"azure" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈæʒ.ə/ [UK], /ˈæz.jʊə/ [UK], /æzˈjʊə/ [UK], /əˈzjʊə/ [UK], /ˈeɪʒ.ə/ [UK], /ˈæʒ.ɚ/ [US], /əˈʒʊɹ/ [US], /əˈʒɝ/ [US], /əˈzjʊɹ/ [US], /əˈzjɝ/ [US], /eɪ-/ [US] Audio: En-us-azure.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ), -ɜː(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English asure, from Old French azur, derived from Arabic لَازَوَرْد (lāzaward, “lapis lazuli”), dropping the l as if it were equivalent to the French article l’. The Arabic is from Classical Persian لاجورد (lājward, “lapis lazuli”), from the region of Lajward in Badakhshan. Compare with Italian azzurro and Spanish azul. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|asure}} Middle English asure, {{der|en|fro|azur}} Old French azur, {{der|en|ar|لَازَوَرْد|t=lapis lazuli}} Arabic لَازَوَرْد (lāzaward, “lapis lazuli”), {{m|fr|l'}} l’, {{der|en|fa-cls|لاجورد|t=lapis lazuli|tr=lājward}} Classical Persian لاجورد (lājward, “lapis lazuli”), {{cog|it|azzurro}} Italian azzurro, {{cog|es|azul}} Spanish azul Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} azure (not comparable)
  1. Sky blue; resembling the clear blue colour of the unclouded sky. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: cerulean Translations (sky-blue coloured): لَازَوَرْدِيّ (lāzawardiyy) (Arabic), блакітны (blakitny) (Belarusian), небе́сносин (nebésnosin) (Bulgarian), лазурен (lazuren) (Bulgarian), atzur (Catalan), 蔚藍 (Chinese Mandarin), 蔚蓝 (wèilán) (Chinese Mandarin), 天藍色 (Chinese Mandarin), 天蓝色 (tiānlánsè) (Chinese Mandarin), ⲓⲱⲭⲣⲱⲟⲛ (iōkhrōon) (Coptic), azurblå (Danish), azuurblauw (Dutch), lazura (Esperanto), ĉielblua (Esperanto), taevasinine (Estonian), taivaansininen (Finnish), azur [feminine, masculine] (French), ლაჟვარდოვანი (lažvardovani) (Georgian), ლაჟვარდისფერი (lažvardisperi) (Georgian), ღია ლურჯი (ɣia lurǯi) (Georgian), მუქი ცისფერი (muki cisperi) (Georgian), himmelblau (German), azur (German), γαλάζιος (galázios) (Greek), γαλανός (galanós) (Greek), תכול (takhól) (Hebrew), azura (Ido), azurea (Ido), azzurro (Italian), 空色の (sorairo no) (alt: そらいろの) (Japanese), 紺碧の (konpeki no) (alt: こんぺきの) (Japanese), caeruleus (Latin), biru langit (Malay), lazuardi (Malay), asurblå (Norwegian Bokmål), asurblå (Norwegian Nynorsk), لاجورد (lâjvard) (Persian), لاجوردی (lâjevardi) (Persian), azul celeste (Portuguese), cerúleo (Portuguese), лазу́рный (lazúrnyj) (Russian), небе́сно-голубо́й (nebésno-golubój) (Russian), а̀зӯран [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), пла̑в [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), àzūran [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), plȃv [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), azul celeste (Spanish), gökçe (Turkish), gök rengi (Turkish), lasürablövik (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-azure-en-adj-Ba3GfsCi Disambiguation of 'sky-blue coloured': 65 20 14
  2. Cloudless. Tags: not-comparable Categories (lifeform): Gossamer-winged butterflies
    Sense id: en-azure-en-adj-gU-yv84~ Disambiguation of Gossamer-winged butterflies: 8 24 5 2 6 6 13 13 18 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 23 7 1 9 8 10 9 18 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 20 6 2 8 6 14 14 19 6
  3. (heraldry) In blazon, of the colour blue. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Heraldic tinctures Translations (heraldry: of blue colour on a coat of arms): azurový (Czech), azurově modrý (Czech), blå (Danish), azuur (blauw) (Dutch), sininen (Finnish), azur (French), blau (German), γαλάζιος (galázios) (Greek), kék (Hungarian), gorm (Irish), azzurro (Italian), 青い (aoi) (Japanese), błękitny (Polish), azul (Portuguese), azuriu (Romanian), голубо́й (golubój) (Russian), а̀зӯран [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), пла̑в [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), àzūran [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), plȃv [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), modrá (Slovak), azur (Spanish), blå (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-azure-en-adj-wgI842yK Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics Disambiguation of 'heraldry: of blue colour on a coat of arms': 36 0 64

Noun

IPA: /ˈæʒ.ə/ [UK], /ˈæz.jʊə/ [UK], /æzˈjʊə/ [UK], /əˈzjʊə/ [UK], /ˈeɪʒ.ə/ [UK], /ˈæʒ.ɚ/ [US], /əˈʒʊɹ/ [US], /əˈʒɝ/ [US], /əˈzjʊɹ/ [US], /əˈzjɝ/ [US], /eɪ-/ [US] Audio: En-us-azure.ogg [US] Forms: azures [plural]
Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ), -ɜː(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English asure, from Old French azur, derived from Arabic لَازَوَرْد (lāzaward, “lapis lazuli”), dropping the l as if it were equivalent to the French article l’. The Arabic is from Classical Persian لاجورد (lājward, “lapis lazuli”), from the region of Lajward in Badakhshan. Compare with Italian azzurro and Spanish azul. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|asure}} Middle English asure, {{der|en|fro|azur}} Old French azur, {{der|en|ar|لَازَوَرْد|t=lapis lazuli}} Arabic لَازَوَرْد (lāzaward, “lapis lazuli”), {{m|fr|l'}} l’, {{der|en|fa-cls|لاجورد|t=lapis lazuli|tr=lājward}} Classical Persian لاجورد (lājward, “lapis lazuli”), {{cog|it|azzurro}} Italian azzurro, {{cog|es|azul}} Spanish azul Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} azure (countable and uncountable, plural azures)
