blu

• blu. (abbreviation)

blu (plural blus)

1. Abbreviation of blue.

blu (not comparable)

1. Abbreviation of blue.

From Proto-Bahnaric *bluː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *bluuʔ (“thigh”); cognate with Khmer ភ្លៅ (phlɨw), Pacoh pilau and Central Nicobarese [Nancowry] pulô.

• IPA^(key): /bluː/

blu 

1. upper leg, thigh

From English blue.

blu

1. blue (color/colour)

• blù (misspelling)

Borrowed from French bleu (“blue”) from Middle French bleu, from Old French blou, bleve (“pallid, wan, discoloured/discolored, blue”), from Frankish *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue, yellowish-gray”). Doublet of biavo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈblu/^*

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• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: blù

blu (invariable)

1. blue (color/colour)

blu m (invariable)

1. blue (color/colour)

• 1958, Domenico Modugno, Franco Migliacci, Volare:

  Nel blu dipinto di blu, felice di stare lassù

  In the blue (sky) painted blue, happy to stay up there

• bluastro

Colors in Italian · colori (layout · text)

bianco	argento; grigio	nero
rosso; cremisi	arancione; marrone; bronzo	giallo; oro; crema
verde chiaro; limetta	verde	verde acqua; acquamarina; verde menta; verde menta scuro
ciano; azzurro; celeste; blu petrolio; foglia di tè	azzurro; celeste; celeste scuro	blu; blu scuro
violetto; indaco	magenta; viola	rosa; fucsia; porpora

blu (Latin spelling)

1. blue (color/colour)

From Sicilian and/or Italian blu, from Old French bloe, from Frankish *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

• IPA^(key): /bluː/

blu (invariable)

1. blue (color/colour)

• Maltese originally distinguished two shades of blue: iżraq (from medium blue towards turquoise) and ikħal (from medium blue towards black). Now both of them are rare, having widely been replaced with the borrowing blu, which covers all shades. Though the word ikħal is sometimes used as a native Maltese alternative for blu in puristic style, it did not originally cover light tones.

Colors in Maltese · kuluri/lwien (layout · text)

abjad	griż, rmiedi, ixheb	iswed
aħmar; krimżi	oranġjo; kannella (ismar); kafelatte; ixqar	isfar; krema
limetti	aħdar
turkin, turkważ	iżraq, ċelesti (smewwi)	blu (ikħal)
vjola; indigo, nir	maġenta; vjola	roża (wardi)

blu

1. to swim

   Kofi blu mu lɔɔ kre kun.

   Kofi swam across the river.

blu

1. (obsolete) shy, unassuming

   Synonyms: blyg, sjenert, unnselig

• bluferdig
• ublu

From Proto-Khasian *bluː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *bluuʔ.

• IPA^(key): /blu/

blu

1. thigh

From English blue.

blu

1. blue (color/colour)

• bờ lu
• bờ-lu

From French blouse, short for blu trắng.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓəː˨˩ lu˧˧], [ʔɓlu˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓəː˦˩ lʊw˧˧], [ʔɓlʊw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓəː˨˩ lʊw˧˧], [ʔɓlʊw˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: bờ lu, blu

blu

1. (garment) white coat

   Synonym: blu trắng

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /blɨː/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /bliː/

blu

1. Soft mutation of plu.