azure
adjective/ˈæʒə(r)/, /ˈæzjʊə(r)/
/ˈæʒər/
(literary)- bright blue in colour like the sky
- The sun shone out of a clear azure sky.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryAzure is used with these nouns:- blue
- sky
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a blue dye): from Old French asur, azur, from medieval Latin azzurum, azolum, from Arabic al ‘the’ + lāzaward (from Persian lāžward ‘lapis lazuli’).Definitions on the go
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