  1. (countable and uncountable) The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (colour of the sky): سَمَاوِيّ (samāwiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), لَازَوَرْدِيّ (lāzawardiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), oztin (Basque), блакіт (blakit) [masculine] (Belarusian), небесносиньо (nebesnosinjo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), atzur [masculine] (Catalan), 蔚藍 (Chinese Mandarin), 蔚蓝 (wèilán) (Chinese Mandarin), 天藍色 (Chinese Mandarin), 天蓝色 (tiānlánsè) (Chinese Mandarin), azurblå [common-gender] (Danish), azuurblauw [neuter] (Dutch), hemelsblauw [neuter] (Dutch), lazuro (Esperanto), ĉielbluo (Esperanto), taevasinine (Estonian), taivaansini (Finnish), taivaansininen (Finnish), azur [masculine] (French), Himmelblau [neuter] (German), Azurblau [neuter] (German), γαλάζιο (galázio) [neuter] (Greek), γαλανό (galanó) [neuter] (Greek), תְּכֵלֶת (tchélet) [feminine] (Hebrew), fagurblár [masculine] (Icelandic), himinblár (Icelandic), heiðblár (Icelandic), azuro (Ido), biru langit (Indonesian), azzurro [masculine] (Italian), 空色 (sorairo) (Japanese), 天色 (tenshoku) (alt: てんしょく) (Japanese), 하늘색 (haneulsaek) (Korean), dangaus mėlyna [feminine] (Lithuanian), biru langit (Malay), lazuardi (Malay), kaħlani [masculine] (Maltese), kaħlanija [feminine] (Maltese), لاجورد (laciverd) (Ottoman Turkish), lazur [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), błękit [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), azul celeste [masculine] (Portuguese), azur [neuter] (Romanian), лазу́рь (lazúrʹ) [feminine] (Russian), лазурный (lazurnyj) [masculine] (Russian), а̀зӯрна [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), пла̑ва [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ведра [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), àzūrna [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), plȃva [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), vedra [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), azur [common-gender] (Swedish), azurblått (Swedish), himmelsblått (Swedish), ฟ้า (fáa) (Thai), gökşin (Turkish), gökçe (Turkish), gök (Turkish), gök mavisi (Turkish), gök rengi (Turkish), xanh da trời (Vietnamese), lasürablöv (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-azure-en-noun-xMwAKlSe Disambiguation of 'colour of the sky': 72 9 19 0 0 0
  2. (heraldry) A blue colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Heraldic tinctures Synonyms (blue color on a coat of arms): az., b., bl. Translations (blue colour on a coat of arms): ニㇲ イロ (Ainu), atzur [masculine] (Catalan), azuur (Dutch), sininen (Finnish), azur [masculine] (French), blao [masculine] (Galician), Blau [neuter] (German), azzurro (Italian), (ao) (alt: あお) (Japanese), 群青 (gunjou) (alt: ぐんじょう) (Japanese), 紺碧 (konpeki) (alt: こんぺき) (Japanese), си́на (sína) [feminine] (Macedonian), blau [masculine] (Portuguese), azur [masculine] (Portuguese), azul [masculine] (Portuguese), лазу́рь (lazúrʹ) [feminine] (Russian), azur [masculine] (Spanish), blao [masculine] (Spanish), blått [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-azure-en-noun-MQ9RFvEc Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics Disambiguation of 'blue color on a coat of arms': 4 84 3 1 1 5 Disambiguation of 'blue colour on a coat of arms': 8 83 3 1 1 5
  3. (poetic) The unclouded sky; the blue vault above. Tags: countable, poetic, uncountable
    Sense id: en-azure-en-noun-6JuZS7tQ
  4. Any of various widely distributed lycaenid butterflies of the genus Celastrina. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-azure-en-noun-byc0gN5A Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 20 6 2 8 6 14 14 19 6
  5. Any of various Australasian lycaenid butterflies of the genus Ogyris. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-azure-en-noun-wBdjrf5j Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 20 6 2 8 6 14 14 19 6
  6. Lapis lazuli. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Gems
    Sense id: en-azure-en-noun-anPN7SsB Disambiguation of Gems: 8 5 3 1 4 2 4 3 62 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 23 7 1 9 8 10 9 18 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 20 6 2 8 6 14 14 19 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: azurean, azure jay, azurely, azureness, azure tit, azurite, azurity Translations (the blue sky): лазур (lazur) [masculine] (Bulgarian), atzur [masculine] (Catalan), sinitaivas (Finnish), azur [masculine] (French), תְּכֵלֶת (tchélet) [feminine] (Hebrew), 青天 (seiten) (Japanese), 青空 (aozora) (alt: あおぞら) (Japanese), langit biru (Malay), lazur [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), błękit [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), azul [masculine] (Portuguese), плавѐтнило [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), plavètnilo [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), gök (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'the blue sky': 11 11 26 11 11 29

Verb

IPA: /ˈæʒ.ə/ [UK], /ˈæz.jʊə/ [UK], /æzˈjʊə/ [UK], /əˈzjʊə/ [UK], /ˈeɪʒ.ə/ [UK], /ˈæʒ.ɚ/ [US], /əˈʒʊɹ/ [US], /əˈʒɝ/ [US], /əˈzjʊɹ/ [US], /əˈzjɝ/ [US], /eɪ-/ [US] Audio: En-us-azure.ogg [US] Forms: azures [present, singular, third-person], azuring [participle, present], azured [participle, past], azured [past]
Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ), -ɜː(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English asure, from Old French azur, derived from Arabic لَازَوَرْد (lāzaward, “lapis lazuli”), dropping the l as if it were equivalent to the French article l’. The Arabic is from Classical Persian لاجورد (lājward, “lapis lazuli”), from the region of Lajward in Badakhshan. Compare with Italian azzurro and Spanish azul. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|asure}} Middle English asure, {{der|en|fro|azur}} Old French azur, {{der|en|ar|لَازَوَرْد|t=lapis lazuli}} Arabic لَازَوَرْد (lāzaward, “lapis lazuli”), {{m|fr|l'}} l’, {{der|en|fa-cls|لاجورد|t=lapis lazuli|tr=lājward}} Classical Persian لاجورد (lājward, “lapis lazuli”), {{cog|it|azzurro}} Italian azzurro, {{cog|es|azul}} Spanish azul Head templates: {{en-verb}} azure (third-person singular simple present azures, present participle azuring, simple past and past participle azured)
