blue
/bluː/
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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
today.
"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.
Used in
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