bleu

French

adj
Definitions
  • blue
  • (of meat) very rare, underdone

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French bleu inherited from Old French blöe, bloe derived from Frankish *blāu (blue) derived from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (blue, dark blue, yellowish-gray, black, grey, dark, gray) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₁-, *bʰel- (shine, swell, blow, inflate, roar, sound, gleam, bark, white, shiny, light, speak, be white, bright, yell, swell up, blow up, shimmer, bubble, sparkle).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰel-

Gloss

shine, swell, blow, inflate, roar, sound, gleam, bark, white, shiny, light, speak, be white, bright, yell, swell up, blow up, shimmer, bubble, sparkle

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

白

Emoji
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