  1. (transitive) To colour blue. Tags: transitive Translations (to colour): värittää siniseksi (Finnish), оплавити [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), oplaviti [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-azure-en-verb-4ZoaucyN Related terms: Alice blue, aqua, aquamarine, baby blue, beryl, bice, bice blue, blue green, blue violet, blueberry, cadet blue, Cambridge blue, cerulean, cobalt blue, Copenhagen blue, cornflower, cornflower blue, cyan, dark blue, Dodger blue, duck-egg blue, eggshell blue, electric blue, gentian blue, ice blue, lapis lazuli, light blue, lovat, mazarine, midnight blue, navy, Nile blue, Oxford blue, peacock blue, petrol blue, powder blue, Prussian blue, robin's-egg blue, royal blue, sapphire, saxe blue, slate blue, sky blue, teal, turquoise, ultramarine, Wedgwood blue, zaffre, red, orange, yellow, green, blue (alt: incl. indigo; cyan, teal, turquoise), purple, violet, pink (english: including magenta), brown, white, grey, gray, black, or, argent, gules, sable, vert, purpure, tenné, sanguine, bezant (alt: bezanty), plate (alt: platy), torteau (alt: tortelly), hurt (alt: hurty), pellet (alt: pellety), ogress, pomme, golpe (alt: golpy), orange (alt: semé of oranges), guze (alt: semé of guzes), d'eau (english: of water), de sang (english: of blood), de larmes (english: of tear), de poix (english: of pitch), d'huile (english: olive oil), d'olive (english: olive oil), fountain, syke: barry wavy argent and azure, ermine, ermines, counter-ermine, erminois, pean, vair, counter-vair, potent, counter-potent, bleu celeste, brunâtre, carnation, cendrée (english: iron, steel, acier), copper, murrey Related terms (blues): blue Related terms (goutte / gutty): d'or (english: of gold)

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Alternative forms

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          "text": "In robes of azure.",
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      "_dis1": "11 11 26 11 11 29",
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tchélet",
      "sense": "the blue sky",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "תְּכֵלֶת"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "11 11 26 11 11 29",
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "seiten",
      "sense": "the blue sky",
      "word": "青天"
    },
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      "_dis1": "11 11 26 11 11 29",
      "alt": "あおぞら",
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      "_dis1": "11 11 26 11 11 29",
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "the blue sky",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "11 11 26 11 11 29",
      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "the blue sky",
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        "inanimate",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lazur"
    },
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      "_dis1": "11 11 26 11 11 29",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the blue sky",
      "tags": [
        "inanimate",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "błękit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "11 11 26 11 11 29",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the blue sky",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "azul"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "11 11 26 11 11 29",
      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "the blue sky",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "плавѐтнило"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "11 11 26 11 11 29",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the blue sky",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "plavètnilo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "11 11 26 11 11 29",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the blue sky",
      "word": "gök"
    }
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    "azure"
  ],
  "word": "azure"
}

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      "expansion": "Middle English asure",
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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        "2": "azzurro"
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        "1": "es",
        "2": "azul"
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English asure, from Old French azur, derived from Arabic لَازَوَرْد (lāzaward, “lapis lazuli”), dropping the l as if it were equivalent to the French article l’. The Arabic is from Classical Persian لاجورد (lājward, “lapis lazuli”), from the region of Lajward in Badakhshan.\nCompare with Italian azzurro and Spanish azul.",
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          "roman": "lāzawardiyy",
          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
          "word": "لَازَوَرْدِيّ"
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          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
          "word": "блакітны"
        },
        {
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "nebésnosin",
          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
          "word": "небе́сносин"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 20 14",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "lazuren",
          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
          "word": "лазурен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 20 14",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
          "word": "atzur"
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        {
          "_dis1": "65 20 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
          "word": "蔚藍"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 20 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wèilán",
          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
          "word": "蔚蓝"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 20 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
          "word": "天藍色"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 20 14",
          "code": "cmn",
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          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 20 14",
          "code": "cop",
          "lang": "Coptic",
          "roman": "iōkhrōon",
