azul

From Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”).

• IPA^(key): /aˈθul/
• IPA^(key): /aˈsul/ (Benasquese)
• Syllabification: a‧zul
• Rhymes: -ul

azul (plural azules)

1. blue

azul m

1. blue

Colors in Aragonese · colores (layout · text)

blanco	griso	negro
royo; carmesín	narancha; marrón	amariello; [Term?]
[Term?]	verde	[Term?]; [Term?]
[Term?]; turquesa	celeste	azul
lila; morau	[Term?]; purpurenco	rosa

• 2022 October, Diccionario ortografico de l'aragonés (Seguntes la PO de l'EFA) (version 13) (in Aragonese), page 276-277
• 2024 October, Diccionario aragonés-castellano-catalán: Estudio de Filología Aragonesa (version 14) (in Aragonese), pages 133-134
• “azul”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

From Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”).

• IPA^(key): /aˈθul/ [aˈθul]
• Rhymes: -ul
• Syllabification: a‧zul

azul (epicene, plural azules)

1. blue (color)

azul m (plural azules)

1. blue (color)

• “azul (adjective)”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• “azul (noun)”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “azul”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

From Medieval Latin lazulum, from Arabic لَازَوَرْد (lāzaward), from Classical Persian لَاجَوَرْد (lājaward).

azul (feminine azula)

1. blue

Colors in Dalmatian · colauri (layout · text)

iualb; blanc	canaisa	fosc; niar
ros; crimisain	orangia; broin	zuola; iaur; crema
vert lima	vert	vert menta; vert menta scior; vert scior
cian; azul pitroleo	azul; zelést; zelést scior	blu; blu scior
viola; indaic	cris; purpura	ruosa

azul

1. blue

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese azul / azur (“blue”), from Medieval Latin lazulum, from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”).

• Rhymes: -ul
• Hyphenation: a‧zul

azul m or f (plural azuis)

1. blue (colour)

   Unha de cor azul, as outras son de vermella.

   One is blue, the others are red.

• The plural may also be azules.

azul m (plural azuis)

1. (countable and uncountable) azure, blue (colour)
2. (heraldry) azure

   Synonym: blao (obsolete)

   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 308:

     rreluzíã cõtra o ssol os escudos, que erã pintados de ouro et de azur

     the shields, painted in gold and azure, glittered against the sun

Colors in Galician · cores (layout · text)

branco	gris	negro, preto
vermello; carmín	laranxa; castaño, marrón	amarelo; crema
verde lima	verde	menta; verde escuro
ciano; azul verdoso	cerúleo	azul
violeta; anil	maxenta; púrpura	rosa

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “azur”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “azur”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “azul”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “azul”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “azul”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• “azul”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “azul”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

From Portuguese azul. Cognate with Kabuverdianu azul.

azul

1. blue

From Portuguese azul.

azul

1. blue

Learned borrowing from Tuareg uhal (“to greet”) and/or tǝhult (“greeting”), coined by Mouloud Mammeri.

The form azul reflects a mistaken adaptation of Tuareg /h/ as /z/, arising from the fact that Tuareg /h/ can reflect several distinct Proto-Berber phonemes; in this lexical family, comparative evidence from other Tuareg varieties shows that the underlying consonant is */h/, not */z/^[1][2][3].

• IPA^(key): /azul/

azul

1. (neologism) hello

   Synonym: lɛesslama

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

azul (plural azules)

1. blue

• “azul”, in Diccionario Castellano-Leonés / Leonés-Castellano [Spanish-Leonese / Leonese-Spanish Dictionary] (in Spanish), La Asociación L'Alderique, 2012–2026

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese azul / azur (“blue”), from Medieval Latin lazulum, from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”). Doublet of azur, from French.

Compare with Galician azul (“blue”), Spanish azul (“blue”), French azur (“azure”), Italian azzurro (“blue”) and English azure.

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ul, (Brazil) -uw
• Hyphenation: a‧zul

azul m or f (plural azuis)

1. blue

azul m (plural azuis)

1. blue

Colors in Portuguese · cores (layout · text)

branco, alvo	cinza, gris, cinzento	preto, negro
vermelho, encarnado, rubro, salmão; carmim	laranja, cor de laranja; castanho, marrom	amarelo; creme, ocre
verde-limão	verde	verde-água; verde-menta
ciano, turquesa; azul-petróleo	azul-bebê / azul-bebé, azul-celeste	azul, índigo, anil
violeta, lilás	magenta; roxo, púrpura	rosa, cor-de-rosa, rosa-choque

• “azul”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “azul”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “azul”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “azul”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• açul (archaic)

Inherited from Old Spanish azur, from an Andalusian Arabic *لَازُورْد (*lāzūrd), contracted form of Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”),^[1] from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”). Doublet of azur, from French. Cognate with English azure.

• IPA^(key): /aˈθul/ [aˈθul] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /aˈsul/ [aˈsul] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Peru):

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• Rhymes: -ul
• Syllabification: a‧zul

azul m or f (masculine and feminine plural azules)

1. blue

   Synonym: (obsolete) blao

azul m (plural azules)

1. blue

   Synonym: (obsolete) blao

2. (Mexico, US, Philippines) a police officer

   Synonyms: policía, agente

Colors in Spanish · colores (layout · text)

blanco	gris	negro
rojo; carmín, carmesí	naranja, anaranjado; marrón	amarillo; crema
lima	verde	menta
cian, turquesa; azul-petróleo	celeste, cerúleo	azul
violeta; añil, índigo	magenta; morado, púrpura	rosa, rosado

• “azul”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Learned borrowing from Kabyle azul, from Tuareg uhal (“to greet”) and/or Tuareg tǝhult (“greeting”), coined by Mouloud Mammeri^[1][2][3].

azul (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵣⵓⵍ)

1. (neologism) hello

The word azul is one of the more regularly used neologisms^[4].

Borrowed from Spanish azul.

azul

1. blue

• Long C., Rebecca; Cruz M., Sofronio (2000), Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)‎^[7] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 3