# azur
## English
### Adjective

azur (not comparable)
* Alternative form of azure (“blue tincture in heraldry”)

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French azur, borrowed from Medieval Latin azurium, from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.zyʁ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

azur m (plural azurs)
* (heraldry) azure (blue color)
    Synonym: bleu

#### Derived terms

* Côte d’Azur

### See also

Colors in French · couleurs (layout · text) :
| blanc | gris | noir |
| rouge; cramoisi, carmin | orange; brun, marron | jaune; crème |
| lime | vert | menthe |
| cyan, turquoise; bleu canard | azur, bleu ciel | bleu |
| violet, lilas; indigo | magenta; pourpre | rose |

### Further reading

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

## Old French
### Etymology

From earlier *lazul, *lazur which was then rebracketed so as to interpret initial l- as the article l' contracted from le; from Medieval Latin lazulum, from Arabic لَازَوَرْد (lāzaward), from Classical Persian لَاجَوَرْد (lājaward).

### Noun

azur oblique singular, m (oblique plural azurs, nominative singular azurs, nominative plural azur)
* (heraldry) azure (blue color)
** c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:Qui est li chevaliers armez D'unes armes d'azur et d'or[?]Who is the knight armed With armaments of azure and of gold?

#### Descendants

* French: azur
* → Middle English: asure, asur, asour, azur, azour, azure
** English: azure
** Scots: asure
** → Welsh: asur
* → Portuguese: azur
* → Spanish: azur

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

From Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈd͡zuɾ/

### Adjective

azur m or f
* azure, blue

### Noun

azur m (plural azurs)
* azure, blue
** 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 384 (facsimile):
    ⁊ a outra dazur era / coor mui marauilloſa / que ao çeo ſemella […]
       And the other was blue / a marvelous colour / which resembles the sky […]

#### Descendants

* Galician: azul
* Portuguese: azul

### See also

Colors in Old Galician-Portuguese · coores, colores (layout · text) :
| branco, blanco, alvo | gris | negro, preto |
| vermelho | castanho | amarelo |
| | verde | |
| | | azur |
| | cardẽo | rosa |

## Old Spanish
### Etymology

From Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈd͡zuɾ/

### Adjective

azur (plural azures)
* blue

### Noun

azur m (plural azures)
* blue

#### Descendants

* Spanish: azul

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* azure

### Etymology

Borrowed from French azur, from Old French azur, from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”). Doublet of azul.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈzuʁ/ [aˈzuh]
* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈzuʁ/ [aˈzuh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /aˈzuɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /aˈzuʁ/ [aˈzuχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /aˈzuɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈzuɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈzuɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈzu.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: a‧zur

### Noun

azur m (plural azures)
* (heraldry) azure (the blue colour)
** (Can we date this quote?), Grande enciclopédia portuguesa e brasileira, volume 3, Editorial Enciclopédia, page 962:
    Actualmente, as fábricas de corantes produzem azur muito puro.Currently, dye factories produce a very pure azure.
** 1984, Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro, Anais do Congresso de História do Segundo Reinado: Comissão de Genealogia e Heráldica, Comissão de História Jurídica, Comissão de História Cultural, Comissão de História Religiosa, page 74:No escudo do prelado maranhense os atributos das armas originais foram transformados e dispostos em um escudo cortado em faixa, figurando no 1º quartel quatro faixas ondadas de azul em campo de prata, e no 2º quarto flores de lis também de prata, posta 2 em 2, em campo de azur, com bordadura de vermelho pleno.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2001, Antonio Miranda, Manucho e o labirinto, Global, page 37:Em seu brasão de família havia dragões de ouro e ostentava a branda e escudetes de sinople e azur, […](please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 1992, Eugenio Vergara Caffarelli, As moedas do Brasil desde o Reino Unido, 1818-1992: ilustrado com 690 fotografias, page 18:O vermelho ou goles se representa por linhas perpendiculares (fig. 1). O azul ou azur, por linhas horizontais (fig. 2).Red or gules is represented by perpendicular lines (fig. 1). Blue or azure, by horizontal lines (fig. 2).
** (Can we date this quote?), Valton Sergio von Tempski-Silka, Histórico dos Brasões e Bandeiras do Estado do Paraná, page 18:
    Esmalte: as cores do brasão que não são metais: azul = azur, blau; verde = sinople, sinopla; preto = sable; vermelho = goles etc.Color: the tinctures of the blazon which are not metals: blue = azure; green = vert; black = sable; red = gules etc.
    Synonyms: blau, azul

#### Related terms

* azul

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French azur.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈzur/

### Noun

azur n (uncountable)
* azure, light-blue, sky-blue

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French azur, from Old French azur, from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”). Doublet of azul.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /aˈθuɾ/ [aˈθuɾ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /aˈsuɾ/ [aˈsuɾ]
* Rhymes: -uɾ
* Syllabification: a‧zur

### Adjective

azur m or f (masculine and feminine plural azures)
* azure (sky-blue coloured)
* (heraldry) azure

### See also

Colors in Spanish · colores (layout · text) :
| blanco | gris | negro |
| rojo; carmín, carmesí | naranja, anaranjado; marrón | amarillo; crema |
| lima | verde | menta |
| cian, turquesa; azul-petróleo | celeste, cerúleo | azul |
| violeta; añil, índigo | magenta; morado, púrpura | rosa, rosado |

### Further reading

* “azur”, 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