          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
          "word": "ⲓⲱⲭⲣⲱⲟⲛ"
        },
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          "_dis1": "65 20 14",
          "code": "da",
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          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
          "word": "azurblå"
        },
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          "_dis1": "65 20 14",
          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
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          "code": "eo",
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          "code": "eo",
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          "_dis1": "65 20 14",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
          "word": "taevasinine"
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        {
          "_dis1": "65 20 14",
          "code": "fi",
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          "word": "taivaansininen"
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          "_dis1": "65 20 14",
          "code": "fr",
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "lažvardovani",
          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
          "word": "ლაჟვარდოვანი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 20 14",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "lažvardisperi",
          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
          "word": "ლაჟვარდისფერი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 20 14",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ɣia lurǯi",
          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
          "word": "ღია ლურჯი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 20 14",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "muki cisperi",
          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
          "word": "მუქი ცისფერი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 20 14",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
          "word": "himmelblau"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 20 14",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
          "word": "azur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 20 14",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "galázios",
          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
          "word": "γαλάζιος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 20 14",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "galanós",
          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
          "word": "γαλανός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 20 14",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "takhól",
          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
          "word": "תכול"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 20 14",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
          "word": "azura"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 20 14",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
          "word": "azurea"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 20 14",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
          "word": "azzurro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 20 14",
          "alt": "そらいろの",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sorairo no",
          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
          "word": "空色の"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 20 14",
          "alt": "こんぺきの",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "konpeki no",
          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
          "word": "紺碧の"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 20 14",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
          "word": "caeruleus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 20 14",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
          "word": "biru langit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 20 14",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
          "word": "lazuardi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 20 14",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
          "word": "asurblå"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 20 14",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
          "word": "asurblå"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 20 14",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "lâjvard",
          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
          "word": "لاجورد"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 20 14",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "lâjevardi",
          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
          "word": "لاجوردی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 20 14",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
          "word": "azul celeste"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 20 14",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
          "word": "cerúleo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 20 14",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "lazúrnyj",
          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
          "word": "лазу́рный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 20 14",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nebésno-golubój",
          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
          "word": "небе́сно-голубо́й"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 20 14",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "а̀зӯран"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 20 14",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "пла̑в"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 20 14",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "àzūran"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 20 14",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "plȃv"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 20 14",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
