blue

English

/bluː/, /blɪʊ̯/, /blu/, /bljuː/

adj
Definitions
  • Of the colour blue.
  • (informal) Depressed, melancholic, sad.
  • Pale, without redness or glare; said of a flame.
  • (politics) Supportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by a political party represented by the colour blue.
  • (astronomy) Of the higher-frequency region of the part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.
  • (of steak) Extra rare; left very raw and cold.
  • (of a dog or cat) Having a coat of fur of a slaty gray shade.
  • (archaic) Severe or overly strict in morals; gloomy.
  • (archaic) literary; bluestockinged.
  • (particle physics) Having a color charge of blue.
  • (entertainment) Risque or obscene

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English blewe derived from blew (blue) derived from Frankish *blāu (blue) derived from Latin blāvus inherited from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (blue, dark blue, yellowish-gray, black, grey, dark, gray) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlēw- (blond, grey, yellow).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰlēw-

Gloss

blond, grey, yellow

Concept
Semantic Field

Sense perception

Ontological Category

Property

Kanji

黄

Emoji
🐨

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