bleu
Middle French
adj
Definitions
- blue
Etymology
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 *bʰleh₁- (blow, bleat, swell, blow up, cry, yellow, surge, overflow, run, puff up, blue, inflate, grey).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰleh₁-
Gloss
blow, bleat, swell, blow up, cry, yellow, surge, overflow, run, puff up, blue, inflate, grey
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- inflate English
- *blāvus, *blavus Latin
- blavus Latin
- blāvus Latin
- cōnflātus Latin
- flemen Latin
- florus Latin
- fluō Latin
- flō Latin
- īnflātiō Latin
- Blaualge German
- Blaubeere German
- Blaubussard German
- Blaufichte German
- Blaufränkisch German
- Blaukehlchen German
- Blaukohl German
- Blaumann German
- Blaumeise German
- Blaumerle German
- Blaupause German
- Blauschimmel German
- Blauwal German
- Bläue German
- altblau German
- aquamarinblau German
- azurblau German
- blau German
- blau machen German
- blaugrau German
- blaugrün German
- blaumachen German
- blaurot German
- blauschwarz German
- blauviolett German
- blauäugig German
- bleu German
- bläuen German
- bläulich German
- dunkelblau German
- fahlblau German
- graublau German
- grünblau German
- hellblau German
- himmelblau German
- kornblumenblau German
- königsblau German
- mitternachtsblau German
- rotblau German
- saphirblau German
- stahlblau German
- taubenblau German
- tiefblau German
- biavo Italian
- blu Italian
- appelblauwzeegroen Dutch, Flemish
- azuurblauw Dutch, Flemish
- blauw Dutch, Flemish
- blauwachtig Dutch, Flemish
- blauwalg Dutch, Flemish
- blauwborst Dutch, Flemish
- blauwdruk Dutch, Flemish
- blauwgrauw Dutch, Flemish
- blauwgrijs Dutch, Flemish
- blauwgroen Dutch, Flemish
- blauwheid Dutch, Flemish
- blauwhelm Dutch, Flemish
- blauwhemd Dutch, Flemish
- blauwig Dutch, Flemish
- blauwogig Dutch, Flemish
- blauwschimmelkaas Dutch, Flemish
- blauwschuit Dutch, Flemish
- blauwverschuiving Dutch, Flemish
- blauwvleugelsprinkhaan Dutch, Flemish
- blauwzucht Dutch, Flemish
- bleiten Dutch, Flemish
- bleuke Dutch, Flemish
- grauwblauw Dutch, Flemish
- grijsblauw Dutch, Flemish
- groenblauw Dutch, Flemish
- hemelblauw Dutch, Flemish
- hemelsblauw Dutch, Flemish
- inflatie Dutch, Flemish
- marineblauw Dutch, Flemish
- staalblauw Dutch, Flemish
- violetblauw Dutch, Flemish
- antibleu French
- bleu French
- bleuet French
- bleusaille French
- bleuâtre French
- blao Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰl(e)h₁uos Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleh₁-wos Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰléh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰlēw- Proto-Indo-European
- *blēaną Proto-Germanic
- *blēdrǭ Proto-Germanic
- *blēsaną Proto-Germanic
- *blēstaz Proto-Germanic
- *blēstuz Proto-Germanic
- *blētijaną Proto-Germanic
- *blēwaz Proto-Germanic
- fløyt Norwegian Nynorsk
- blæhæwen Old English
- blāw Old English
- blá Old Norse
- blár Old Norse
- blása Old Norse
- blástr Old Norse
- *blějati Proto-Slavic
- bleve, blou Old French
- bloe Old French
- blöe, bloe Old French
- flahute Old French
- blau Catalan, Valencian
- bleu Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- μπλε Greek (modern)
- blase Middle Dutch
- blasen Middle Dutch
- blau Middle Dutch
- bleren Middle Dutch
- blāo Old High German
- blua Ido
- blou Afrikaans
- bliu Norman
- blleu Norman
- bllu Norman
- blā Middle High German
- blo Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- flatulent Middle French
- *blāu gmw-pro
- plabe Cimbrian
- blaaw Alemannic German
- blau Occitan
- *flāō Proto-Italic
- *flēō Proto-Italic
- blau Romansh
- blo Romansh
- blov Romansh
- blaitand Scots
- *blāu Frankish
- blöv Volapük
- blou Papiamentu
- blew xno
- *(s)blèwsa Proto-Albanian
- bleu Ligurian
- ble Haitian, Haitian Creole
- bloh Pennsylvania German
- bloh Central Franconian
- błöw Vilamovian
- blaw Sranan Tongo
- bulo Wolof
- bulɛ Nzadi