          "word": "azul celeste"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 20 14",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
          "word": "gökçe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 20 14",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
          "word": "gök rengi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 20 14",
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "sky-blue coloured",
          "word": "lasürablövik"
        }
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          "_dis": "8 24 5 2 6 6 13 13 18 5",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "en",
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          "ref": "1846, Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado",
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        }
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        "(heraldry) In blazon, of the colour blue."
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        "monarchy",
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          "_dis1": "36 0 64",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "heraldry: of blue colour on a coat of arms",
          "word": "azurový"
        },
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          "_dis1": "36 0 64",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "heraldry: of blue colour on a coat of arms",
          "word": "azurově modrý"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "36 0 64",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
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          "word": "blå"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "heraldry: of blue colour on a coat of arms",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "36 0 64",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "heraldry: of blue colour on a coat of arms",
          "word": "sininen"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "heraldry: of blue colour on a coat of arms",
          "word": "azur"
        },
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          "_dis1": "36 0 64",
          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "heraldry: of blue colour on a coat of arms",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "36 0 64",
          "code": "el",
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          "sense": "heraldry: of blue colour on a coat of arms",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "36 0 64",
          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "heraldry: of blue colour on a coat of arms",
          "word": "kék"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "36 0 64",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "heraldry: of blue colour on a coat of arms",
          "word": "gorm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "36 0 64",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "heraldry: of blue colour on a coat of arms",
          "word": "azzurro"
        },
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          "_dis1": "36 0 64",
          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "aoi",
          "sense": "heraldry: of blue colour on a coat of arms",
          "word": "青い"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "36 0 64",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "heraldry: of blue colour on a coat of arms",
          "word": "błękitny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "36 0 64",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "heraldry: of blue colour on a coat of arms",
          "word": "azul"
        },
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          "_dis1": "36 0 64",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "heraldry: of blue colour on a coat of arms",
          "word": "azuriu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "36 0 64",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "golubój",
          "sense": "heraldry: of blue colour on a coat of arms",
          "word": "голубо́й"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "36 0 64",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "heraldry: of blue colour on a coat of arms",
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          ],
          "word": "а̀зӯран"
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          "_dis1": "36 0 64",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "heraldry: of blue colour on a coat of arms",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
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          "_dis1": "36 0 64",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "heraldry: of blue colour on a coat of arms",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
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          "word": "àzūran"
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          "_dis1": "36 0 64",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "heraldry: of blue colour on a coat of arms",
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            "Roman"
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          "word": "plȃv"
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          "_dis1": "36 0 64",
          "code": "sk",
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      "ipa": "/əˈzjʊɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈzjɝ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eɪ-/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʊə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)"
    },
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    {
      "sense": "blue color on a coat of arms",
      "word": "az."
