# azulejo
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish azulejo.

### Noun

azulejo (plural azulejos)
* A painted tin-glazed ceramic tile of a kind found in Spain and Portugal, often arranged to form geometric patterns.

#### Translations
## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese azulejo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.zu.le.ʒo/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

azulejo m (plural azulejos)
* blue tile (used on walls)
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### Further reading

* “azulejo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish azulejo, from Arabic اَلزُّلَيْج (az-zulayj, “polished stone”), formed as a diminutive of زُلُج (zuluj, “smooth rocks”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.zuˈle.ʒu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.zuˈle.ʒu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.zuˈle.ʒo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.zuˈlɐ(j).ʒu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.zuˈlɐ(j).ʒu/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.zuˈle.ʒu/
** (Central Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.zuˈle.ʒu/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.zuˈle.ʒu/
* Rhymes: -eʒu
* Hyphenation: a‧zu‧le‧jo

#### Noun

azulejo m (plural azulejos)
* tile

##### Derived terms

* azulejador
* azulejar
* azulejaria
* azulejista

#### Further reading

* “azulejo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “azulejo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* azulejo on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{pt}$

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

azulejo
* first-person singular present indicative of azulejar

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /aθuˈlexo/ [a.θuˈle.xo]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /asuˈlexo/ [a.suˈle.xo]
* Rhymes: -exo
* Syllabification: a‧zu‧le‧jo

### Etymology 1

From azul +‎ -ejo.

#### Adjective

azulejo (feminine azuleja, masculine plural azulejos, feminine plural azulejas)
* blue colored
    Synonym: azulado
* indigo bunting, Passerina cyanea
* cornflower, Centaurea cyanus
    Synonym: aciano

### Etymology 2

From Andalusian Arabic اَلزُّلَيْجَة (az-zuléyja), from Arabic اَلزُّلَيْج (az-zulayj, “polished stone”), formed as a diminutive of زُلُج (zuluj, “smooth rocks”).

#### Noun

azulejo m (plural azulejos)
* tile (of a wall or floor)
    Synonym: baldosa

##### Derived terms

* azulejar
* azulejero

##### Descendants

* → English: azulejo
* → French: azulejo
* → Portuguese: azulejo

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

azulejo
* first-person singular present indicative of azulejar

### Further reading

* “azulejo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10