "more cerulean",
"tags": [
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"lang_code": "en",
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{
"sense": "blues",
"word": "blue"
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{
"word": "Alice blue"
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{
"word": "aqua"
},
{
"word": "aquamarine"
},
{
"word": "azure"
},
{
"word": "baby blue"
},
{
"word": "beryl"
},
{
"word": "bice"
},
{
"word": "bice blue"
},
{
"word": "blue green"
},
{
"word": "blue violet"
},
{
"word": "blueberry"
},
{
"word": "cadet blue"
},
{
"word": "Cambridge blue"
},
{
"word": "cobalt blue"
},
{
"word": "Copenhagen blue"
},
{
"word": "cornflower"
},
{
"word": "cornflower blue"
},
{
"word": "cyan"
},
{
"word": "dark blue"
},
{
"word": "Dodger blue"
},
{
"word": "duck-egg blue"
},
{
"word": "eggshell blue"
},
{
"word": "electric blue"
},
{
"word": "gentian blue"
},
{
"word": "ice blue"
},
{
"word": "lapis lazuli"
},
{
"word": "light blue"
},
{
"word": "lovat"
},
{
"word": "mazarine"
},
{
"word": "midnight blue"
},
{
"word": "navy"
},
{
"word": "Nile blue"
},
{
"word": "Oxford blue"
},
{
"word": "peacock blue"
},
{
"word": "petrol blue"
},
{
"word": "powder blue"
},
{
"word": "Prussian blue"
},
{
"word": "robin's-egg blue"
},
{
"word": "royal blue"
},
{
"word": "sapphire"
},
{
"word": "saxe blue"
},
{
"word": "slate blue"
},
{
"word": "sky blue"
},
{
"word": "teal"
},
{
"word": "turquoise"
},
{
"word": "ultramarine"
},
{
"word": "Wedgwood blue"
},
{
"word": "zaffre"
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"ref": "1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter II, in The Understanding Heart:",
"text": "As far to the west as Monica could see, her world was a sea of fog, […]. Above it arched a cerulean sky; as the sun climbed to the zenith, […], the fog gradually took on a bluish tinge.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1995, “The Hearts Filthy Lesson”, in 1. Outside, performed by David Bowie:",
"text": "Oh Ramona, if there was only some kind of future / And these cerulean skies / Something in our skies, something in our skies",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2006, Aline Brosh McKenna, Lauren Weisberger, The Devil Wears Prada, spoken by Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep):",
"text": "But what you don't know is that that sweater is not just blue, it's not turquoise, it's not lapis, it's actually cerulean. And you're also blithely unaware of the fact that in 2002, Oscar de la Renta did a collection of cerulean gowns. And then I think it was Yves Saint Laurent, wasn't it, who showed cerulean military jackets?",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Sky-blue."
],
"links": [
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"sky blue"
]
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/səˈɹuːli.ən/"
},
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"audio": "en-us-cerulean.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ea/En-us-cerulean.ogg/En-us-cerulean.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/En-us-cerulean.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-uːliən"
}
],
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{
"word": "cærulean"
}
],
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nebesno sin",
"sense": "sky blue — see also sky blue",
"word": "небесно син"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "sky blue — see also sky blue",
"word": "ceruli"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sky blue — see also sky blue",
"word": "taivaansininen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "sky blue — see also sky blue",
"word": "céruléen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sky blue — see also sky blue",
"word": "himmelblau"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "sky blue — see also sky blue",
"word": "ceiriúlach"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "sky blue — see also sky blue",
"word": "ceruleo"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "sky blue — see also sky blue",
"word": "modry"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nebésno-golubój",
"sense": "sky blue — see also sky blue",
"word": "небе́сно-голубо́й"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lazúrnyj",
"sense": "sky blue — see also sky blue",
"word": "лазу́рный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lazórevyj",
"sense": "sky blue — see also sky blue",
"word": "лазо́ревый"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "sky blue — see also sky blue",
"word": "cerúleo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "sky blue — see also sky blue",
"word": "himmelsblå"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "şyamyaxya",
"sense": "sky blue — see also sky blue",
"word": "шямяхя"
}
],
"word": "cerulean"
}
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