    },
    {
      "sense": "blue color on a coat of arms",
      "word": "b."
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    {
      "sense": "blue color on a coat of arms",
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    {
      "code": "ain",
      "lang": "Ainu",
      "sense": "blue colour on a coat of arms",
      "word": "ニㇲ イロ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "blue colour on a coat of arms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "atzur"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "blue colour on a coat of arms",
      "word": "azuur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "blue colour on a coat of arms",
      "word": "sininen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "blue colour on a coat of arms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "azur"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "blue colour on a coat of arms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "blao"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "blue colour on a coat of arms",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Blau"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "blue colour on a coat of arms",
      "word": "azzurro"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あお",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ao",
      "sense": "blue colour on a coat of arms",
      "word": "青"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぐんじょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gunjou",
      "sense": "blue colour on a coat of arms",
      "word": "群青"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こんぺき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "konpeki",
      "sense": "blue colour on a coat of arms",
      "word": "紺碧"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sína",
      "sense": "blue colour on a coat of arms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "си́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "blue colour on a coat of arms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "blau"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "blue colour on a coat of arms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "azur"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "blue colour on a coat of arms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "azul"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lazúrʹ",
      "sense": "blue colour on a coat of arms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лазу́рь"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "blue colour on a coat of arms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "azur"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "blue colour on a coat of arms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "blao"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "blue colour on a coat of arms",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "blått"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "samāwiyy",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "سَمَاوِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "lāzawardiyy",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "لَازَوَرْدِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "word": "oztin"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "blakit",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "блакіт"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nebesnosinjo",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "небесносиньо"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "atzur"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "word": "蔚藍"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wèilán",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "word": "蔚蓝"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "word": "天藍色"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tiānlánsè",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "colour of the sky",
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      "code": "nl",
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        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "azuurblauw"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
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        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hemelsblauw"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "word": "lazuro"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "word": "ĉielbluo"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "word": "taevasinine"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "word": "taivaansini"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "word": "taivaansininen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "azur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Himmelblau"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Azurblau"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "galázio",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "γαλάζιο"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "galanó",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "γαλανό"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tchélet",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "תְּכֵלֶת"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fagurblár"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "word": "himinblár"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "word": "heiðblár"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "word": "azuro"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "word": "biru langit"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "azzurro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sorairo",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "word": "空色"
    },
    {
      "alt": "てんしょく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tenshoku",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "word": "天色"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "haneulsaek",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "word": "하늘색"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dangaus mėlyna"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "word": "biru langit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "word": "lazuardi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kaħlani"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kaħlanija"
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    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "laciverd",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "word": "لاجورد"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "tags": [
        "inanimate",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lazur"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "tags": [
        "inanimate",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "błękit"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "azul celeste"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "azur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lazúrʹ",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лазу́рь"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lazurnyj",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "а̀зӯрна"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "colour of the sky",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "colour of the sky",
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        "Roman",
        "feminine"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sh",
