cerulean
English
/səˈɹuːli.ən/
noun
Definitions
- (countable) A greenish-blue color.
- (countable) Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus .
Etymology
Affix from Latin caeruleus (blue), caelum (sky, heaven).
Origin
Latin
caelum
Gloss
sky, heaven
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
天
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- caelicola Latin
- caelifer Latin
- caeliger Latin
- caeliscalpium Latin
- caelitus Latin
- caelum Latin
- caeruleus Latin
- cielo Italian
- ciel Old French
- cer Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- qiell Albanian
- ceo Old Portuguese
- tser Aromanian
- *kailom Proto-Italic
- tschiel Romansh
- tschêl Romansh
- cielu Asturian
- cîl Friulian
- cel Old Occitan
- cielo Old Spanish
- celu Sicilian
- çê Ligurian
- cil Dalmatian
- chelu Sardinian
- cielo Neapolitan
- sil Istriot
- celu Corsican
- țer Istro-Romanian
- *zelu Proto-Basque
- tser Megleno-Romanian
- țer Megleno-Romanian
- zil Romagnol
- cielo Old Leonese