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Azure has 7 different meanings across 4 categories:

Noun · Verb · Adjective · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a light shade of blue

"The sky turned a brilliant azure just before sunset, painting the clouds in soft hues of light blue."

2

The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour.

"The old sailor recounted how he once dyed his canvas sails a vibrant azure to mimic the endless expanse of the Mediterranean sky."

Verb
1

color azure

"Morning azured the village"

2

To colour blue.

"The artist dipped her brush into the tube and used azure to paint a vivid sky over the mountains."

Adjective
1

of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky

"October's bright blue weather"

2

sky blue; resembling the clear blue colour of the unclouded sky

"The azure waves crashed against the shore, mirroring the brilliant color of the cloudless sky above."

Proper Noun
1

A surname​.

"The Azure family has lived in that coastal town for three generations."

See Also
blue azurn cloudless cyanean serene hurt azurean azurite
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
blue color

Origin

The word azure comes from the Old French azur, which was borrowed from Arabic for lapis lazuli. It originally referred to the deep blue color found in that precious stone.

Rhyming Words
ure cure lure fure kure yure eure ture pure bure sure mure dure shure viure heure alure coure youre adure
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