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        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vedra"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "colour of the sky",
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        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "azur"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "word": "azurblått"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "word": "himmelsblått"
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      "code": "th",
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      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "word": "ฟ้า"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "word": "gökçe"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "colour of the sky",
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    {
      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "word": "xanh da trời"
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    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "colour of the sky",
      "word": "lasürablöv"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lazur",
      "sense": "the blue sky",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лазур"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "the blue sky",
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        "masculine"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the blue sky",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "azur"
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      "code": "he",
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      "roman": "tchélet",
      "sense": "the blue sky",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "תְּכֵלֶת"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "seiten",
      "sense": "the blue sky",
      "word": "青天"
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    {
      "alt": "あおぞら",
      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "the blue sky",
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    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "the blue sky",
      "word": "langit biru"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the blue sky",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lazur"
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      "code": "pl",
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "the blue sky",
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      "word": "azul"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the blue sky",
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        "neuter"
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      "word": "плавѐтнило"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the blue sky",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
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      "word": "plavètnilo"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the blue sky",
      "word": "gök"
    }
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    "azure"
  ],
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}

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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "code": "da",
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    },
    {
      "english": "including magenta",
      "word": "pink"
    },
    {
      "word": "brown"
    },
    {
      "word": "white"
    },
    {
      "word": "grey"
    },
    {
      "word": "gray"
    },
    {
      "word": "black"
    },
    {
      "word": "or"
    },
    {
      "word": "argent"
    },
    {
      "word": "gules"
    },
    {
      "word": "sable"
    },
    {
      "word": "vert"
    },
    {
      "word": "purpure"
    },
    {
      "word": "tenné"
    },
    {
      "word": "sanguine"
    },
    {
      "alt": "bezanty",
      "word": "bezant"
    },
    {
      "alt": "platy",
      "word": "plate"
    },
    {
      "alt": "tortelly",
      "word": "torteau"
    },
    {
      "alt": "hurty",
      "word": "hurt"
    },
    {
      "alt": "pellety",
      "word": "pellet"
    },
    {
      "word": "ogress"
    },
    {
      "word": "pomme"
    },
    {
      "alt": "golpy",
      "word": "golpe"
    },
    {
      "alt": "semé of oranges",
      "word": "orange"
    },
    {
      "alt": "semé of guzes",
      "word": "guze"
    },
    {
      "english": "of gold",
      "sense": "goutte / gutty",
      "word": "d'or"
    },
    {
      "english": "of water",
      "word": "d'eau"
    },
    {
      "english": "of blood",
      "word": "de sang"
    },
    {
      "english": "of tear",
      "word": "de larmes"
    },
    {
      "english": "of pitch",
      "word": "de poix"
    },
    {
      "english": "olive oil",
      "word": "d'huile"
    },
    {
      "english": "olive oil",
      "word": "d'olive"
    },
    {
      "word": "fountain"
    },
    {
      "word": "syke: barry wavy argent and azure"
    },
    {
      "word": "ermine"
    },
    {
      "word": "ermines"
    },
    {
      "word": "counter-ermine"
    },
    {
      "word": "erminois"
    },
    {
      "word": "pean"
    },
    {
      "word": "vair"
    },
    {
      "word": "counter-vair"
    },
    {
      "word": "potent"
    },
    {
      "word": "counter-potent"
    },
    {
      "word": "bleu celeste"
    },
    {
      "word": "brunâtre"
    },
    {
      "word": "carnation"
    },
    {
      "english": "iron, steel, acier",
      "word": "cendrée"
    },
    {
      "word": "copper"
    },
    {
      "word": "murrey"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1907, The Sugar Beet, volume 28, page 271",
          "text": "Our readers are aware that much of the sugar sold in many countries goes through an azuring treatment; blue is added to granulated sugar with the view of making it appear whiter than it actually is.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To colour blue."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "colour",
          "colour"
        ],
        [
          "blue",
          "blue"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To colour blue."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæʒ.ə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæz.jʊə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/æzˈjʊə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈzjʊə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeɪʒ.ə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Asia (/ˈeɪʒə/)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæʒ.ɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈʒʊɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈʒɝ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈzjʊɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈzjɝ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eɪ-/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʊə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-azure.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5f/En-us-azure.ogg/En-us-azure.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/En-us-azure.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to colour",
      "word": "värittää siniseksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to colour",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "оплавити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to colour",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "oplaviti"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "azure"
  ],
  "word": "azure"
}

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