"blues" meaning in French

See blues in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bluz/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-blues.wav [France, Vosges]
Rhymes: -uz Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from English blues. Etymology templates: {{ety|fr|:ubor|en:blues}} [Appendix:Glossary#unadapted_borrowing|Unadapted borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "hue", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "bleu", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*bʰleh₁wos", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "blow", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "blow", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*bʰel-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "alt" : "*-eh₁-", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éh₁ti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*bʰleh₁-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*blēwaz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*blāu", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "blāvus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-lat" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Anglo-Norman", "term" : "bloe", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "xno" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "blew", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "blue", "lang" : "en" }, { "id" : "plural", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "plural", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "plural", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-as", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-es", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-s", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "blues", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword" : "ubor" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "blues", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="blues">, {{ubor|fr|en|blues}} Unadapted borrowing from English blues Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} blues m (invariable)
  1. blues (depression) Tags: invariable, masculine
    Sense id: en-blues-fr-noun-wsRQT203
  2. (music) blues (musical genre of African American origin) Tags: invariable, masculine
    Sense id: en-blues-fr-noun-m068g40~ Categories (other): Musical genres, Musical genres Disambiguation of Musical genres: 1 90 9 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  3. (music) blues (a blues composition) Tags: invariable, masculine
    Sense id: en-blues-fr-noun--K2~C6A4 Categories (other): Music, Pages with etymon, French entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, French entries with etymon, French entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Emotions Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 2 2 6 18 6 18 5 18 5 18 Disambiguation of French entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons: 6 40 55 Disambiguation of French entries with etymon: 6 32 62 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 4 33 63 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 2 6 19 6 19 5 19 5 19 Disambiguation of Emotions: 10 23 67 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: coup de blues 
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