blue in English: Having the colour of the sky on a clear day or of deep sea water. (adjective)

Translation

Having the colour of the sky on a clear day or of deep sea water.

Word origin

From Old French bleu, brought into English after the Norman conquest.

Origin: Old French
Root: bleu

Examples

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"Blue" tells us the colour of the sky.

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Here "blue" describes the colour of his eyes.

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Here "blue" is the colour she painted the door.

Related words

colour

What something looks like, such as red, blue, or green.

red

Having the colour of blood or of a ripe tomato.

green

Having the colour of grass and the leaves of a tree.

sky

The space high above the earth that you see when you look up, where the sun, clouds, and stars are.

sea

The sea is the large area of salt water that covers most of the world.

ocean

A very large area of salt water that covers much of the earth.

paint

To put colour on a surface with a brush, or to make a picture this way.

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